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National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka Joins with US Patents and Trademark Office to Hold Workshop on Intellectual Property Law
Colombo, July 21, 2009: The National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the US Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Business Software Alliance (BSA), held a workshop this past Saturday, July 18, at the Hotel Galadari in Colombo. The event, held in cooperation with the Sri Lankan Attorney General’s office, informed legal officers from the Sri Lankan Government about current intellectual property law within Sri Lanka and international instruments for enforcing intellectual property laws.
The workshop served as a forum for discussing emerging trends in national and international intellectual property law. Topics discussed included civil litigation against the infringement of intellectual property rights, the relative effectiveness of criminal sanctions in combating piracy of copyrighted material, and intellectual property’s role in economic and social development. Speakers included Dr. D.M. Karunaratna, the Director General of the National Intellectual Property Office, the Hon. Justice Saleem Marsoof PC, a Judge of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court, and Mr. Dominic Keating of USPTO. The chief guest was the Hon. Attorney General Mohan Peiris PC.