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The Information and Communication Technologies Sub-Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce in association with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Geneva and the National Intellectual Property Office - Sri Lanka is organising a two-day seminar on "Internet, e-Commerce and Intellectual Property" on April 24 and 25 from 8.45 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. at the Colombo Hilton.

It will cover e-Commerce: Its emergence and growth with particular reference to Sri Lanka; The Digital Divide and WIPOs Digital Agenda; Meeting the Challenges and Seizing the Opportunities of the Digital age; Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Environment: The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonogram Treaty (WPPT); Issues concerning the Protection of Real-World Identifiers: Trademarks, Branding, Names of International Organisations, Geographical Identifiers, Personal Names, Navigation; Modernisation of the National Legislative Framework to Enhance the Protection of Intellectual Property in the Age of the Internet; The Protection of Marks and other Industrial Property Rights in Signs on the Internet: WIPO recommendation; Domain Names System - Sri Lanka's perspective and Domain Names Resolving disputes - the WIPO Processes.

The Resource Personnel include Ang Kwee Tiang, Regional Director, Asia - Pacific International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), Singapore; Erik Wilbers, Deputy Director Head of Domain Name Dispute Resolution Section, WIPO Geneva, Switzerland; Ranjana Abeysekera, Senior Counsellor, World Intellectual Property Organisation; Dr. D.M. Karunaratna, Director, National Intellectual Property Office - Sri Lanka; Dr. Lalith Gamage, Chief Executive Officer, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Jayantha Fernando, Attorney-at-Law Member of Law Committee and Domain Names of the Council for Information Technology (CINTEC).

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