[webinar] Cross-border trade in the new post-covid reality: Practical insights on Trade and IPR

We would like to invite you to join us for the Live Webinar: “Cross-border trade in the new post-covid reality: Practical insights on Trade and IPR”, organised by CEEC Vietnam and CEEC Singapore, in partnership with South-East Asia IP SME Helpdesk.

During the round table discussion, our guest speakers from different trade agencies will help you to understand trade relations between Europe and Singapore as well as Vietnam; and how to successfully protect & enforce your intellectual property rights. They will draw an overall picture of the Covid-19 impact on trade and discuss the biggest opportunities and challenges for European businesses. In addition, an IP Expert from the SEA IP SME Helpdesk will also share some technical and practical insights along with efficient strategies on cross-border trade from the IP point of view.”

Date: Thursday, 20 January 2022

Time: 4pm (VN time)/ 5pm (SG time)/ 10am (CET)

Platform: zoom

Registration link HERE

Speakers:

Ivan Nikl

Branch Director CzechTrade Vietnam

Ivan Nikl comes from Czech Republic and he holds position of Director of Czech Trade Vietnam since July 2018. CzechTrade its government agency specialized for supporting Czech exporters to enter foreign markets but also to connect interested parties from abroad with Czech partners. His job is to promote bilateral connections between Vietnam and Czech Republic which is very diverse and gives him a lot of satisfaction. His previous experience includes support of Czech Trade foreign offices as a deputy team leader in engineering sector at HQ in Prague, realization of international exhibitions, market and distributors research.

Tran Manh Hung

Managing Partner of BMVN International LLC, External Expert of SEA IP SME Helpdesk

Mr. Tran Manh Hung is the Managing Partner of BMVN International LLC, a fully licensed law firm and IP agent, which is a member of Baker & McKenzie International. Mr. Tran has represented numerous multinational and Vietnamese companies in high profile transactions and projects in many different industries including infrastructure, transportation, telecommunications, port, retail, distribution, and intellectual property. Ranked as a leading individual in Intellectual Property by Chambers Global and World Trademark Review, Mr. Tran has successfully represented some of the world’s largest multinational companies in both contentious and non-contentious aspects of IP law, including patents, designs, trademarks, copyright, unfair competition, anti-counterfeiting, anti-piracy, domain names, commercial IP involving franchising and licensing arrangements, trade secrets, and technology. Mr. Tran has also been called upon by the Vietnamese Government to review and help revise the country’s IP Law and the Criminal Code’s IP provisions.

György Kerekes

Co-founder and Promotion Director at CET Oriental Solutions Ltd.

György is co-founder and Promotion Director of CET Oriental, which is the official representative in Singapore of the Hungarian Export Promotion Agency Official representative office of HEPA who is supervised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.