LES FRANCE organized a one-day conference on December 10, 1998, entitled "Aspects of Pre-Litigation in Intellectual Property". The conference discussed the specifics of pre-litigation from various standpoints, jurisdiction, and right holder vs. alleged infringer, and patents vs. trademarks / domain names.
The program included a "Preparation for an international patent infringement case", by Gerald Kamstra, "US practice from the point of view of the alleged infringer", by Ronald Grudziecki, "Trademark-Domain names", by Milan Chromecek, "Point of view of an industrial practitioner", by Karl van Lelyveld, and general discussions.
Licensing and Technology Transfer Seminar in EGYPT
Preparations are underway for a seminar in Cairo, Egypt, under the sponsorship of the LES-Arab Countries on January 27, 1999. A large number of Arab businessmen and experts in licensing and technology transfer are to attend. The LES-Arab Countries was announced a member of the Licensing Executives Society (International) at its Miami Meeting held in November 1998.