Contributors

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Australia

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Sean McManis

Since joining the firm in 1988, Sean McManis has practised in the United Kingdom and Australia in the field of intellectual property. He now heads the trademarks and branding team. He holds degrees in law and science (chemistry major), and has extensive experience in all areas of trademark and branding matters, including infringements, oppositions, removal actions, searching, licensing and portfolio management, as well as domain name management, dispute resolution and protection. The majority of his work involves the resolution of trademark disputes and the enforcement of IP rights.

Andrew Lockhart

Andrew Lockhart has been a trademark specialist with Shelston IP since 1998 and a partner since 2000. He holds degrees in law and science (biochemistry major), and is a registered Australian trademark attorney. He provides advice to clients in the areas of trademark protection, trademark searching, strategic trademark portfolio management, brand architecture and licensing. He is an experienced advocate in trademark oppositions, infringement and other actions. He has also completed a number of branding courses with the Australian Graduate School of Management and the University of Sydney.

 

Benelux

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Diana Versteeg

Diana Versteeg works in the general IP practice, focusing on trademark law, copyright law and advertising. Before joining Steinhauser Hoogenraad, she worked as a trademark agent in the private sector and industry, and as a lawyer in the IP department of a global law firm. In 2001 she qualified as a certified Benelux and European trademark agent. Ms Versteeg is a member of the Legislation Commission of the Benelux Association of Trademark Agents. In 2004 she successfully completed the Grotius Academy postdoctorate specialization programme in international trademark law.

Otto Swens

Otto Swens works in the general IP practice, specializing in patent law and pharmaceutical law. He litigates and advises on a variety of national and international patent matters. His particular focus in pharmaceutical law concerns the marketing of pharmaceutical products. Mr Swens also publishes regularly on issues of trademark law, patent law and pharmaceutical marketing in both legal journals and industry journals.

 

Brazil

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Attilio Jose Ventura Gorini

Attilio Jose Ventura Gorini is a partner with Dannemann Siemsen Bigler & Ipanema Moreira, and holds an LLM in entertainment and media law from SouthWestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, California.

Rodrigo Borges Carneiro

Rodrigo Borges Carneiro is a partner with Dannemann Siemsen Bigler & Ipanema Moreira, and holds an LLM in intellectual property law from John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois.

 

Canada

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Colleen Spring Zimmerman

Colleen Spring Zimmerman’s expertise includes advising on the IP aspects of transactions and due diligence, IP audits and the development of IP policies and strategies for protection and exploitation of IP assets. She has extensive IP litigation experience and has appeared in IP cases before the Federal Court of Canada, the Ontario courts and the Supreme Court of Canada. Her specialties include licensing and anticounterfeiting litigation.

 

Gordon J Zimmerman

Gordon J Zimmerman is a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, where he heads the IP and technology group in Toronto. He graduated from the University of Waterloo in chemistry (Gold Medal for Science) and from the University of Toronto with an LLB. He is a registered patent and trademark agent and is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in intellectual property. His areas of expertise include patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, licensing and related litigation.

 

Chile

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Luis Felipe Claro Swinburn

Felipe Claro has extensive experience in IP matters. Among other things, he served as director of the Chilean Association of Industrial Property from 1996 to date; president of the Young Lawyers Committee of the Inter- American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI) from 1999 to 2001; president of the ASIPI Internet Committee from 1999 to 2003; president of the ASIPI Patent Committee from 2004 to date; regional vice chair of the IP Committee of Lex Mundi from 2001 to 2005; alternate delegate of ASIPI before the Intellectual Property Constituency of the Domain Name Supporting Organization from 1999 to 2003 and arbitrator of the Chilean Country Code Domain Registrar from 1998 to 2005 and is a member of the International Trademark Association.

 

China

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Gordiano Casas Herrera

Gordiano Casas Herrera was born in Spain and studied law at the University Miguel Hernandez of Elche, Alicante. He worked as a lawyer in Spain before deciding to travel abroad. For the past year and a half he has worked as a legal assistant for Spain and Latin America with Lehman, Lee & Xu. He has also acted as a legal assistant for the Valencian Institution for Exportation since January 2004.

