Conference: „Intellectual property and the Internet“

The Serbian National Internet Domain Registry (RNIDS) foundation and the Faculty of Law - University of Belgrade, are organizing the conference: “Intellectual property and the Internet“ on June 11^th, 2015 at the Faculty of Law, Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 67, Belgrade.

In May 2015, the Publishing Center of the Faculty of Law – University of Belgrade will publish the collection of papers “Intellectual Property and the Internet: Domain Names, Copyrighted Works, Trademarks”, edited by Dušan Popović, Associate Professor at the University of Belgrade. These papers are a result of the research undertaken by leading Serbian academics and practitioners in the area of IP and ICT Law and they will be officially presented at the conference. After the presentation of the papers, the discussion about the intellectual property and Internet amongst the members of the Internet community in Serbia and the region will follow, having that this is one of the goals of the conference.

The participation is opened for all the interested public who can register via e-mail: intsvojina@rnids.rs.

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

11:00 Opening ceremony

• Prof. Dr. Sima Avramović, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade
• Danko Jevtović, Director of the Serbian National Internet Domain Registry foundation
• Nevenka Novaković, Acting Director of the Serbian Intellectual Property Office
• Prof. Dr. Dušan Popović, President of the Organising Board President of the Commission for National Domain Names Dispute Resolution, Member of ICANN Intellectual Property Constituency

11:20 Keynote address

• Protecting IP rights in new gTLDs: Jonathan C. Cohen, Member, ICANN Intellectual Property Constituency Senior Partner, Shapiro Cohen LLP

11:45 Break

12:00 Domain names and trademarks, Chair: Prof. Dr. Vesna Besarović, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade

• Legal and economic nature of Internet domain names: Prof. Dr. Slobodan Marković, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade 

• Effectiveness of the procedure for settlement of disputes arising out of registration of Serbian national domain names: Doc. Dr. Marko Jovanović, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Vice President of the Commission for National Domain Names Dispute Resolution

12:45 Break

13:00 Copyright law and the Internet - Chair: Prof. Dr. Slobodan Marković, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Copyright and related rights infringements on the Internet

• An examination of the recent case law of the European Court of Justice: Prof. Dr. Dušan Popović, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade

• Civil liability of Internet intermediaries for copyright infringements – A comparative law perspective: Doc. Dr. Sanja Radovanović, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Novi Sad

• Copyright and the right to privacy of electronic communications in the Republic of Serbia: Doc. Dr. Mario Reljanović, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University „Union“

• ReDigi and UsedSoft: A few answers and at least as many unanswered questions, Bogdan Ivanišević, LL.M. Head of IP Practice Group, Law Firm „BDK advokati“

14:30 Concluding remarks

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