MEET THE JUDGES
Seminar
Seminar
English
Deutsch
Friday, 24th November 2023
08.45 - 17.30 hrs CET, German Patent & Trade Mark Office, Munich, Germany
08.45 - 17.30 hrs CET, German Patent & Trade Mark Office, Munich, Germany
| PROGRAMME | ||
| 08.45 hrs | Registration of attendees | |
| 09.15 hrs | Welcome and Introduction | |
| Bernd Maile, Vice President, German Patent and Trade Mark Office, Munich | ||
| Dr. Julia Hentsch, Markenverband (German Trade Mark Owners Association), Berlin | ||
| Dr. Claudia Pappas, Vice Chair of MARQUES, ThyssenKrupp Intellectual Property GmbH, Essen | ||
| 09.45 hrs | Session I – Consideration of circumstances beyond trade marks in assessing likelihood of confusion | |
| Chair: | Till E. Lampel, Lawyer, HARMSEN UTESCHER, Hamburg | |
| Speaker: | Dr. Mathias Kochendörfer, Judge, Federal Court of Justice, Karlsruhe | |
| 10.25 hrs | Session II – Pitfalls of forfeiture under trade mark law | |
| Chair: | Till E. Lampel, Lawyer, HARMSEN UTESCHER, Hamburg | |
| Speaker: | Dr. Christiane Schmaltz, Judge, Federal Court of Justice, Karlsruhe | |
| 11.05 hrs | Coffee Break | |
| 11.35 hrs | Colloquium – Discussion concerning Sessions I and II | |
| Chair: | Till E. Lampel, Lawyer, HARMSEN UTESCHER, Hamburg | |
| Speaker: | Dr. Claudia Pappas, Vice Chair of MARQUES, ThyssenKrupp Intellectual Property GmbH, Essen | |
| 12.05 hrs | Session III – The new opposition guidelines of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office | |
| Chair: | Dr. Martin Viefhues, Lawyer, JONAS Rechtsanwälte, Cologne | |
| Speaker: | Dr. Senta Bingener, German Patent and Trade Mark Office, Munich | |
| 12.45 hrs | Lunch | |
| 13.45 hrs | Session IV – Processing applications for preliminary injunctions from a judge's viewpoint | |
| Chair: | Dr. Martin Viefhues, Lawyer, JONAS Rechtsanwälte, Cologne | |
| Speaker: | Dr. Rolf Nikolas Danckwerts, LL.M., Presiding Judge, District Court, Berlin | |
| 14.25 hrs | Colloquium – Discussion concerning Sessions III and IV | |
| Chair: | Dr. Martin Viefhues, Lawyer, JONAS Rechtsanwälte, Cologne | |
| Speaker: | Dr. Uwe Over, MARQUES Council Member, Henkel AG & Co KGaA, Düsseldorf | |
| 14.55 hrs | Session V – The Louboutin judgment of the CJEU | |
| Chair: | Dr. Andreas Lubberger, Lawyer, LUBBERGER LEHMENT, Berlin | |
| Speaker: | Dr. Isolde Hannamann, Judge, Court of Appeal, Munich | |
| 15.35 hrs | Coffee Break | |
| 15.50 hrs | Session VI – The protection of well-known marks: a paper-tiger or a sharp sword? | |
| Chair: | Dr. Andreas Lubberger, Lawyer, LUBBERGER LEHMENT, Berlin | |
| Speaker: | Lars Meinhardt, Presiding Judge, Court of Appeal, Munich | |
| 16.30 hrs | Colloquium – Discussion concerning Sessions V and VI | |
| Chair: | Dr. Andreas Lubberger, Lawyer, LUBBERGER LEHMENT, Berlin | |
| Speaker: | Dr. Karsten Fischer, TUI AG, Hannover | |
| 17.00 hrs | Summation and Close | |
| Dr. Julia Hentsch, Markenverband (German Trade Mark Owners Association), Berlin | ||
| Dr. Claudia Pappas, Vice Chair of MARQUES, ThyssenKrupp Intellectual Property GmbH, Essen | ||