 

Cyprus

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Tonia Antoniou

Tonia Antoniou obtained an LLB from the University of Essex,United Kingdom, and a masters degree in commercial law from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. She is also a member of the Cyprus Bar Association. She specializes in IP, litigation and corporate law. She mainly represents domestic and international clients in obtaining, maintaining and enforcing IP rights in Cyprus and abroad.

 

Denmark

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Jens Jakob Bugge

Jens Jakob Bugge, managing partner in DLA Nordic’s Copenhagen office, has been the head of the company’s IP department for several years. He has practised law since 1990, with a strong focus on IP rights. He has lectured at the University of Copenhagen and on several courses, including at the Danish Patent and Trademark Office. Mr Bugge is the author of several articles published in Danish and international publications, and is also a member of several societies in Denmark and abroad in the IP field.

Peter Emil Planck Gregersen

Peter Emil Planck Gregersen is a senior associate in DLA Nordic’s Copenhagen office. He has worked in the company’s IP department for several years and specializes in IP matters, particularly trademarks, commercial agents and distributors, and marketing law. Mr Gregersen is the author of numerous articles in international publications and is also a member of several societies in Denmark in the IP field.

 

El Salvador

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Jose Roberto Romero

José Roberto Romero has been managing partner of Romero Pineda & Asociados since 1995. He graduated from Universidad Dr José Matías Delgado in 1990 and in 1993 obtained a masters in IP law from Franklin Pierce Law Center. He focuses on the protection, enforcement and licensing of IP rights, and is very active in franchising, assisting over 30 franchise operations set up in El Salvador. His abilities include negotiation and mediation skills. In the last two years Mr Romero has been involved in several large acquisitions by multinational clients and has advised on related financing issues.

Marcela Mancía Dada

Marcela Mancía Dada is the head of the trademark department at Romero Pineda & Asociados. She graduated from the University Dr José Matías Delgado and completed a legal English diploma programme by Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia, in San Salvador. She deals with all trademark matters, such as registrations, transfers, assignments, changes of name and/or domicile, renewals and licences. Her areas of particular expertise include IP registration and enforcement, licensing, trust, business law, banking and corporate law.

 

European Union

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Cristina Bercial-Chaumier

Cristina Bercial-Chaumier received her law degree from the University of Alicante in 1992, a DEA in private international law and international trade and a diploma from the Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales at the University of Paris Assas in 1994. In 1995 she received the Magister Lucentinus in trademarks, patents and designs at the University of Alicante and was admitted to the Alicante Bar and the Paris Bar. Her practice includes managing trademark and design portfolios for English and Spanish-speaking clients. She is a member of the European Community Trademark Association and the International Trademark Association.

Karina Dimidjian-Lecomte

Karina Dimidjian-Lecomte

 

European Union/France

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Caroline Casalonga

Caroline Casalonga has been a partner with Bureau Casalonga & Josse since 2004. She received her law degree from the University of Paris in 1992 and an LLM from Cornell in 1996. She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1993 and has been a registered French and European trademark attorney since1999. Her practice includes trademark, copyright, design and domain name litigation, trademark prosecution and counselling. She is a member of the International Trademark Association, the European Communities Trademark Association, the Licensing Executives Society and the Association des Praticiens du droit des marques et des modèles (APRAM).

 

Finland

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Ben Rapinoja

Ben Rapinoja acts as the head of the trademarks practice group. His practice is focused on intellectual and industrial property rights (especially patents and trademarks), and on business law and legal transactions within the life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors. He has particular expertise in the field of patent and trademark litigation in Finland. He also advises clients on various matters related to management of patent, trademark and IP portfolios.

Lasse Laaksonen

Lasse Laaksonen advises clients in the fields of intellectual property and information technology, with a particular emphasis on trademark law. He has acted for clients in numerous trademark-specific cases, including day-to-day management of client trademark portfolios, litigation and wide-ranging licence arrangements involving wellknown trademarks. clients in the fields of intellectual property and information technology, with a particular emphasis on trademark law. He has acted for clients in numerous trademark assignments, including day-to-day management of client trademark portfolios, litigation and wide-ranging licence arrangements involving famous Nordic trademarks. He has complemented his studies abroad and has worked in a London-based law firm.

 

France

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Philippe Comte

Philippe Comte obtained his law degree from the University of Paris La Sorbonne in 1983 and a masters degree in industrial property law from the Centre for International Industrial Property Studies in Strasbourg in 1984. He became a registered French trademark attorney in 1993 and a European trademark attorney in 1996. His practice covers diverse IP matters including trademark, design and domain name prosecution, counselling, litigation and licensing. He is a member of APRAM and the Pharmaceutical Trademark Group.

