08.45 hrs |
Registration of Attendees |
09.15 hrs |
Welcome and Introduction |
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Barbara Preißner, Head of the Trade Marks and Designs Department, German Patents and
Trade Marks Office, Munich |
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Dr. Alexander Dröge, Lawyer, Markenverband e.V. (German Trade Marks
Owners Association), Berlin |
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Dr. Uwe Over, Past-Chairperson MARQUES, Henkel AG & Co KGaA,
Düsseldorf
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09.45 hrs |
Session I -
"Selective Distribution and Trade Mark Protection" |
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Chair: |
Dr. Andreas Lubberger,
Lawyer, LUBBERGER LEHMENT, Berlin |
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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" |
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Chair: |
Dr. Andreas Lubberger, Lawyer, LUBBERGER LEHMENT,
Berlin |
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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" |
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Chair: |
Dr. Andreas Lubberger, Lawyer, LUBBERGER LEHMENT,
Berlin |
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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" |
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Chair: |
Till E. Lampel, Lawyer,
HARMSEN UTESCHER, Hamburg |
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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" |
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Chair: |
Till E. Lampel, Lawyer, HARMSEN UTESCHER, Hamburg |
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Speaker: |
Dr. Rolf Nikolas Danckwerts,
LL.M, Judge at the District Court, Berlin |
14.25 hrs |
Colloquium - "Discussion Concerning Session III and IV" |
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Chair: |
Till E. Lampel, Lawyer,
HARMSEN UTESCHER, Hamburg |
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Speaker: |
Frank Meixner, Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH, Leverkusen |
14.55 hrs |
Session V - "Type-Designations as Possible Trade Mark Infringements" |
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Chair: |
Dr. Martin Viefhues, Lawyer, JONAS Rechtsanwälte, Cologne |
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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" |
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Chair: |
Dr. Martin Viefhues, Lawyer, JONAS Rechtsanwälte, Cologne |
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Speaker: |
Dr. Mark Lerach, Judge at the District Court, Cologne |
16.30 hrs |
Colloquium - "Discussion Concerning Session V and VI" |
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Chair: |
Dr. Martin Viefhues, Lawyer, JONAS Rechtsanwälte, Cologne |
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Speaker: |
Dr. Karsten Fischer, TUI AG, Hannover |
17.00 hrs |
Summation and Close |
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Dr. Alexander Dröge, Lawyer, Markenverband e.V. (German Trade Marks Association), Berlin |
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Dr. Uwe Over, Past-Chairperson MARQUES, Henkel AG & Co KGaA, Düsseldorf |
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Barbara Preißner, Head of the Trade Marks and Designs Department, German Patents and Trade Marks Office, Munich |