Contributors

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Albania

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Gjergji Gjika

Gjergji Gjika graduated from the Law School of the University of Tirana. He has several years’ experience in prosecution and contentious work regarding various IP rights. He is a trademark agent registered with the Albanian Patent and Trademark Office and a European patent attorney registered with the European Patent Office. Mr Gjika represents foreign and domestic clients in a variety of IP matters and is involved in various local and international publications. He joined Drakopoulos Law Firm in 2008 as a senior associate, and was made partner in 2010.

Evis Jani

Evis Jani graduated from the Law School of the University of Tirana and holds an LLM in European law from the University of Geneva. She is a trademark and patent agent registered with Albanian Patent and Trademark Office and a European patent attorney registered with the European Patent Office. She has experience of the broad spectrum of IP rights protection locally and follows international IP developments by attending various seminars overseas hosted by, for example, the World Intellectual Property Organisation. She joined Drakopoulos Law Firm in 2008 as a senior associate.

 

Benelux

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Tjeerd Overdijk

Tjeerd Overdijk is an allrounder in the IP field, with a special interest in IT-related aspects of IP practice. He handles cases at the cutting edge of intellectual property and information technology. Mr Overdijk has vast experience in litigating a wide variety of trademark cases, both at first instance and appellate levels, including infringement and dilution cases, as well as anticounterfeiting and parallel imports. Furthermore, he has considerable experience in dealing with domain name disputes, both as counsel for right holders and as an arbitrator in ‘.nl’ domain name arbitration cases. Mr Overdijk is an active member of various professional associations, including INTA, ECTA, MARQUES, the Netherlands Copyright Association and AIPPI.

Silvie Wertwijn

Silvie Wertwijn has been a practising lawyer since 2000 and has previously worked with NautaDutilh and Steinhauser Hoogenraad. Ms Wertwijn deals with intellectual property in a broad sense, with a focus on trademarks, pharmaceuticals and patents. Besides conducting litigation, Ms Wertwijn frequently advises clients on all aspects of IP law and assists in transactions with a large IP component. She is an active member of the Amsterdam Bar. She was a member of the Board of the Amsterdam Young Bar for two years, first as secretary and later as chairman. In the field of trademarks, Ms Wertwijn is a member of various professional associations, including INTA, BMM (Benelux Association for Trade Marks and Designs Professionals) and AIPPI.

 

Canada

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Cynthia Rowden

Cynthia Rowden holds a BA and an LLB. She is a partner, barrister, solicitor and registered trademark agent with Bereskin & Parr LLP. Much of her practice relates to managing the trademark portfolios of large Canadian companies and the Canadian portfolios of international companies, ranging from the selection to the enforcement of trademarks.

 

Chile

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Sergio Amenábar V

Sergio Amenábar V is the senior partner at Estudio Federico Villaseca. He graduated from the Chilean Catholic University and was granted the title of lawyer by the Chilean Supreme Court. Mr Amenábar was president of the Inter-American Association of Industrial Property from 1994 to 1997 and of the Chilean Association of Industrial Property (Chilean group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property) from 1990 to 2003. As counsellor, he leads the administrative, contractual and litigation practice of the firm. Mr Amenábar is professor of industrial property for the master of business law at the Catholic University and the Gabriela Mistral University.

 

China

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Fei Liao

Fei Liao has over 13 years’ extensive experience in representing international clients in their IP matters in China. His expertise includes trademark consultation, applications, disputes, assignment, licensing, enforcement, litigation, copyright, domain name consultation and registration, as well as counselling on antiunfair competition matters. Mr Liao obtained a BA from Peking University and an LLM in commercial and corporate law from University College London. He was admitted as a Chinese attorney at law in 1999 and a trademark attorney in 2000. He is a member of the International Trademark Association Famous and Well-Known Trademark Subcommittee and China Trademark Association.

 

Cyprus

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Phivi Tramountanelli

Phivi Tramountanelli obtained an LLB from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom and an LLM in international financial law from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. She is also a member of the Cyprus Bar Association. She specialises in IP and corporate law. She represents mainly domestic and international clients in obtaining, maintaining and enforcing IP rights in Cyprus and abroad.

 

Finland

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Ben Rapinoja

Ben Rapinoja is a partner at Borenius & Kemppinen, working in the firm’s IP and technology department. He specialises in all areas of IP law, where his practice concentrates particularly on commercial contracts and transactions, and the life sciences and pharmaceuticals sectors. He is particularly experienced in the field of patent and trademark litigation. He is also the head of the firm’s industrial property rights litigation practice group.