 

Germany

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Stephan N Schneller

Stephan N Schneller heads Maiwald’s trademark department. He studied law at the University of Konstanz and was called to the Bar in 1996. After completing his LLM studies at the Universities of Stellenbosch and Cape Town, South Africa, he joined Maiwald in 1998. His primary areas of practice are litigation and counselling in all areas of intellectual property, in particular trademarks, designs, copyright, IP-related contracts and unfair competition.

Stefan Michalski

Stefan Michalski studied chemistry and biochemistry in Hamburg, Göttingen, Paris and Berkeley, California. He took his Patent Bar examination in 1995 and is admitted to practice as a European trademark attorney and a European patent attorney. He became partner of Maiwald Patentanwalts GmbH in 1998 and has been managing director of the Düsseldorf office since it was founded. His main practice areas include German and international IP law, pharmaceutical sciences and engineering, chemicals and chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology.

Aloys Hüttermann

Aloys Hüttermann studied chemistry in Freiburg, obtained his PhD in Bochum and began working in the patent field in 2002. He joined Maiwald’s Düsseldorf office as a patent attorney in 2005. He is the coauthor of the well-known German chemistry textbook Das Basiswissen der Organischen Chemie

 

Greece

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George Minoudis

George Minoudis is a partner at Karatzas & Partners Law Firm. He graduated with an LLB from the University of Essex and an LLM from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He heads the IP department of Karatzas & Partners, which has grown rapidly in the last few years and which counts among its clients some of Greece’s leading industrial, consumer and media undertakings. His practice involves all aspects of intellectual property, with an emphasis on trademark law, as well as media law and corporate law. He is a member of the Greek group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and of the European Communities Trademark Association.

 

Guatemala

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Francisco Jose Castillo Chacon

Francisco Castillo is a partner in Bufete Castillo Love's IP and litigation department. He graduated in 1994 as an attorney and notary public from Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala. He then went to Cornell University in New York, United States, where he obtained his LLM, focusing on IP and alternative dispute resolution. His areas of expertise include IP, civil and commercial litigation and arbitration.

 

Hong Kong

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Connie Carnabuci

Connie Carnabuci is a partner and head of the IP/IT practice group in Asia. She advises specifically on Hong Kong and China. Her IP practice includes copyright, trademark and patent protection, enforcement and commercialization. She has particular expertise in applying IP to the Internet and other new media formats. She also advises on the IP aspects of acquisitions, spin-offs, joint ventures and initial public offerings. She also heads the technology, media and telecommunications sector group in Asia.

 

Hungary

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Gabriella Sasvári

Gabriella Sasvári graduated from Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences in 1979. She gained her initial experience at the Hungarian Office of Inventions, the legal predecessor of the Hungarian Patent Office, and joined SBG & K Patent and Law Offices in 1985. Her special field is industrial property protection, with a focus on trademark matters, litigation, copyright and competition law. She manages trademark matters within the firm. Ms Sasvári contributes regularly to professional periodicals and publications. She is recognized by Global Counsel 3000 as a Highly Recommended Person and is the only Hungarian attorney selected for inclusion in Who's Who Legal.

 

India

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Neha Agrawal

Neha Agrawal is an associate in Anand And Anand’s trademark department. She graduated with an LLB from Indraprastha University, New Delhi. Her main areas of practice are trademark, copyright, licensing, franchising and IT law.

Munish Mehra

Munish Mehra is an associate in Anand And Anand’s IP litigation department. He graduated with an LLB from National Law Institute University, Bhopal, in 2003. His primary area of practice is IP litigation, with a particular emphasis on software piracy and counterfeiting actions. His practice includes both litigation and general trademark and copyright law advice.

 

Indonesia

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George Widjojo

George Widjojo is a senior partner of IP law firm George Widjojo & Partners. He graduated from the University of Trisakti, Jakarta, and is a registered patent consultant with the Indonesian Patent Office. He is a member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and the International Trademark Association, and is currently the president of the Indonesian group of the Asian Patent Attorney Association.

