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 PROTECTION
OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS CAN HELP STIMULATE THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT OF HAITI
Principal Items of Discussion:
• How Rampant Copyright and Trademark Violations Impede
Economic Growth in Haitian Communities
• How the Protection of Traditional Knowledge Can Provide
Haiti with a Competitive Edge
Moderator: Albert DeCady, Chairman, HAIPA
Panelists:
Raymond Joseph, Charge D’affaires,
Embassy of Haiti
Doris Long, Professor, John Marshall Law
School
Jean R. Homere, Director of Editing, HAIPA
Clyde Vanel, Attorney at Law, Vanel Law Firm
Yves Joseph, Musician of Tabou Combo
Jean-Claude Eugene, Musician/Actor/Playwright
Date: November 12, 2004
Time: 6:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Embassy of Haiti,
2311 Massachussetts Ave, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20008
For Information Call:
(202) 332-4090
Embassy of Haiti: embassy@haiti.org
(301) 728-6534
HAIPA: jean@haipa.org
HAIPA, P.O. BOX 15504, Arlington, VA 22215
www.haipa.org
| Program |
6:00- 7:00 p.m.
Reception/Refreshment - Hosted by the Haitian-
American Intellectual Property Association and the
Embassy of Haiti
7:00-
7:05 p.m.
Welcoming Remarks:
Raymond Joseph, Charge D’affaires,
Embassy of Haiti
7:05-
7:20
How Copyright Violations in the Music Industry
Have Impeded Economic Growth in Haiti
Jean Claude Eugene, Musician, Actor,
Playwright
7:20-
7:35 p.m.
What Can Be Done To Curb Piracy in the Music
Industry of Haiti
Yves Joseph, Musician, Tabou Combo
7:35-
7:50 p.m.
Infringement of IP Rights in Haitian Communities,
What Can Be Done?
Clyde Vanel, Attorney, Vanel Law
Firm
7:50-
8:05 p.m.
Protection of Traditional Knowledge Can Provide
Haiti with a competitive Edge
Jean R. Homere, HAIPA
7:50-
8:05 p.m.
Protection of Traditional Knowledge Can Provide
Haiti with a competitive Edge
Jean R. Homere, HAIPA
8:05-
8:30 p.m.
Ways Intellectual Property Can Be Used to Help
Haiti Develop its Cultural Industries
Professor Doris Estelle Long, John
Marshall School of Law
8:30-
9:15 p.m.
Questions and Open Discussion
9:15-
9:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks and Acknowledgement
Vital Pierre & Daniel St Cyr,
HAIPA
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