Porto, Portugal

30 October 2009

A TASTE OF PORTO – An ongoing battle for Designations of Origin

Did you know that the first protected wine-growing region was the DEMARCATED REGION OF THE DOURO, created in 1756 in order to ensure the quality of Port wine? What is the relevance of the protection of geographical indications to economic development and what are the prospects for the future? This and other interesting matters will be debated in depth at this Round Table, organised for you precisely in the city of Porto.

Chairman:

  • Nuno Cruz
    Lawyer, European & Portuguese Trade Mark, Design and Patent Attorney, partner of J. Pereira da Cruz, S.A. and Pereira da Cruz & Associados.

Speakers:

Date: Friday, 30th October 2009

Time: 15.00 to 16.30

Venue: Hotel Sheraton Porto & Spa, Rua Tenente Valadim, 146, 4100-476 Porto, Portugal.
Simon Reeves João Pereira da Cruz
President of ECTA Organising Committee

Munich, Germany

31 March 2009

The Community Trade Mark and the National Trade Marks Are they in Harmony?

The German point of view

German Patent and Trade Mark Office

Munich

ECTA is organizing a series of Round Tables between ECTA, OHIM and the EU National Trade Mark Offices, including the Germany Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO).

The Round Table (in German language) is divided into 3 parts:

  • 1. Office Practice at OHIM in comparison to the Office Practice at the GPTO (e.g. registration, classification, etc….)
  • 2. Proceedings before OHIM and the Boards of Appeal in comparison to proceedings before the GPTO and the German Federal Patent Court (terms, new assertions, official appraisal)
  • 3. Jurisdiction of the European Court in trade mark matters: Implications for the official practices in Alicante and Munich. By repeating this Round Table on identical topics in the various EU countries, ECTA hopes to be able to provide and gather a better understanding of the effective impact of OHIM activities and the CTM system in the various member states and to learn from the experience of the practitioners in the respective countries. This would contribute to the debate on the EU system to take place at the Commission level and hopefully to further harmonize the various practices at the EU level.

Programme

12.00 - 12.30

Registration

12.30 - 12.45

Welcome

  • Dr. Stefan M. Zech, President of the Bavarian Patent Attorneys Association
  • F. Peter Müller, Member of the ECTA Council
  • Barbara Preissner, Head of the Trade Mark Division 3.2, GPTO, Moderator of the discussions

12.45 - 13.30

Office Practice at OHIM in comparison to Office Practice at the GPTO

  • Beate Schmidt, Director of the Trade Marks and Cancellations Department.

13.30

Discussion

13.45

Office Practice of the GPTO with special emphasis on Classification Practice

  • Barbara Preissner, Head of the Trade Mark Division 3.2., GPTO

14.15

Discussion

14.30

Coffee Break

15.00

Proceedings before OHIM and the Boards of Appeal in comparison to proceedings before the GPTO and the German Federal Patent Court (terms, new assertions, official appraisal)

  • Dr. Detlef Schennen, Chair of the 4th Board of Appeal of the OHIM

15.45

Discussion

16.00

Jurisdiction of the Board of Appeal in Alicante and of the German Federal Patent Court with respect to absolute and relative grounds for refusal

  • Achim Bender, Chief Judge, German Federal Patent Court

16.45

Discussion

17.00

Coffee Break

17.15

Jurisdiction of the European Courts of Justice in trade mark matters: Implications for the official practices in Alicante

  • Paul Maier, President of the Boards of Appeal of the OHIM

18.00

Discussion

18.15

Summary and final discussion

18.45

Reception