 

Iran

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Mohammad Badamchi

Mohammad Badamchi is a partner of HAMI Legal Services. Within his IP law practice, he focuses on trademark counselling and prosecution, unfair competition, anticounterfeiting, trade dress, false advertising and patent law. He is also involved in internet-related litigation and counselling for domain names in the ‘.ir’ top-level domain. His particular areas of expertise include anti-counterfeiting actions and enforcement of IP rights and trademark court cases. He has represented a wide variety of worldwide clients in many industries.

 

Ireland

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Gavan Ferguson

Gavan Ferguson specializes in all areas of Irish, Community and international trademark matters, from clearance to registration and enforcement. He manages the worldwide portfolios of several Irish clients, notably in the entertainment field. He is the acting chairman of the Trademark Law and Practice Committee of the Irish Association of Patent and Trademark Agents. He is an overseas member of the UK Institute of Trademark Attorneys and is a regular attendee of the International Trademark Association annual meeting.

 

Israel

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David Gilat

David Gilat graduated in chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and received his LLB from Tel Aviv University. He was admitted to practice before the Israel Patent Office in 1989 and admitted to the Israel Bar in 1992. He is a past research fellow of the Max Planck Institute for International and Foreign Patent, Copyright and Competition Law, Munich. He is the author of Experimental Use and Patents and a member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, the Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle and the Association of Israel Patent Attorneys.

Roy Kornick

Roy Kornick obtained his LLB from Administrative College, Israel, in 1995 and was admitted to the Israel Bar in 1996. He is a member of the Israel Bar Association and the International Trademark Association, and speaks Hebrew, English and French.

 

Italy

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Margherita Barié

Margherita Barié is a partner with McDermott Will & Emery/Carnelutti , based in the firm's Milan office. She is a member of the trial and IP departments, where her practice focuses on IP and civil dispute resolution, including patent and trademark infringement, unfair competition, copyright, commercial law and related issues. She conducts litigation and arbitration for Italian and multinational clients.

Pietro Pouchè

Pietro Pouchè is an associate at McDermott, Will & Emery/Carnelutti. He works in the IP and litigation fields, particularly in relation to trademarks, design and patent litigation. He was the only Italian student admitted to the 2005 LLM programme at Duke University School of Law. He is often involved in IP-related research projects and is a regular contributor to the World Trademark Law Report.

 

Jamaica

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Joanne E Wood

Joanne Wood is a partner in DunnCox specializing in intellectual property. Her experience covers all aspects of trademark acquisition and protection, including licensing and distribution agreements and portfolio management. Her legal experience extends to other areas of intellectual property, including patents and industrial designs, software licensing and protection. She is an affiliate of the American Intellectual Property Association and is DunnCox’s designee to the International Trademark Association. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies and the Norman Manley Law School.

Julianne E Mais-Cox

Julianne Mais-Cox is a partner in DunnCox specializing in the area of corporate and commercial litigation. She has handled numerous cases concerning issues of trademarks rights, including questions relating to unregistered rights. This is in addition to her extensive experience in commercial litigation arising from areas such as banking, insurance, defamation and insolvency. She is a graduate of the York University in Canada, the University of the West Indies and the Norman Manley Law School.

 

Japan

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Hiromi Furushima

Hiromi Furushima is admitted to practice in Japan (1997) and in the state of California (2003). She obtained an LLB from the University of Tokyo (1994) and a JSM from Stanford Law School (2001), and was on secondment with Squire Sanders & Dempsey in Los Angeles from 2001 to 2002. Ms Furushima handles corporate transactions with a special emphasis on venture capital financing and other transactions involving technology start-ups, life science and healthcare matters, and various IP transactions.

Ayako Dan

Ayako Dan qualified as a lawyer in 1998 and joined Nishimura & Partners in 1998 as an associate. She graduated with an LLB from Waseda University in 1996 and obtained an LLM from the New York University School of Law in 2003. Ms Dan speaks fluent Japanese and English. She deals with corporate transactions, as well as providing in-depth research assistance to the IP department for major trademark and other IP transactions.

Miwako Kumagai

Miwako Kumagai joined Nishimura & Partners in 1990 as a paralegal and assists the firm’s IP team. She obtained her BA from Tsuda College in 1978 and qualified as a patent attorney in 2002. Ms Kumagai prepares and drafts documentation in connection with applications made to the Japan Patent Office and provides assistant representation of clients’ interests in major trademark and IP transactions.

