I will take part in the Lex Electronica conference in Prague (next July).
The draft programme is available here: 
http://www.cyberspace.muni.cz/english/storage/programmedraft.rtf

WIPO Conferences, Meetings and Seminars

WIPO events during the weeks of April 28 to May 11, 2008

Visit the WIPO Conferences, Meetings and Seminars web site to access the full index of meetings and related documents.

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In Geneva:

MM/LD/WG/5
Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks
From 05-May-2008 to 09-May-2008 (Geneva, Switzerland)

INFORMAL LIAISON MEETING (MADRID) - 8.05.08
Informal Liaison Meeting with the IP Offices of the Members of the Madrid Union
On 08-May-2008 (Geneva, Switzerland)

In Other Locations:

OMPI/CCM/GUA/08
Seminario nacional sobre las artes visuales y la gestión colectiva de los derechos de autor
From 28-Apr-2008 to 29-Apr-2008 (Guatemala City, Guatemala)

OMPI/INN/SDO/08
Taller nacional sobre la propiedad intelectual como herramienta de apoyo a la innovación y la gestión empresarial en pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYME)
From 29-Apr-2008 to 30-Apr-2008 (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

WIPO/TM/VIL/08
WIPO National Seminar on Trademarks and Industrial Designs
From 06-May-2008 to 07-May-2008 (Vilnius, Lithuania)

We are delighted to announce the call for papers of the *First
Interdisciplinary Research Workshop on Free Culture* (hosted by the 4th
iSummit in Sapporo, Japan) at the following address:
http://www.icommons.org/isummit08/commons-research/. Please do circulate
this call among your colleagues and forward to relevant institutions.
Note that the research workshop follows a different timeline and a
different submission process from the rest of the iSummit. Submission
deadline is *April 26*. We welcome submissions from all disciplines, as
long as they relate to the workshop themes.

  From the website:

*First Interdisciplinary Research Workshop on Free Culture
*Hosted at the fourth annual iSummit, 29 July –1 August, 2008, Sapporo,
Japan
With submission deadline: 26 April, 2008

The First Interdisciplinary Research Workshop on Free Culture presents a
unique opportunity for scholars with various backgrounds, whose work
contributes to the promotion or study of an emerging Free Culture, to
present their research work to a multidisciplinary audience of academic
peers and practitioners. It will be held in conjunction with the fourth
iSummit, one of the largest annual events for the Free Culture and
related movements. Our aim is to provide a platform for scholars to
communicate their findings to an audience that extends beyond individual
disciplines because we believe that the wider participation in the
creative process (and consequently in the formation and dissemination of
our modern culture) enabled by new Internet technologies, innovative
legal solutions and new business models, are far-reaching and therefore
deserve to be examined through the lens of multidisciplinary inquiry.

The focus of the workshop will be on the presentation and critique of
work in progress, and with the inclusion of both academic researchers
and practitioners, so as to produce a holistic perspective on the future
of a more participative, open and free information society. Workshop
participants will have the chance to present their work at an event
which attracts some of the world’s foremost thinkers on the future of
the Internet, as well as practitioners, technologists, activists and
artists who help shape that future.

For more information visit:
http://www.icommons.org/isummit08/commons-research/

Regards,

Giorgos Cheliotis (also on behalf of Jonathan Zittrain and Tyng-Ruey Chuang)

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 – Protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs – ‘Parmigiano Reggiano’ cheese – Use of the name ‘Parmesan’ – Obligation on a Member State to proceed on its own initiative against the abuse of a protected designation of origin

The decision is available here:

C-132/05

Judgment

2008-02-26

Commission v Germany

Agriculture