IP Case Law Conference

Substantive and Procedural issues of Trade Mark and Design Dispute Resolution

On 5-6 May 2016, the Office held its first IP Case Law Conference.

The event was dedicated to substantive and procedural issues surrounding trade mark and design registration.

The presentations given by the speakers at the event are available under the links below.

Session 1: The Role of the Boards of Appeal in building Effective Dispute Resolution

Dr. Matteo Gargantini, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law, Luxembourg - PDF
Ms Mercedes Ortuño Sierra, Chairman of the Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency - PDF
Ms Elisabeth Fink, Member of the Fourth Board of Appeal, EUIPO and Judge at the German Federal Patent Court - PDF
Ms Kai Härmand, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Justice, Estonia - PDF

Session 2: Effective administration of litigation proceedings

Ms Diana Wallis, President of the European Law Institute (ELI) - PDF
Ms Anna Veneziano, Deputy Secretary-General of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, UNIDROIT - PDF
Ms Virginia Melgar, Member of the Fifth Board of Appeal, EUIPO and President of the European Stability Mechanism Administrative Tribunal - PDF
Judge Ulloa Rubio, Seventh Chamber, General Court of the European Union - PDF
Mr Francisco Fonseca Morillo, Deputy Director-General, DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission

Session 3: Litigating before the Boards and the Court of Justice

Hanne Kirk, Legal Counsel, PhD, Vice-Chairman of the Danish Board of Appeal for Patents and Trademarks - PDF
The Honorable Judge Lorelei Ritchie, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, USPTO - PDF
Mr Gordon Humphreys, Chairperson of the Fifth Board of Appeal, EUIPO - PDF
Mr Detlef Schennen, Chairperson of the Fourth Board of Appeal, EUIPO - PDF
Thierry van Innis, avocat - PDF
David N.W. Chen, Professor, founding and Senior Partner, Allbright Law Offices - PDF

Session 4: Defending famous brands

Professor Spyros Maniatis, Director of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London - PDF
Ms. Dr. Martina Schwonke, Judge, Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtschof), Karlsruhe, Germany
Professor David Franklyn, Director of the McCarthy Institute for IP and Technology Law, University of San Francisco - PDF
Dr Frederick Mostert, Research Fellow, St Peter’s College, Oxford University
Mr Arne Führer, Regional Court Judge, Hamburg - PDF

Session 5: Arguing national law

Prof. Dr. Gordian N. Hasselblatt, LL.M - PDF
Ms Beate Schmidt, President, Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht), Germany - PDF
Geoffrey Hobbs, QC - PDF
Manfred Büchele, Professor of IP and Corporate Law, University of Innsbruck, Austria - PDF
Mr Giuseppe Bertoli, Head of Litigation Service, ICLAD, EUIPO - PDF

Session 6: Dealing with weak brands

Ms Ruta Olmane, Vice-President of European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA), Associated Partner, Metida Law Firm - PDF
Mr David T Keeling, Member of the Boards of Appeal at EPO and Former Member of the EUIPO Boards of Appeal - PDF
Mr Jan de Visser, Manager Brand Protection, Senior Director, Global Brand Licensing, Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
Ms Anna Carboni, Partner at Redd Solicitors, LLP - PDF
Mr Dimitris Botis, Deputy Director, ICLAD, EUIPO - PDF
Mr Christoph Bartos, Member of the Fourth Board of Appeal, EUIPO - PDF