 

Malaysia

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Charmayne Ong Poh Yin

Charmayne Ong Poh Yin is a partner in the IP department and is in charge of the trademarks registration division and the IT practice group. She obtained her LLB from the University College, London University and has practised as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya since 1987. She is also a registered patent agent, design agent and trademark agent. Her areas of practice include general advisory work in relation to a broad range of issues arising from the classic forms of IP rights such as trademarks, copyright, industrial design rights and patents.

Adriani Wahjanto

Adriani Wahjanto is a legal assistant in the IP department of Skrine and part of the litigation practice group. She obtained her LLB from the University College, London University in 1997 and was admitted and enrolled as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2004. Although her main area of practice is IP litigation, she is also involved in the preparation of contracts involving technology transfers and internet banking. She has also liaised in raids conducted by the Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs.

 

Pakistan

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Badaruddin F Vellani

Badaruddin F Vellani obtained a degree in chemical engineering from Loughborough University of Technology, United Kingdom, and qualified as a barrister at law at the Middle Temple (London). He was called to the Bar in July 1982 and commenced legal practice in Karachi immediately thereafter. Mr Vellani’s legal practice concentrates on commercial matters, including corporate work, mergers, acquisitions and disinvestments, antitrust matters, finance and taxation, and has included litigation in the courts up to the High Court. He also advises on IP matters.

 

Philippines

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Llewellyn L Llanillo

Llewellyn L Llanillo is a senior partner of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan and head of its IP department. Admitted to practice in the Philippines and New York, he has served as president of the Licensing Executives Society Philippines, the Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines and the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) Philippine Group, as well as vice president of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association. He is currently executive director of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. He contributes regularly to various legal publications.

Enrique T Manuel

Enrique T Manuel is a partner of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan. He was admitted to practice in the Philippines in 1981 and is a registered trademark and patent attorney. He obtained his LLB from the University of the Philippines, and is a member of AIPPI, the Asian Patent Attorneys Association and the International Trademark Association. He has also been the director of the Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines since 1991.

Cecile Caro

Cecile M E Caro is a senior associate of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan. She obtained a BA in social science from the University of the Philippines (1987) and a JD from the Ateneo de Manila University (1991). She went on to obtain a master of laws degree from the University of Cambridge, England, where she studied environmental law, IP law, international sales and the resolution of international disputes. She is a registered trademark and patent attorney, and a member of the Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines.

Vida M Panganiban-Alindogan

Vida M Panganiban-Alindogan is a senior associate of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan. She obtained a BA in political science from the University of Sto Tomas (1991) and an LLB from San Beda College (1995). She was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1996. She is currently the secretary of the Philippine Bar Association and is a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.

 

Poland

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Anna Stopinska-Slefarska

Anna Stopinska-Slefarska is a partner with Polservice and the head of the trademark department. She graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics and completed postgraduate studies in unfair competition law at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and at the European School of Law and Administration. She specializes in trademark and unfair competition, litigation and infringement cases, and acts on behalf of foreign clients before the Polish Patent Office and other authorities. She also advises on the protection and exploitation of IP rights in Poland. She speaks fluent English,

Marcin Fijalkowski

Marcin Fijalkowski has a masters in law from the Warsaw University Law School and in economics from the Warsaw Business School. He is a Polish and European trademark and patent attorney. Before joining Polservice, he worked for PSA Peugeot Citroen in France and England, and Cabinet Mazars in Poland. He speaks fluent English and French.

Michal Maracewicz

Michal Maracewicz has a masters in law from the Warsaw University Law School. He is a Polish and European trademark and patent attorney. He specializes in computer and internet law. He speaks fluent English.

 

Portugal

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Gonçalo Moreira Rato

Gonçalo Moreira Rato qualified as a lawyer in 1987 and obtained a Diplôme d'étude supérieures spécialisées in industrial property law in 1988. He is a qualified Portuguese industrial property agent (1995), European patent attorney (1992) and European trademark attorney (1996). His practice is focused on IP and industrial property law, and involves the acquisition and protection of patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyrights, software, domain names and other rights. He has written several works on intellectual property and has lectured at both national and international IP conferences.

 

Romania

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Radu Culic

Radu Culic is an associate with Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen and specializes in IP matters, with an emphasis on trademarks. A graduate of the University of Bucharest Law School, he is an attorney at law and a member of the Bucharest Bar Association and the National Chamber of Industrial Property Counsellors.