Lasse Laaksonen

Lasse Laaksonen advises clients in the fields of intellectual property and information technology. He has acted for clients in numerous trademarkspecific cases, including day-today management of client trademark portfolios, litigation and wide-ranging licence arrangements involving wellknown trademarks.

 

France

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Richard Milchior

Richard Milchior is a partner with Granrut Avocats. His fields of work are intellectual property, EU law, competition law and pharmaceutical law. He holds a degree from the Paris Institut des Etudes Politiques (1977), an honours degree in private law (Paris X Nanterre, 1978) and an honours degree in economic science (Paris X Nanterre, 1979). He was admitted to the Bar in 1979 and obtained postgraduate degrees in general private law (Paris II, 1980) and criminal law (Paris II, 1981). In 1982 he obtained his PhD with a thesis titled “Copyright and the Common Market”. In 1983 he obtained a masters degree in comparative jurisprudence from New York University and in 2008 a masters in mediation from the University of South Florida. He is member of the International Trademark Association Panel of Neutrals.

Estelle Benattar

Estelle Benattar is an associate in the IP/IT department of Granrut Avocats. She obtained her degree in IP law from Université Paris II Panthéon – Assas. She joined Granrut in 2007 and deals with trademarks, designs and IT issues.

 

Germany

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Oliver Löffel

Oliver Löffel is a partner at Siebeke Lange Wilbert. He graduated from the University of Mainz and also studied law at the University of Lausanne. Mr Löffel has been a member of the Düsseldorf Bar Association since 2003. He specialises in the field of intellectual property and focuses on all areas of unfair competition and trademark matters, with special emphasis on litigation and domain name issues. He is a member of MARQUES, the International Trademark Association, the European Communities Trademark Association, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property.

Sascha Abrar

Sascha Abrar is a partner at Siebeke Lange Wilbert. He graduated with a doctorate from the University of Cologne and an LLM in intellectual property from Queen Mary College, University of London. Dr Abrar teaches IP law at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences. He specialises in trademark law, unfair competition law, design law and copyright law, with a focus on strategic advice and litigation. Dr Abrar is a member of MARQUES, the International Trademark Association, the European Communities Trademark Association, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property.

 

Greece

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Helen Papaconstantinou

Helen Papaconstantinou is the senior partner at Dr Helen Papaconstantinou, John Filias and Associates and heads the Law Office Dr PD Theodorides – Dr HG Papaconstantinou (est 1920). She graduated from the University of Athens with a law degree and holds a JD from the Free University of Berlin. She held an academic position at the University of Athens (1963-1975). She is an ExCo member of both AIPPI and FICPI, and president of the Greek groups of both organisations; she is a board and council member of EPI, as well as member of ECTA, ITMA, INTA, CIPA and UNION. She has been recognised as a leading expert in the IP field and has distinguished herself in patent and trademark litigation.

Dimitra Nassimpian

Dimitra Nassimpian graduated with an LLB (honours) from Edinburgh University, where she also conducted doctoral research while lecturing in EU and international law. Ms Nassimpian was a full-time lecturer at Exeter University School of Law from 2004 to 2008, teaching EU and UK public law at undergraduate and masters level. She has published on the subjects of EU and UK administrative law and trademark litigation. At Dr Helen Papaconstantinou, John Filias and Associates Ms Nassimpian is consulting on contentious trademark and domain name matters and on aspects of EU litigation. She is a member of the UK Society of Legal Scholars and a visiting research fellow at Exeter University.

 

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 SBGK Law Office in 1985. Ms Sasvári specialises in industrial property protection, with a focus on trademark matters, litigation, copyright and competition law. She manages trademark matters within the firm. She is an active member of numerous national and international professional associations. Ms Sasvári contributes regularly to professional periodicals and publications. She is recognised 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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Safir Anand

Safir Anand is the senior partner and head of trademarks, entertainment and contractual intellectual property at Anand And Anand, a leading law firm of advocates founded in 1923. A strategist for several IP portfolios, Mr Anand advises on issues including trademarks, franchising, licensing agreements, sports law, contractual law and commercial intellectual property, entertainment law, packaging and advertising law, competition law, internet law, character merchandising, IP audits, IP issues in mergers and acquisitions, due diligence and copyright law. Mr Anand won the accolade of ‘highly regarded leading individual’ in the field of intellectual property in India in Chambers Asia 2010.

