WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE
Workshop - The Winner takes it all but who is winner in the fight against counterfeiting?
Chair: Marius Schneider, Chair of the ECTA Anti-Counterfeiting Committee, Lawyer, Eeman & Partners, BE
The IP Owner, Ken Bonefeld Nielsen, Head of Corporate Security & ACA Department, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, SE
The Police Officer, Benoit Godart, Europol Liaison Officer to Interpol, NL
The Consumer, Tim Phillips, Journalist and author of Knockoff: The Deadly Trade in Counterfeit Goods, GB
As good as new
The new EU Customs regulation, Caroline Edery, Head of Unit Protection of the EU and its citizens, DG TAXUD, European Commission, BE
Update on the ACTA, Jose Maria Checa Cortes, IP Counsel, Du Pont de Nemours International, CH
The US Approach, Erik Barnett, US Immigration & Customs Enforcement, US
THURSDAY 9 JUNE
Welcome
Maria Nyrell, Partner, European Trade Mark Attorney, Awapatent, SE and Carl Wendt, Senior Trade Mark Attorney, Electrolux, SE Both ECTA Council members and members of the Organising Committee
Annick Mottet Haugaard, President of ECTA, Lawyer, Lydian, BE
Helena Morgonsköld, Head of Design and Trade Mark Department of the Swedish PTO, SE
Latest hits from the Main Players in the Trade Mark and Design World
Chair: Anna-Lena Wolfe, Director Trade Mark, AB Tetra Pak, SE
Christian Archambeau, Vice-President, OHIM, ES
Marcus Höpperger, Acting Director, Trademark and Design Law Division, Brands and Designs Sector, WIPO
Gabrielle Olsson Skalin, General Counsel, Inter IKEA Holding Services SA, BE
Moderator: Annick Mottet Haugaard, President of ECTA, Lawyer, Lydian, BE
Committee Chair Reports
Law Committee
Internet Committee
Harmonization Committee
Design Committee
Anti-Counterfeiting Committee
Should I laugh or cry - ICANN and the new gTLD
Chair: Andrew Mills, Chair of the ECTA Internet Committee, Head of Intellectual Property & Litigation, Solicitor & European Trade Mark Attorney, Experian Limited, GB
Olof Nordling, Director of Services Relations and Branch Manager, ICANN, BE
The legal concerns and how the industry and practitioners have prepared themselves, Adam Smith, Reporter, World Trade Mark Review, GB
Debate with the participation of Eun-Joo Min, Head, Legal Development Section, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre, WIPO, CH
Watch out - Trade marks on the internet
Chair: Jenny Bergquist, Head of IP Department Legal Affairs, V&S Vin & Sprit AB, SE
Trade mark infringements in social networks: how to handle them, Kristina Fredlund, Lawyer, Awapatent, SE
Anti IP campaign on the internet, Shlomo Cohen, Lawyer, Dr. Shlomo Cohen & Co., IL
FRIDAY 10 JUNE
Dream World - Global assessment of the European Trade Mark Systems. Update on the study undertaken by the European Commission
Chair: Fabio Angelini, Chair of the ECTA Law Committee, Lawyer, De Simone & Partners, IT
Dr. Roland Knaak, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, DE
One of us – the point of view of a national office, Helena Morgonsköld, Head of Design and Trade Mark Department of the Swedish PTO, SE
Dream World (continued) - Global assessment of the European Trade Mark Systems. Update on the study undertaken by the European Commission
Chair: Alexander von Mühlendahl, European Trade Mark Attorney, Bardehle Pagenberg, DE
Harmonisation of procedural rules: S.O.S?, Bertrand Geoffray, European Trade Mark Attorney, Cabinet Beau de Loménie, FR
Seniority Portfolio Management Strategy: the Dancing Queen, Sandrine Peters, European Trade Mark and Design Attorney, Garrigues, US and Dr. Andreas Renck, Chair of the ECTA OHIM Link Committee, European Trade Mark and Design Attorney, Hogan Lovells, ES
Under attack - The latest developments from the European Courts
Chair: Paul Maier, President of the Boards of Appeal, OHIM, ES
Super Trouper: Protection of trade marks with reputation in the practice of the Court of Justice, Dr. Joanna Piotrowska, Polish and European Trade Mark Attorney, Joanna Piotrowska Intellectual Property, PL
The class heading issue, Luis-Alfonso Durán, IP Attorney, Durán-Corretjer, ES
The name of the game: the Google Adwords Interflora case, Dr. Roman Cholij, Trade Mark Attorney,Cam Trade Marks & IP Services, Cambridge GB
Thank you for the music
Domenico De Simone, Vice President of ECTA, Lawyer, De Simone & Partners, IT