Alexandru Harsany

Alexandru Harsany is a senior associate and the head of the firm’s IP division. A graduate of the University of Bucharest Law School, he is an attorney at law and a member of the Bucharest Bar Association, the National Chamber of Industrial Property Counsellors, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and the International Trademark Association. He also serves as general legal counsel to the Romanian Advertising Council. Mr Harsany has written over 30 articles in Romanian and foreign publications, and has lectured at various seminars and conferences on IP and IT matters.

 

Serbia

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Dejan P Bogdanovic

Dejan P Bogdanovic obtained his LLB from the University of Belgrade in 1991 and qualified as a patent and trademark agent in 1992. He is a member of the Belgrade Bar Association and the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), serving as AIPPI vice president for Serbia and Montenegro. Mr Bogdanovic’s practice areas include company formations, real estate law and trademark infringement. He speaks Serbian and English.

 

Serbia and Montenegro

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Dusan M Stojkovic

Dusan M Stojkovic´ obtained his LLB from the University of Belgrade in 1997. He is a member of the Belgrade Bar Association. His practice areas include media law, advertising law and labour law. He speaks Serbian and English.

 

Singapore

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Angela Leong

Angela Leong is a Singapore registered patent agent, a qualified Singapore lawyer and a graduate of the National University of Singapore, practising in IP law since 1988. Before joining Lloyd Wise, she was a partner leading the patents and trademark department of a major law firm in Singapore. She has been listed in the Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Trademark Law and the Guide to the Leading Asia-Pacific Lawyers.

Candice Kwok

Candice Kwok is a qualified Singapore lawyer and a graduate of the National University of Singapore. She was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2000. Prior to joining Lloyd Wise, she practised in the Singapore office of Coudert Brothers LLP as a member of the international arbitration team. She has also previously specialized in commercial litigation at a major Singapore law firm.

 

South Africa

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Owen Dean

Owen Dean is the chairman of the partnership at leading IP firm Spoor & Fisher and has 32 years of IP-related experience. He is an expert trademark attorney who specializes in trademark litigation, copyright law, competition law and entertainment and media law. He is also an expert in the field of anti-counterfeiting and was instrumental in drafting the Counterfeit Act. Dr Dean holds a BA, LLB and LLD, and is an attorney of the High Court of South Africa and notary public. He is also an admitted attorney in Namibia and Botswana. He is the author of numerous publications, including the Handbook of South African Copyright Law, and lectures frequently at seminars and universities.

Duncan Maguire

Duncan Maguire graduated from the University of Port Elizabeth with an LLB and specializes in the field of trademark and copyright law, with specific emphasis on litigation matters. He is an attorney of the High Court of South Africa and has four years’ legal experience

 

South Korea

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In H Kim

In Hwan Kim is a foreign legal counsel in Kim & Chang's IP group. He received his BA from the University of California, Irvine, and his JD from Chapman University School of Law. Before joining Kim & Chang, Mr Kim was an associate for the IP group at Stetina, Brunda, Garred & Brucker in California. Mr Kim's practice covers a full range of IP matters, with a focus on patent prosecution and litigation, and strategic IP counselling. His expertise is in the field of biotechnology. He has also written a number of articles on patent law for various publications. Mr Kim speaks English and Korean.

Gene Kim

Gene Kim is a senior partner at Kim & Chang. He has extensive experience in litigation, enforcement and dispute resolution involving IP issues, specializing in trademark matters. He received his BA from Youngnam University in 1971 and his MA from American University's Graduate School of Business Administration in 1984. Before joining Kim & Chang, Mr Kim served as chief administrative trademark judge and director general of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) Intellectual Property Tribunal. He also served as deputy director general of KIPO and as commercial attaché for the Korean embassy in Indonesia. He is fluent in Korean and English.

 

Spain

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Sonia Santos

Sonia Santos Olamendi graduated in economic law from Deusto University, Bilbao, and has been a member of the Barcelona Bar Association since 2002. She obtained an LLM in intellectual property from Queen Mary, University of London. She joined Grau, Baylos & Angulo in 2003. Ms Santos specializes in trademark and design law, copyright and information technology law. She speaks Spanish and English.