 

Ireland

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Simon Gray

Simon Gray received a bachelor’s degree in business studies from Dublin City University and is a European trademark attorney, an Irish registered trademark attorney and a UK trademark attorney. He has been with Tomkins & Co for over 20 years and is the managing partner of the firm. Mr Gray has considerable experience in a wide range of domestic, Community and international trademark matters, managing major trademark portfolios for internationally renowned corporations. He has lectured in Ireland and the United States on aspects of trademark law and has published a number of articles in this field in both national newspapers and journals.

Judy McCullagh

Judy graduated from University College Dublin with a first class honours degree in cell biology and molecular genetics, and completed an MSc in the Management of Intellectual Property from Queen Mary, University of London. Before joining Tomkins in 2006, Ms McCullagh worked in a London-based IP firm and another Dublin-based IP firm. Since joining Tomkins, Ms McCullagh has been focusing on trademark work and is a qualified Irish, UK and European trademark attorney. She specialises in all trademark matters and the registration and maintenance of domain names. She also handles both national and EU-wide applications for action before customs authorities.

 

Israel

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Nachman Cohen-Zedek

Nachman Cohen Zedek is a senior partner with Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, one of the leading IP firms in Israel. Mr Cohen Zedek is a graduate of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA), London and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is a member of CIPA, the International Trademark Association and the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle, and is president of the Israel section of the Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle. He is also a senior examiner for patent attorney examinations at the Israel Patent Office.

Dor Cohen Zedek

Dor Cohen Zedek is a partner with Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, one of the leading IP firms in Israel. Mrs Cohen Zedek, a third-generation IP lawyer, is admitted to practise in Israel and in New York. She heads the firm’s trademark group and handles trademark prosecution and enforcement work in both Israel and the United States. She is a member of the International Trademark Association, the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle, the Association of European Trademark Owners (MARQUES), the Pharmaceutical Trademark Group and ECTA.

Anat Mandel

Anat Mandel is an associate at Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, working in the trademark group. She graduated from Tel Aviv University with an LLB in 2008. She deals with all aspects of trademark prosecution and enforcement in Israel and around the world. Mrs Mandel also handles proceedings before the customs authorities and the Israeli Trademark Registrar. She became a member of the Israeli Bar in 2009.

 

Italy

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Sonia Fodale

Sonia Fodale started practising in 1995 and joined Rapisardi Intellectual Property in 2002 as an in-house trademark consultant. She graduated in law from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan and is a qualified trademark attorney in Italy, as well as a professional representative before the Office of Harmonisation for the Internal Market. Ms Fodale has considerable experience in the field of intellectual property, especially trademarks; her work focuses particularly on official actions, opposition proceedings, warning letters and cancellation actions, as well as extrajudicial work and legal consultancy. She has been a member of the Italian Institute of Industrial Property Consultants since 2003 and is a member of AIPPI. She is the author of numerous articles on IP matters.

Davide Taglia

Davide Taglia has worked at Rapisardi Intellectual Property since 2008 and is a consultant in the trademark department. He holds a law degree and a masters degree in employment consultancy and labour law from the Università Tor Vergata of Rome. Mr Taglia was admitted to the Rome Bar in 2003 and has been a member of the Rome Bar Association since 2004. Mr Taglia has acquired considerable experience and skills in all areas of Italian and foreign practice connected with trademarks. His particular areas of expertise include filing procedures and technical/administrative work, formulating and prosecuting replies to objections, evaluating and handling opposition procedures and cancellation proceedings, contract work and general legal consultancy.

 

Japan

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Eiichi Fukushima

Eiichi Fukushima is a partner at Nishimura & Asahi. He earned his LLB from Tokyo University and his MCL from Georgetown University. His practice covers general corporate, international transactions, IP disputes, international trade, antitrust and licensing. Mr Fukushima has served as chairman of the trade friction problem committee of the Japan External Trade Organization and as a member of the subcommittee on unfair trade policies and measures, World Trade Organization Committee, Industrial Structure Council of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (1994-2003). He has also written a number of articles on trademark law, including for the International Law Office and World Trademark Report. He speaks Japanese and English.

Miwako Kumagai

Miwako Kumagai first joined Nishimura & Asahi as a paralegal and now assists the firm’s IP team. She obtained her BA from Tsuda College 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 assistance to clients with regard to major trademark and IP transactions. She speaks Japanese and English.

Tamao Shinbo

Tamao Shinbo is a patent attorney at Nishimura & Asahi. She earned her BA from Ochanomizu University and was admitted by the Japan Patent Attorneys Association in 2004. Ms Shinbo prepares and drafts documentation in connection with applications made to the Japan Patent Office and provides assistance to clients with regard to major trademark and IP transactions. She speaks Japanese and English.

