Ensure you’re up to date on the latest WIPO systems including, eMadrid, WIPO IP Portal and The Madrid Monitor.
Understanding the proactive steps needed to take to master each of the WIPO systems is an invaluable skill for all paralegals.
In our first paralegal webinar of the year, Juan Rodriguez and Benoît Apercé are on hand to examine exactly what services each platform provides - along with any new updates specific to your role as paralegals.
We will go on to track the key practical steps that should be taken when faced with filing an international application or subsequent designation and renewal considerations.
This is an opportunity for you to develop your knowledge of a key practice area.
Join us for what is sure to be a fascinating start to the 2023 CITMA Paralegal events schedule.
This webinar supports skill set 8: Trade marks – filing and formalities of the Paralegal Competency Framework.
Learning outcomes:
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Uncover the common mistakes and quirks to look out for in each of the new procedures.
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Understand which forms should be completed online and which should be uploaded once complete
- Gain top tips to maximise cost-efficiency.
Meet your speakers:
Benoît Apercé, Communications and Information Manager, WIPO
Benoît Apercé, joined the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2011. He is currently communications and information manager in the Madrid Information and Promotion Division, Madrid Registry, Brands and Designs Sector, where he contributes to the development of global promotional activities and products for the WIPO’s International Trademark System.
Prior to joining WIPO, he worked on technical cooperation projects at the Association of Caribbean States in Trinidad and Tobago, and at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs in France. Apercé holds a Master’s degree in comparative political sciences from the Political Studies Institute of Aix-en-Provence.
Catherine Dupenloup, WIPO
Catherine Dupenloup joined WIPO in 1996 and presently works as a Senior Applications Support Assistant in the Madrid Information and Promotion Division, Madrid Registry, Brands and Designs Sector.
Since 2012, she has been the focal point for user Support in relation with Madrid System Online Services.
Before 2012, she worked at the WIPO IT helpdesk as a user support for IT matters.
Juan Rodriguez Guerra, WIPO
Mr. Rodriguez Guerra joined WIPO in 2008 and presently works as Senior Legal Counsellor in WIPO’s Madrid Registry, which manages the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks.
Before joining WIPO, Mr. Rodriguez was Head of the Promotion of Innovation and Competition Area at the National Institute for the Defence of Free Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property of Peru (INDECOPI), a consultant for S.C. Johnson and Son and a lawyer at the Office of the Attorney General of Peru.
Programme:
- 12:30pm: Presentation
- 1:15pm: Q&A
- 1:30pm: End
Cost
- Member £0 (VAT exempt)
- Standard £30 (VAT exempt)
To note
- Payment online via debit or credit card only; proforma invoices are not available.
- Full terms and conditions apply.
- Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 28th February 2023.
