PhD Workshop 2012 Program (pdf, 114KB)

Institute for European and International
Economic Law
Hallerstrasse 6, Bern
To
Participants of the Doctoral Workshop 2012
Bern, 23‐24 March 2012
Faculty of Law
Department of Economic Law
Doctoral Workshop 2012
Each doctoral student presenting her/his thesis is entitled to 30 minutes. It is suggested to limit
the presentation to 10 ‐ 15 minutes and to use the remaining time for a plenary discussion. The
presentations should focus on 1 or 2 key questions, which can then be discussed with the
audience. Please do not present an outline of your entire thesis.
Friday, 23 March 2012
Time Speaker Subject
8.00
PROF. DR.
THOMAS COTTIER
WELCOME
8.15 HOJJAT KHADEMI
Protecting Traditional Knowledge under Geographical Indication
and Collective Marks Regimes
8.45 SANTANU MUKHERJEE
Doctrine of Exhaustion in Patent Law and its Treatment under
WTO Regulations
9.15 ELLIOT PAPAGEORGIOU
What’s New for IP in the 12th 5 Year Plan? Foreign Companies as
Patent Infringement Defendants
9.45 CHARLOTTE SIEBER
Three Interpretations of the Scope of GATS V and their
Consequences for the World Trade System
10.15 Coffee Break
10.45 DAVIDE ROVETTA
Treaty Interpretation Under Article II GATT: Have the Negotiators'
Intentions Been Respected by WTO Adjudicating Bodies?
11.15 MALEBAKENG FORERE
Towards the Coherent Global Trading System Through RTA and
WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanisms
11.45 MATTHIAS KENDE Crossreferencing Between the TPRM and the DSB
12.15 SIMON BRINSMEAD
The Impact of the Convergence of Telecommunications
Networks, the Internet and Audiovisual Products on International
Trade Law
12.45 Lunch
13.45 EMILIE KOHLER The Interpretation of Swiss Law with the Aid of European Law
14.15 NIMA STAUFFER
Competitive Relationship and Non‐Discrimination Within the
Framework of the EU’s Fundamental Freedoms
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Bern
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14.45 DAVID HERREN
15.15 VICTOR SACO
15.45 Coffee Break
16.15 ROMULO BRILLO
16.45 MONIRUL AZAM
The Cassis de Dijon‐Principle as a Legal Instrument for the
Liberalisation of Trade
Margin of Manoeuvre of the State to Change Water Regulation in
the Framework of Investment Treaties. The Case of Peruvian FTAs
Investment Clauses and its Protection of Mining Investments
IIAs and Domestic Investment Laws: A Comparative Analysis in
MERCOSUR Countries
Journey Towards TRIPS and Pharmaceutical Industry in
Bangladesh: In Search of Effective Legislative and Institutional
Framework
17.15 LISA SALCEDO‐PFEIFFER The Evolution of the Discourse on Migration Partnerships
17.45 Final Statements by Asst. Prof. Dr. Marion Panizzon
19.00 Dinner
Saturday, 24 March 2012
Time Speaker Subject
8.00 Welcome
8.15 CRISTINA GONTA Competition Law: Civil or Criminal?
8.45 CHRIS RIFFEL The International Protection Against Unfair Competition
9.15 JOY KATEGEKWA Managing Mode 4 Commitments Through Regulatory Reform
9.45 EWA BIENKOWSKA Comparative Aspects of R&D Taxation
10.15 JANE MÜLLER Trade in Products Based on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
10.45 Coffee Break
11.15 SOFYA MATTEOTTI
Oil Supply Management Practices the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) under WTO Rules and
National Competition Laws
11.45 FITZGERALD TEMMERMAN Water Footprint Labelling and the TBT Agreement
12.15 JUDITH WEHRLI
12.45 KATERYNA HOLZER
13.15 Final Statements / End of PhD Workshop 2012
Plastic Garbage in the High Sea: Analysis From an
International Law Perspective
WTO legal issues concerning carbon‐related border
adjustment measures
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Further Participants
Institute for European and International Economic Law/WTI, University of Bern
PROF. DR. THOMAS COTTIER
ASST. PROF. DR. MATTHIAS OESCH
ASST. PROF. DR. MARION PANIZZON
ROSEMARIE CÖPPICUS
PhD Students (not presenting)
THOMAS FISCHER
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