Naoko Omukai

Naoko Omukai is a senior associate at Nishimura & Asahi. She earned her LLB from Osaka University and her LLM in trade regulation from New York University School of Law. She is admitted in Japan and New York and interned at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in San Francisco. Her practice includes all aspects of IP law and she has been involved in a number of groundbreaking and high profile cases. Ms Omukai is also a frequent contributor to numerous business publications. She speaks Japanese and English.

 

Malaysia

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Teo Bong Kwang

Bong Kwang Teo is a partner in Wong Jin Nee & Teo. He graduated with an LLB and an LLM from the University of Malaya. He handles a wide range of IP matters, including copyright, patents, trademarks, designs, trade secrets, passing off, confidential information, information technology and laws relating to food and pharmaceuticals. He heads the IP litigation team within the firm. Besides handling contentious matters, he also provides opinions and advisory services on a wide spectrum of issues relating to the creation, maintenance, protection and enforcement of IP rights. He is a registered trademark, patent and industrial design agent.

Liew Shie Ying

Shie Ying Liew is a partner in Wong Jin Nee & Teo. She graduated with an LLB from Queen Mary College, University of London and a postgraduate diploma in professional legal skill from Inns of Court School of Law, United Kingdom. She handles many aspects of protection and enforcement of IP rights, as well as the commercial exploitation of these rights, including franchising. She has also assisted Mr Teo in IP litigation. She is a registered trademark and industrial design agent.

 

Mexico

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Carolina Julieta Ponce Gonzalez

Carolina Ponce is an associate at Uhthoff, Gomez Vega & Uhthoff SC specialised in trademarks. She holds a law degree from the Faculty of Law of Universidad Iberoamericana (2008) and is a member of the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property. Ms Ponce speaks Spanish, English and French.

 

Poland

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Slawomira Piotrowska

Slawomira Piotrowska is a patent and trademark attorney, and has been a partner at Patpol since 1992. Before joining Patpol’s team, she worked for many years in the Polish Patent Office, first in the Department of Patent Examination and then in the Trademarks Department. She participates in the works of many national and international organizations, such as the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys, MARQUES, AIPPI, INTA and ECTA (Harmonisation Committee). Since 2005 she has been a member of ECTA Council. In 2004 she became a European patent attorney and she is an official representative before the European Patent Office and the OHIM.

Jaromir Piwowar

Jaromir Piwowar is a lawyer employed in the legal department of Patpol. He is a legal adviser and a member of the Regional Council of Legal Advisers in Warsaw. He graduated from Warsaw University’s Faculty of Law and Administration (Master of Law, 2002) and also completed postgraduate studies in intellectual property at Warsaw University. He handles trademark matters and unfair competition disputes, including cases related to customs seizures of counterfeit goods at the border, as well as domain name issues.

Bartek Kochlewski

Bartek Kochlewski is an advocate, a graduate of Warsaw University, admitted to the Warsaw Bar in 1997. Since 2009 he has headed the IP enforcement team at Patpol. His practice includes enforcement of IP rights, domain names disputes, protection against unfair competition practices and copyright litigation. Mr Kochlewski represents clients before the Polish courts, including the Polish Supreme Court, in IP and ITrelated cases. He also advises clients on criminal law aspects of IP enforcement. He has experience in counseling clients on contractual and licensing aspects of information technology and intellectual property. Mr Kochlewski is a contributor to IP magazines.

 

Romania

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Ana-Maria Baciu

Ana-Maria Baciu is a managing associate with Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen and specialises in IP matters, with an emphasis on trademarks. She also coordinates the firm’s consumer protection and gaming practice groups and coheads, together with Alexandru Harsany, the pharmaceutical and healthcare practice. A graduate of the University of Bucharest Law School, she is an attorney at law and a member of the Bucharest Bar Association and the National Chamber of Industrial Property Counsellors.

Delia Belciu

Delia Belciu is a senior associate with Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen and specialises in IP matters, with an emphasis on trademarks. She is a graduate of the University of Bucharest Law School, the Collège Juridique Franco-Roumain d’Etudes Européennes, Paris I, Pantheon Sorbonne and the Centre for International Industrial Property Studies, Strasbourg. She is an attorney at law and a member of the Bucharest Bar Association and the National Chamber of Industrial Property Counsellors.

