FORUM Institut 16th International Trademark Conference 2017 | Global Legal Insights | 8 November 2017 | EUIPO, Av. de Europa, 4, 03008 Alicante, Spain

FORUM Institut’s 16th Trademark Conference provides trademark practitioners from around the world with the opportunity to meet EUIPO examiners and international trademark law experts and facilitates fruitful discussions.

The conference brings world-class international experts from private practice together with officials and industry representatives in order to debate and deliberate on the most important issues affecting today’s trademark law from all practical perspectives.

2017 Speakers

Christian Archambeau
Deputy Executive Director, / EUIPO, Alicante

F. Peter Müller
German and European Patent Attorney, Mediator, Partner, Special Adviser / EUIPO, Müller Schupfner & Partner, Munich

Thierry van Innis
Attorney at Law, / Van Innis & Delarue, Brussels (Belgium)

Ruta Olmane
ECTA President, European Trademark and Design Attorney, / Metida, Riga (Latvia)

Dr. Luigi A. Sansone
Advocate, Salomone Sansone, / Valetta (Malta)

Georgios Gryllos
Legal Secretary, Chamber of Judge D. Gratsias, General Court of the EU, / Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Cristina Bercial-Chaumier
Attorney at Law, Casalonga, / Alicante (Spain)

Myrtha Hurtado Rivas
Global Head Trademarks and Domain Names, / Novartis International AG, Basel (Switzerland)

Dr. Andreas Renck, LL.M. (Essex)
Attorney at Law, Hogan Lovells, / Alicante (Spain)

Dr. Henning Hartwig
Attorney-at-Law, Partner, Bardehle Pagenberg, / Munich (Germany)

Prof. Dr. Jan Nordemann
Rechtsanwalt und Partner, / Boehmert & Boehmert, Berlin

Sven Stürmann, LL.M.
Chairperson of the 2nd Board of Appeal, / EUIPO, Alicante (Spain)

Benjamin Fontaine
IP attorney and solicitor, Partner, / E.G.Y.P, Alicante (Spain)

Elizabeth Fink
Member of the 3rd (EU Design) Board of Appeal, / EUIPO, Alicante (Spain)

Philipp von Kapff
Member of the 1st Board of Appeal, / EUIPO, Alicante (Spain)

Hugh O’Neill
IP Legal Advisor, International Cooperation & Legal Affairs, / EUIPO, Alicante (Spain)

Konstantinos Mitrou
Operations Department, / EUIPO, Alicante (Spain)

Théophile Margellos
President of the Boards of Appeal, / EUIPO, Alicante (Spain)

Gordon Humphreys
Chairperson, 5th Board of Appeal, / EUIPO, Alicante (Spain)

Charles-Henry Massa
Law Clerk/‘Référendaire‘ General Court / European Union, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Farah Bhatti
Keine kurze englische / Beschreibung vorhanden

2017 Sponsors

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