Link to the Round Table held on April 17, 2008 - Budapest, - HU
April 14, 2008 -The Hague - NL
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The Community Trade Mark and
the National Trade Marks
Are they in Harmony?
The Benelux point of view
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Monday, 14th April, 2008
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property
The Hague
ECTA is organizing a Round Tableon Trade Marks with, OHIM and the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property.
The Round Table is divided in 3 parts:
- the first one dealing with the impact of the Community Trade Mark and OHIM on the activities of the National Trade Mark Office and users..
- the second one dealing with the strategies to protect trade marks in Europe: advantages and disadvantages of using the national, Community or International route.
- the third one dealing with Harmonization issues.
It would be ECTA's wish to repeat this Round Table following the same scheme in other EU countries in order to have a better understanding of the effective impact of OHIM's activities and the CTM system in different Member States and to learn from the experience of the respective users. This would contribute to a debate on the EU trade mark system, which could be useful to the comprehensive study on the overall functioning of the system as proposed in the European Council conclusions of May 2007. We also hope that this project will help to further harmonize the different practices, both from a procedural and legal point of view, at EU level.
Programme
| 13.00 - 13.30 |
Registration
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| 13.30 - 13.45 |
Welcome
Edmond Simon, Director General BOIP
Mireia Curell, President of ECTA
Wubbo De Boer, President of OHIM
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| 13.45 - 15.25 |
Chairs:
Mireia Curell, President of ECTA
Dick Verschure, Deputy Director General BOIP
Impact of the Community Trade Mark on the National Trade Mark Office activities and the daily work of the trade mark profession
Edmond Simon, Director General BOIP
João Miranda de Sousa, Director General Affairs and External Relations Department , OHIM
Dominique Kaesmacher, Office Kirkpatrick S.A., BE
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Trade mark strategies - Advantages and Disadvantages of using the national, Community or International route
Jozef Vandekerckhove, Philips International B.V., NL
Franc Enghardt, Novagraaf B.V., NL
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| 15.25 - 15.45 |
Coffee Break- Kindly hosted by the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property |
| 15.45 - 17.55 |
Chairs:
Lidy-Anne Jeswiet, Gevers & Partners, BE
Vincent O'Reilly, Director of the Department for IP Policy, OHIM
Are the CTM and the Benelux systems harmonized?
From a Procedural point of view
The differences: Maron Galama, Vereenigde, NL
Are these justified?
Pieter Veeze, Staff Lawyer at the Legal Affairs Department - BOIP
Wouter Verburg, Head of Service, Trade Marks and Cancellation Department, OHIM
From a Legal point of view
a) absolute grounds of refusal in examination and cancellation proceedings
b) relative grounds of refusal in opposition and and cancellation proceedings
The differences: Emmanuel Cornu, Simont Braun, BE - Sophie Van Galen, Gevers & Partners, BE
Are these justified?
Saskia Smits,Lawyer at the Legal Affairs Department - BOIP
Walter Peeters, Member of the Fourth Board of Appeal, OHIM
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| 17.55 - 18.30 |
Debate |
| 18.30 - 19.00 |
Drinks Reception -Kindly hosted by the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property
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Registration is free.
To register please send an e-mail to ecta@ecta.org providing
your first and last name, company name and direct e-mail address.
A route direction can be found here.
Please note that due to room constraints registration will be limited to 60 delegates.
April 17, 2008 - Budapest, - HU
Enforcement at different levels
cooperation with customs and recent developments of domain disputes
April 17, 2008 9.30 to 14.00
venue and co-host: Hungarian Patent Office, Budapest
The Round Table is divided in 2 parts:
- the first one dealing with enforcement with the cooperation of customs
- the second one dealing with the new tasks of the Hungarian Patent Office in the protection of trade mark rights, and an overview of the
present legal environment regarding trade mark infringements
committed by domain names.
Programme
| 9.30 |
Registration
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| 9.45 |
Welcome
by László Bérczes on behalf of ECTA and the competent representative of the Hungarian Patent Office
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| 10.00 - 11.45 |
Enforcement - cooperation with customs
moderator:
László Bérczes, S.B.G. & K. Patent and Law Offices, Hungary
speakers:
Border Measures: an offensive against IP offences
Marius Schneider, EEMAN & Partners, Belgium
Taking the fight agains counterfeits seriously - Case Iso EUR in Finland
Ari-Pekka Launne, Kolster Oy, Finland
Recent developments in the cooperation between customs and the trademark owners
Captain Gyula Almási, Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard
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| 11.45-12.10 |
coffee break - kindly hosted by the Hungarian Patent Office
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| 12.10-13.10 |
The new tasks of the Hungarian Patent Office - trade mark infringements committed by domain names
moderator:
László Bérczes, S.B.G. & K. Patent and Law Offices, Hungary
speakers:
The new tasks and roles of the Hungarian Patent Office in the fight against trade mark infringements
Dr. Gábor Németh, Hungarian Patent Offices
Recent Hungarian court practice of trade mark infringements committed by domain names
Dr. Áron László, S.B.G. & K. Patent and Law Offices, Hungary
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| 13.10 - 14.00 |
Soft drinks and sandwiches - kindly hosted by the Hungarian Patent Office
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Registration is free
To register please send an e-mail to anticounterfeiting@sbgk.hu providing
your first and last name, company name and direct e-mail address.
Language of the RT:
The foreign guest speakers will speak English, the Hungarian speakers will speak Hungarian (English translation will be provided for the foreign
guests).
Hungarian Patent Office, Budapest
Hungarian Patent Office - Main conference room
1054 Budapest, Garibaldi utca 2.
map available at: http://www.hpo.hu/English/kapcsolat/mszh.html
For Past Round Tables click here
