The Speakers

James Bridgeman

WIPO domain name dispute panellist and Member of the Institute of Arbitrors, IE


Fabrizio de Benedetti

Società Italiana Brevetti, ECTA Past President, IT


Wubbo de Boer

President of OHIM, ES


Katrina Burchell

General Trade Mark Counsel - Home and Personal Care, Unilever, UK


Luis-Alfonso Durán

Durán-Corretjer, ECTA Past President, ES


Paul Fields

Lawyer, Darby & Darby, US


Florent Gevers

Gevers, ECTA Past President and Member of Honour, BE


Marianne Grabucker

Presiding Judge at the Federal Patents Court of Germany, DE


Michael Harrisson

President-elect of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, UK


Stephen James

President of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, UK


Bart Lieben

Legal Counselor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, BE


Spyros Maniatis

Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, UK


Emanuele Montelione

Lawyer, Barzanó & Zanardo, IT


Annick Mottet Haugaard

Lawyer, Lawfort, BE


Max Oker-Blom

The Fazer Group, President of ECTA, FI


Vincent O’Reilly

Director of the Administration of Trade Marks and Design Department, OHIM, ES


Maryse Philbert

General Trade Mark Counsel, Sanofi-Aventis, FR


Jeremy Philips

Professorial Fellow of Queen Mary Intellectual Property research Institue and Editor of European Trade Mark Reports, UK


Alexandra Poch

Administrator, European Commission, BE


Ernesto Rubio

Assistant Director General of WIPO, CH


Nikki Sheath

Trade Mark Manager, Harley-Davidson Europe Ltd, UK


David Tatham

Chairman of the UK Organizing Committee, UK


Alexander von Mühlendahl

Vice President, OHIM, and ECTA Member of Honour, ES


Knud Wallberg

Sandel, Løje & Wallberg, Lawyer, WIPO domain name dispute panellist, and Chairman of the ECTA Internet Committee, DK


Robin Webb

Director of Trade Marks and Designs, UK, Patent Office, UK


Cynthia C Weber

Lawyer, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, US