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Meet the Judges
Friday, 27th October, 2017
German Patents and Trade Marks Office, Zweibrückenstrasse 12, 80331 Munich, Germany
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PROGRAMME
08.45 hrs Registration of Attendees
09.15 hrs Welcome and Introduction
  Barbara Preißner, Head of the Trade Marks and Designs Department, German Patents and Trade Marks Office, Munich
  Dr. Alexander Dröge, Lawyer, Markenverband e.V. (German Trade Marks Owners Association), Berlin
  Dr. Uwe Over, Past-Chairperson MARQUES, Henkel AG & Co KGaA, Düsseldorf
09.45 hrs  Session I - "Selective Distribution and Trade Mark Protection"
  Chair:  Dr. Andreas Lubberger, Lawyer, LUBBERGER LEHMENT, Berlin 
  Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Joachim Bornkamm, Former Presiding Judge at the Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof), Karlsruhe
10.25 hrs Session II - "Jurisdiction of German Trade Mark Courts for Infringements on the Internet"
  Chair: Dr. Andreas Lubberger, Lawyer, LUBBERGER LEHMENT, Berlin
  Speaker: Konrad Retzer, Presiding Judge at the Court of Appeal, Munich
11.05 hrs  Coffee Break 
11.35 hrs Colloquium - "Discussion Concerning Session I and II"
  Chair: Dr. Andreas Lubberger, Lawyer, LUBBERGER LEHMENT, Berlin
Speaker: Dr. Uwe Over, Past-Chairperson MARQUES, Henkel AG & Co KGaA, Düsseldorf
12.05 hrs Session III - "Germany and Europe on Different Tracks? – Factual and Putative Divergences in the Practice of Trade Mark Law"
  Chair: Till E. Lampel, Lawyer, HARMSEN UTESCHER, Hamburg
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Franz Hacker, Presiding Judge at the Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht), Munich
13.45 hrs  Lunch 
13.45 hrs Session IV - "The Trade Mark as the Matter in Dispute in Infringement Actions"
  Chair: Till E. Lampel, Lawyer, HARMSEN UTESCHER, Hamburg
Speaker: Dr. Rolf Nikolas Danckwerts, LL.M, Judge at the District Court, Berlin
14.25 hrs Colloquium - "Discussion Concerning Session III and IV"
  Chair: Till E. Lampel, Lawyer, HARMSEN UTESCHER, Hamburg
Speaker: Frank Meixner, Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH, Leverkusen
14.55 hrs Session V - "Type-Designations as Possible Trade Mark Infringements"
  Chair: Dr. Martin Viefhues, Lawyer, JONAS Rechtsanwälte, Cologne
Speaker: Lars Meinhardt, Presiding Judge at the District Court, Munich
15.35 hrs  Coffee Break 
15.50 hrs Session VI - "Use as a Trade Mark / Infringing Use of 3D-Shapes and Geometric Formations"
  Chair: Dr. Martin Viefhues, Lawyer, JONAS Rechtsanwälte, Cologne
Speaker: Dr. Mark Lerach, Judge at the District Court, Cologne
16.30 hrs Colloquium - "Discussion Concerning Session V and VI"
  Chair: Dr. Martin Viefhues, Lawyer, JONAS Rechtsanwälte, Cologne
Speaker: Dr. Karsten Fischer, TUI AG, Hannover
17.00 hrs Summation and Close
  Dr. Alexander Dröge, Lawyer, Markenverband e.V. (German Trade Marks Association), Berlin
  Dr. Uwe Over, Past-Chairperson MARQUES, Henkel AG & Co KGaA, Düsseldorf
  Barbara Preißner, Head of the Trade Marks and Designs Department, German Patents and Trade Marks Office, Munich