 

Russia

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Vladimir Biriulin

Vladimir I Biriulin graduated from the Moscow University of Law as a lawyer and later attended the Central Institute of Intellectual Property in Moscow. From 1973 to 1998 he worked in a major IP firm. Mr Biriulin joined Gorodissky & Partners in 1998 and became a partner in 2001. He counsels clients on Russian and IP legislation, international IP treaties, conventions and agreements, technology transfer and licensing, the infringement of IP rights, unfair competition and copyright. He is a regular speaker at IP conferences and seminars in Russia and abroad, and is the author of numerous publications on Russian and foreign IP issues. He speaks Russian, English, French and Spanish.

Nikolay Bogdanov

Nikolay Bogdanov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering and the Russian Academy of Government Service under the President of the Russian Federation. He later attended the Central Institute of Intellectual Property in Moscow. Starting his career as an examiner in the Russian Patent and Trademark Office, Mr Bogdanov later became the office’s deputy general director. He joined Gorodissky & Partners in 2004 and became a partner in 2008. Mr Bogdanov has contributed to the development of Russian IP legislative and regulatory acts, as well as international agreements on patent harmonisation under the World Intellectual Property Organisation. He also co-authored the official commentary on the Russian Patent Law.

 

Serbia

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Ivan D Jankovic

Ivan D Jankovic´ obtained his LLB (1968) and LLM (1970) from the University of Belgrade and his PhD in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1977. He qualified as a patent and trademark agent in 1986. He is a member of the Belgrade Bar Association, the International Trademark Association and the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property. Mr Jankovic´’s practice areas include intellectual property and commercial law, as well as criminal law. He speaks Serbian and English.

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, the International Trademark Association and the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), serving as AIPPI vice president for Serbia. Mr Bogdanovic´ ’s practice areas include company formations, real estate law and trademark infringement. He speaks Serbian and English.

 

South Africa

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Brian Wimpey

Brian Wimpey is the head of the trademarks department at DM Kisch Inc, the oldest IP law firm in South Africa. He qualified as a trademark attorney in 1989 and has been a partner at the firm since March 1 1992. Mr Wimpey is immediate past president of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law and is also an examiner for its trademark exams. His practice covers a broad range of trademark and related work, including trademark availability searches and filings, and litigation before the High Court and the registrar in respect of trademarks and related matters. Mr Wimpey specialises in the pharmaceutical, alcoholic beverage and financial sectors, acting for top international and national corporations in those industries.

 

Spain

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Sonia Santos

Sonia Santos graduated in economic law from Deusto University in 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 & Angulo in 2003. Ms Santos specialises in trademark and design law, copyrights, IT law and domain names. She speaks Spanish and English.

Jesús Arribas García

Jesús Arribas graduated in law from the Autonomous University of Madrid and has been a member of the Madrid Bar Association since 2002. He obtained an LLM in intellectual property from the University of Alicante in 2001 and subsequently trained at the European Patents Office in Munich. Mr Arribas joined Grau & Angulo in 2003 and specialises in patent litigation. He speaks Spanish and English.

 

Sweden

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Mattias Karlsson

Mattias Karlsson is an attorney at law at Awapatent. He graduated with an LLM from the University of Lund, Sweden, and with an LLM in IP law from Queen Mary, University of London. He deals with all areas of IP law, with particular emphasis on trademark law, copyright law and marketing law. He assists both Swedish and foreign clients across a broad spectrum of industries; his practice includes both litigation and commercial advice. He is a European trademark and design attorney, and a Swedish authorised IP attorney.

Helena Ribbefors

Helena Ribbefors works as an attorney at law at Awapatent. She graduated with an LLM from the School of Business Economics and Law, Gothenburg, as well as a master of science in intellectual capital management at the Centre for Intellectual Property, Gothenburg. Furthermore, she has studied European business law at the University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland. Her practice focuses on legal issues relating to intellectual property and marketing law, with a particular emphasis on managing IP agreements, prosecution, litigation and commercial advice in these areas.

Peter Hermansson

Peter Hermansson works as an attorney at law at Awapatent. He graduated with an LLM from the School of Business Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg. He conducted further legal studies at the University of Oslo. His practice concentrates on the legal issues relating to IP and marketing law, such as managing IP agreements, prosecution, litigation and commercial advice in these areas.

 

Switzerland

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David J Meisser

Dr J David Meisser founded Meisser & Partners in 1979, a full-service law firm that has specialised in international trademark protection and litigation. He graduated from the University of Zurich as a doctor of law and was admitted to the Bar in 1976. Dr Meisser is a member of honour, as former editor-in-chief, of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), a co-founder of the Swiss association for intellectual property INGRES, and has written extensively on IP issues, including a comprehensive commentary on the Swiss and international law of geographical indications. He also contributes regularly to WTR Daily.

