Speakers

António Andrade

Chair of the ECTA Design Committee, Attorney at Law, Vieira de Almeida & Associados, PT


Gerhard Bauer

IP-Consultant, DE


Dr. Luca Barbero

Member of the ECTA Internet Committee, Trademark Attorney, Studio Barbero, IT


Katherine M. Basile

Member of ECTA Law Committee, Partner | Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP


Oscar Benito

Vice-Chair of the ECTA Law Committee, Assistant General Counsel – Legal: Global Trade Marks, GlaxoSmithKline, UK


Dr. Enrico Bonadio

Solicitor, Lecturer, The City Law School, UK


Dimitris Botis

Deputy Director for Legal Affairs, International Cooperation & Legal Affairs Department, OHIM, ES


Ignacio De Castro

Deputy Director, Arbitration and Mediation Center, WIPO, CH


Domenico De Simone

ECTA President, Attorney at Law, European Intellectual Property Attorney, De Simone & Partners, IT


Michael Edenborough QC

Barrister, Serle Court, UK


Tomás Eichenberg

Principal Administrator, Directorate General Internal Market and Services, Unit D2 Industrial Property, European Commission, BE


Dr. Gail E. Evans

Queen Mary University of London, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, UK


Benjamin Fontaine

Chair of the ECTA Geographical Indications Committee, Trademark Attorney, E.G.Y.P. SAS, ES


Katja Grabienski

Chair of the ECTA Publications Committee, Attorney at Law, JONAS Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, DE


Marianne Grabrucker

Presiding Judge, Federal Patent Court, DE


Gordon David Thomas Humphreys

Member of the Boards of Appeal, OHIM, ES


Myrtha Hurtado Rivas

Member of the ECTA Law Committee, Global Head Trademarks, Domain Names & Copyright, Novartis, CH


Carolin Kind

Chair of the ECTA Harmonization Committee, Attorney at Law, Greyhills Rechtsanwälte, DE


Jacques Larrieu

Professor at Law, University of Toulouse, FR


Nathalie Luis

Global Intellectual Property Senior Counsel, L’Oréal, UK


Paul Maier

Director of the EU Observatory on infringements of intellectual property rights, OHIM, ES


Geraldina Mattsson

European IP Counsel, Honda Motor Europe Limited, UK


F. Peter Müller

ECTA First Vice-President, Partner, Müller Schupfner & Partner Patent - und Rechtsanwälte, Munich, DE


João Negrão

Director International Cooperation and Legal Affairs, OHIM, ES


John Noble

Director, British Brands Group, UK


Petre Ohan

Director of the Department Appeals, Strategy and Marketing Romanian Patent and Trademark Office, RO


Dr. Max Oker-Blom

ECTA Secretary General, Adjunct Professor, Hanken School of Economics, FI


Ruta Olmane

ECTA Second Vice-President, Latvian and European Trade mark and Design Attorney, LV


Dr. Andreas Renck

Chair of the ECTA OHIM Link Committee, Attorney at Law, Hogan Lovells, ES


Beate Schmidt

President, Federal Patent Court and former Director at OHIM, DE


Gregor Schneider

Litigator of the OHIM before the ECJ, ES


Marius Schneider

Marius Schneider, Chair of the ECTA Anti-Counterfeiting Committee, Member of the EU Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, Attorney at Law, CEW IPvocate and IPvocateAfrica, BE


Dr. Peter Schramm

Member of the ECTA Design Committee, Attorney at Law, Meyerlustenberger Lachenal, CH


Frank Soutoul

ECTA Member, European Trademark Attorney, INLEX IP Expertise, FR


Dr. Alexandru Cristian Ştrenc

Executive Director, Romanian Patent and Trademark Office, RO


Paul Tjiam

Attorney At Law, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V., NL


Raluca Vasilescu

Chair of the ECTA Organising Committee & ECTA Council Member, President of Romanian Chamber of Patent Attorneys, Patent and Trademark Attorney, Cabinet M. Oproiu, RO


Prof. Dr. Alexandra von Bismarck

Member of the ECTA Harmonization Committee, Partner, Head of Trademarks Germany, Field Fisher Waterhouse, Hamburg, and Professor of Law at GGS German Graduate School of Management and Law (Heilbronn), DE


Dr. Alexander v. Mühlendahl

Visiting Professor, Queen Mary; ECTA Honorary Member and Member of the ECTA Law & Geographical Indications Committees, Attorney at Law, BARDEHLE PAGENBERG Partnerschaft, DE


Olivier Vrins

ECTA Council Member, Member of the ECTA Anti-Counterfeiting Committee and of the Enforcement working group of the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, Attorney at Law, Altius, BE


Ulla Wennermark

Board Member, 2nd Board of Appeal, OHIM, ES and and External lecturer, IP Master program, University of Stockholm, Sweden


Mònica Wolf de Camhi

ECTA Member, Attorney at Law, Wolf Mendez Abogados Asociados, CO