主题：烟草平装法是否违反TRIPS协定？（Do Plain Packaging Laws Violate TRIPS? ）
主讲人：美国阿克伦大学法学院 JEFFREY M. SAMUELS教授
时间：2015年9月29日 10:00-12:00
地点：william威廉亚洲官方学院南路校区 学术会堂南楼307
主讲人简介：
JEFFREY M. SAMUELS
Mr. Samuels is a Professor Emeritus at The University of Akron School of Law. From August 1998 to June 2014, he served as the David L. Brennan Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology at The University of Akron School of Law. He taught courses on Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Law, Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, Trademark Prosecution, and IP Policy and Politics. Mr. Samuels currently serves as an arbitrator/mediator in trademark-related litigation, as an expert witness and consultant in trademark matters, and as a panelist under various domain name dispute procedures.
From November 1987 until January 1993, Mr. Samuels served as an Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks -- the head of the trademark division of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). As such, Mr. Samuels was actively involved in, and responsible for, the PTO’s trademark operations and of all facets of the administration of the federal registration system, including implementation of the provisions of the Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988, and established policies and procedures relating to the federal registration system. After leaving the PTO, Mr. Samuels joined an intellectual property law firm in Washington, D.C. and later engaged in his own practice of law.
Mr. Samuels is the editor of the compilation “Patent, Trademark and Copyright Laws,” which is published by Bloomberg/BNA, and has authored or co-authored numerous articles in the field of intellectual property law. He also chaired or co-chaired numerous trademark-related committees and subcommittees of the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law and of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Mr. Samuels serves on the advisory board of “BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal” and served on the Board of Directors of the IPO Education Foundation. Mr. Samuels chaired the Trademark Public Advisory Committee of the United States Patent and Trademark Office from July 2003 to March 2008.
参加讲座同学，请认真阅读下列资料：
INTAWTOPlainPackagingAmicusBriefApril2015.pdf
Trips8,15-21.pdf
