International Cyber Seminar at Kochi

Cyberspace Usages - Challenges and Dispute Resolution

Joint Seminar organised by the UIA, UIA India Chapter and the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) Kochi INDIA

Saturday, February 19 & Sunday, February 20, 2011

Cyberspace has become a necessary part of everyone’s every day life. The growing importance and significance of the Internet have not only resulted in radical changes to the social context and behaviour in the last decade, but have also brought along numerous challenges to legal thoughts, approaches and systems. All of them were inexperienced before. The related issues are and were the origin for a broad variety of thoughts and initiatives. The seminar’s goal is to highlight, present and assess some of the pertinent current legal approaches towards the cyberspace and its challenges. A particular emphasis will be on ways to cope with the unpredictabilities and particular legal risks of cyberspace. Aspects of contract law, criminal law and approaches for dispute resolution will be addressed with a national, regional and international point of view.

Friday, February 18

Saturday, February 19

08:30 – 09:00 - REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS Le Méridien Hotel, Kochi Maradu Kochi, Kerala 682304 India

09:00 – 10:00 - Opening of the Seminar & Welcome Address M. Veerappa MOILY, Hon’ble Union Minister of Law & Justice, New Delhi, India

Hon’ble Judges of Supreme Court of India Hon’ble Chief Justice of Kerala High Court, Kochi, India Pascal MAURER, UIA President, Keppeler & Associés, Geneva, Switzerland Lee SUET-FERN, IPBA President, Singapore, Singapore K.K. VENUGOPAL, UIA President of Honour, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi, India Hon’ble Justice N. Santhosh HEGDE, Past President UIA India Chapter, formerly Judge of Supreme Court of India, Karnataka Lokayukta, Government of Karnataka [1]

Address and Concluding Remarks Amal Kumar GANGULI, UIA India Chapter President, Senior Advocate, New Delhi, India

CYBERSPACE USAGES & PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

10:00 – 10:30 - Promoting Data Protection Standards through Contracts Kamlesh BAJAJ, CEO Data Security Council of India, NASSCOM, New Delhi, India

10:30 – 11:00 - COFFEE BREAK

11:00 – 11:30 - Online Contract Formation and Regulation – A Review and Assessment of Successful and of Unnecessary Legislative Initiatives in Europe Mark REUTTER, Walder Wyss & Partners Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland

11:30 - 12:00 - E-contract Formation Nicole VAN CROMBRUGGHE, LVP Law, Brussels, Belgium 12:00 – 12:30 [1] E-Contracts and Problems on the Internet Ajay KUMAR, Secretary, Information Technology, State of Kerala, India

12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH

14:00 - 14:30 - Internet Service Provider Liability for Breach of Intellectual Property Rights Enrica SENINI, Studio Legale Senini, Brescia, Italy

14:30 – 15:00 - Indian Copyright Law and the Internet N.S. GOPALAKRISHNAN, Director-Inter University Centre for IPR Studies, Cochin University of Science & Technology, India

15:00 - 15:30 - Intellectual Property Protection and Domain Names in India Salman WARIS, FoxMandal Little, New Delhi, India 15:30 – 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

16:00 – 16:30 - Challenges in Combating Cyber Crimes Karnika SETH, Seth & Associates, New Delhi, India

16:30 - 17:00 - Confidentiality and Non-Compete Employment Issues in Information Technology Lalit BHASIN, Bhasin & Co., New Delhi, India

17:00 – 17:30 - Phishing, Morphing and Bet-Online: Experiences Made in Europe and in Italy - Report from a Practitioner in Criminal Law Alessia SORGATO, Studio Legale Sorgato, Milan, Italy

17:30 - 18:00 - E-Banking and the Protection of Personal Data Daniele DE BENEDETTI, Benessia Maccagno, Turin, Italy

18:00 – 18:30 - Cyber Forensics Loknath BEHRA, IPS, Head National Investigation Agency, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, India

20:00 - OPTIONAL DINNER Le Méridien Hotel, Kochi Maradu Kochi, Kerala 682304 India

08:30 – 09:00 - REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS Le Méridien Hotel, Kochi Maradu, Kochi, Kerala 682304, India

DISPUTE RESOLUTION & ARBITRATION

09:00 – 09:25 - Jurisdictional Issues on Cyberspace Usage Ciccu MUKHOPADHYA, Partner, Amarchand Mangaldas, New Delhi, India

09:25 – 10:15 - Mediation Vakul SHARMA, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi, India Susannah L. MAAS, Maas Avocats, Geneva, Switzerland

10:15 – 10:40 - Online Dispute Resolution with Special Emphasis on Mediation Mohammed MUSHTAQ, Advocate, M.K. Associates, Kochi, India

10:40 - 11:10 COFFEE BREAK

11:10 – 11:35 - Diversity in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Mark REUTTER, Walder Wyss & Partners Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland

11:35 – 12:00 - Issues Arising from the Use of New Technologies in Arbitration Laurence KIFFER, Teynier, Pic & Associés, Paris, France

12:00 – 12:25 - Current Challenges in Arbitration Peter TURNER, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Paris, France

12:25 – 12:50 - Cyberspace Usages – Challenges and Dispute Resolution Vipul MAHESHWARI, Maheshwari & Co., New Delhi, India

12:50 – 13:15 - Arbitration in Domain Name Disputes Vizzy GEORGE, Advocate, Marks & Rights, Kochi, India

13:15 - 13:45 - Valedictory Session Key Note Speaker Hon’ble Judges of Supreme Court of India, New Delhi, India Hon’ble Judges of the Hon’ble High Court of Kerala, India

Addressed by Amal Kumar GANGULI, UIA India Chapter President, Senior Advocate, New Delhi, India M. K. DAMODARAN, Senior Advocate, Kerala High Court, Kochi, India

Vote of Thanks and Concluding Remarks Praveen AGARWAL, Agarwal Jetley & Associates, New Delhi, India Sunday,

VENUE OF THE SEMINAR Le Méridien Hotel, Kochi Maradu Kochi, Kerala 682304 India

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION Every participant attending the seminar will receive a “Certificate of Participation” at the end of the event, that may be used for obtaining “Credits” for “Continuing Legal Education” - “Continuing Professional Development” purposes, depending on national rules.

For more information, please contact M. K. DAMODARAN Chairman Host Committee Senior Advocate, Kerala High Court Kochi, India T +91 48 4239 3955 F +91 48 4239 0360 E advmkd@yahoo.com Organising Committee UIA T +33 1 44 88 55 66  F +33 1 44 88 55 77  uiacentre@uianet.org  www.uianet.org