Marco Bundi

Marco Bundi studied law in Zurich. He was admitted to the Bar in Switzerland in 2005 and subsequently became a member of the Swiss Bar Association. After practising law before the cantonal courts, he obtained his LLM degree at the University of Bern. He joined Meisser & Partners in 2006 and has written several articles on various aspects of trademark law; he is also a regular contributor to WTR Daily. He graduated in 2008 from the University of Berne as a doctor of law. His practice includes enforcement of IP rights, domain disputes, protection against unfair competition (including counterfeiting and passing off), and copyrights, and managing trademark proceedings before national authorities and courts.

 

Thailand

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Dej-Udom Krairit

Dej-Udom Krairit has more than 40 years of experience in both local and international law practice. He has acted as counsel to multinational companies and is involved with a number of international organisations, including the International Trademark Association and the Union International des Avocats. In 1983 he was vice president of the Association of Asian Patent Attorneys (APAA) and he is currently an APAA council member. From 1999 to 2000 he was president of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association. He serves as a council member for the Thai Bar and the Lawyers’ Council of Thailand. He has also been president of the Lawyers’ Council of Thailand since 2004. He lectures regularly at Thammasat University and Chulalongkorn University.

Poondej Krairit

Poondej Krairit holds a PhD in computer engineering management from Assumption International University, Bangkok. Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Mr Krairit gained over seven years’ experience in technology management and planning. He is active in all areas of intellectual property, at both domestic and international levels. At national level he serves on the committees of the Intellectual Property Association of Thailand and the Intellectual Property Promotion Association of Thailand. He is also a member of the International Trademark Association, the Asian Patent Attorney Association, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and the ASEAN Intellectual Property Association.

 

United Kingdom

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Alison Simpson

Alison Simpson is a board member of Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP. She is qualified as both a trademark attorney and a patent attorney. She advises clients on all aspects of acquisition, management and exploitation of trademarks. Her areas of particular experience include advice on trademark availability searching and freedom to use, and tribunal work at both the UK Intellectual Property Office and the Office of Harmonisation for the Internal Market, especially opposition and cancellation or revocation actions.

 

United States

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Gregory Gulia

Greg Gulia has counselled clients concerning a broad range of trademark issues, negotiated countless trademark, entertainment and advertising agreements, licences and purchases and litigated numerous complex trademark, trade dress, copyright, anticounterfeiting, domain name, unfair competition and rights of publicity and privacy cases for a variety of major corporations in courts throughout the United States. Mr Gulia is a member of the International Trademark Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee and he frequently comments on trademark issues. Mr Gulia is a graduate of West Point and the University of Michigan Law School, cum laude, where he was managing editor of the Michigan Journal of International Law.

Lewis F Gould Jr

Lewis F Gould, Jr chairs the IP practice group of Duane Morris LLP. He has focused his practice for more than 40 years on IP law, with emphasis on domestic and international patent and trademark matters. He advises clients on a broad spectrum of patent and related issues in a variety of technologies. He also advises clients in trademark and copyright matters, including clearance, registration and litigation. He manages patent and trademark litigation before the US Patent and Trademark Office and in federal courts, locally and nationally. Mr Gould is a graduate of The Dickinson School of Law. He received his undergraduate degree from Temple University, where he serves as a member of the board of trustees.

Vanessa C Hew

Vanessa C Hew concentrates her practice in the area of IP litigation. Ms Hew has handled complex litigation for Fortune 500 and other leading companies involving a broad range of claims, including trademark and trade dress infringement, trademark dilution, counterfeiting, false advertising and common law unfair competition. She has extensive experience representing clients in a variety of industries throughout the United States and proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She currently serves on the International Trademark Association Emerging Issues Committee – Design Rights Subcommittee. Ms Hew is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Centre and Georgetown University.

Eric W McCormick

Eric McCormick practices in the area of IP law with a focus on trademark and copyright matters. He has extensive experience with handling domestic and international trademark searching, clearance, maintenance and enforcement, trademark litigation, as well as the negotiation and drafting of complex IP-related agreements. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Mr McCormick served as inhouse counsel for Pfizer Inc and Unilever United States, Inc. Mr McCormick is a 1993 cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was an associate editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and elected to the Order of the Coif, and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

 

The information provided above was correct at the time of publishing.