A don't-miss event for all Class 99 readers - UNION's forthcoming London design meeting has a stellar cast including:

• Douglas Campbell QC [Deputy High Court Judge, GB]
• Dr. iur. Jan Tolkmitt [Presiding Judge, Hamburg District Court, DE]
• Prof. David Musker [Queen Mary University of London, GB]
• Prof. Estelle Derclaye [University of Nottingham, BE]
• Dr. iur. Torsten Dilly [Senior Legal Counsel, BMW, DE]
• Brigitte Grab [Senior Legal Manager, Global IP Services, Procter & Gamble, DE]
• Dr. iur. Henning Hartwig [Partner, Bardehle Pagenberg, DE]
• Sara Ashby [Partner, Wiggin, GB]
• Jean-­Jacques Canonici [IP counsel, Gevers, BE]
• Giorgio Checcacci [Partner, Porta, Checcacci & Associati, IT]
• Thomas P. Canty [Founding member Frankfurt office, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, US]
• Charles L Mauro [Mauro Usability Science & UX Optimization, US]
• Véronique Pede [Partner, Cape IP Law, BE]

and a UKIPO speaker [TBC].  Topics include:

• Prior art in Design Law - validity and infringement proceedings
• Strategies in case of multi­state - design litigation in the EU
• From the EU to the US - strategies when first filing a European design
• Brexit and designs - impact and preparation in view of March 2019

The full flyer is here, and registration (via Eventbrite) is here.  We hope to see you on the 8th!