You are cordially invited to a symposium titled
"Intellectual Property Rights: Research and Application"

Date & Time: December 12th, 2010, at 12:00 pm.

Venue: Hall of Said Soliman, Fayoum University Administration Building

Topics to Be Covered:
*Definition of patents as a strategic tool for research and innovation
*Mechanisms adopted to register patents nationally and internationally (Problems and Solutions)
*Scientific Research Papers and scope of protection – Developing Cooperation Protocols
*IT and Patents (Obstacles and How to Overcome them)
*Pivots for granting patents (Patent Application - Patent Usefulness)

Key Speakers:
-Eng. Nadia Abdullah – Undersecretary, Ministry of Scientific Research, Former Chairperson, Egyptian Patent Office
-Mrs. Neval Nabil, Director, Legal Affairs for Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), Egyptian Patent Office, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT)
-Eng. Mohammad Basuny, Director, Patent Information Management, Egyptian Patent Office