Jesús Arribas García

Jesús Arribas García graduated in law from the Autonomous University of Madrid and has been a member of the Madrid Bar Association since 2002. He obtained a masters in intellectual property and the information society from Alicante University in 2001 and subsequently trained at the European Patents Office. He joined Grau, Baylos & Angulo in 2003 and currently works in the Patents Department. He speaks Spanish and English.

 

Switzerland

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David J Meisser

Dr J David Meisser is a founder of Meisser & Partners, a fullservice law firm that has specialized in international trademark protection and litigation since 1979. He graduated from the University of Zürich as a doctor of law and was admitted to the Bar in 1976. He is a member of honour of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (as former editor-in-chief) and has written many publications on IP issues, including a comprehensive commentary on the Swiss and international law of geographical indications and regular contributions to World Trademark Law Report.

 

United Kingdom

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Jeremy Dickerson

Jeremy Dickerson is head of UK IP and based in the London office of global legal services organization DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary. He has extensive experience in all areas of contentious and noncontentious intellectual property, including trademarks, passing off, copyright, sponsorship and merchandising, advertising and sales promotion, sport and internet issues, and has been involved in a number of leading IP cases. Mr Dickerson is a committee member of the International Trademark Association and is recognized as an expert in trademark law by Who's Who Legal and World Trademark Law Report. He is a regular writer and speaker on IP issues.

Alex Batteson

Alex Batteson is a professional support lawyer with the Technology, Media and Communications Group of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary in London. His experience covers the full range of IP matters.

 

United States

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Allyn Taylor

Allyn Taylor graduated from Stanford University, where she majored in economics, and obtained her law degree from Columbia Law School. She focuses on domestic and international trademark and trade name counsellling regarding the development and management of US and international trademark portfolios; the adoption, use and protection of trademarks and service marks; false advertising; development of branding strategies; and trademark licensing. She represents many technology companies, and has lectured and written widely on trademark rights, domain names and trademark protection in cyberspace. She has also held leadership positions in the International Trademark Association and the Intellectual Property Owners Association.

Heather Dunn

Heather Dunn studied fine art and photography at Rhode Island School of Design and received her law degree from the University of San Francisco. Her practice includes domestic and international trademark prosecution and counselling, advertising, promotions, intellectual property and art law counselling. She is a member of the California Bar Association, the International Trademark Association and California Lawyers for the Arts.

 

Venezuela

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Irene De Sola Lander

Irene De Sola Lander is cocoordinator of the Intellectual Property Department, which includes practices in trademark infringement, unfair competition, consumer protection, copyright, trademarks, patents and advertising. She graduated from the Central University of Venezuela and was admitted to practice in 1982. Ms Lander is a member of the Venezuelan Bar Association, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and the International Trademark Association, and a member and past president of the Venezuelan Association of Industrial Property and the Inter- American Association of Intellectual Property Agents (2000-2003). She has published numerous articles on intellectual property in publications including Trademark Reporter, Trademark World and Managing Intellectual Property.

Richard Nicholas Brown

Richard Nicholas Brown is cocoordinator of the Intellectual Property Department. He is admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the US District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He obtained his BA from Florida State (1960) and his JD from Columbia University (1964). Mr Brown is a member of the International Trademark Association, the Patent and Trademark Committee of the VenAmCham, the Licensing Executives Society, the Venezuelan Association of Industrial Property Agents and the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property Agents. He has published numerous articles on intellectual property in publications including Trademark Reporter, Les Nouvelles and Intellectual Property Worldwide.

José Gutiérrez

José Gutiérrez Rodríguez is an associate in the Intellectual Property Department. He graduated from the Central University of Venezuela and was admitted to practice in 1997. He specializes in judicial procedure (thesis pending), and his practice areas include intellectual property, licensing, franchising, product registrations and litigation. Mr Rodríguez is a member of the Bar of the Capital District (Caracas) and the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association. He speaks Spanish and English, and is the author of several articles on IP matters published in World Trademark Law Report.

 

Vietnam

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Duong Le Hoai

Mr Le is an attorney at law, a registered industrial property attorney and the managing partner of IP law firm LÊ & LÊ. He is also a former deputy director of the Design and Trademark Division of the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam. Mr Le was identified by the 2001 and 2002 Asialaw Leading Lawyers surveys as one of Asia's leading lawyers in the field of IP law.

 

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