Tjeerd is an all-rounder in the field of I.P. since 1990, with a special interest for IT-related aspects of the IP practice, such as copyright and the Internet and trademark and domain name disputes. Tjeerd has a longstanding experience in litigating a wide variety of trade mark cases, both at first instance and appellate levels, including infringement and dilution cases, as well as anti-counterfeiting and parallel imports. He also serves as a panellist for .nl domain name UDRP cases.

Gabriele is a certified IP specialist and Counsel at DLA Piper in Cologne. She obtained her LL.M. in International Intellectual Property Law in 2004. Her practice focuses on trade mark, design, unfair competition and domain/internet law as well as media law, both contentious and non-contentious. A particular focus of her work is on developing and enforcing long-term protection strategies for International and German clients and supporting clients with IP rights and media issues on the internet.

Carol is a European Trade Mark Attorney and Partner in FRKelly with over 20 years experience in Trade Mark Law and practise. Carol deals with all aspects of National, EU and International trade marks from clearance to registration including opposition, dispute resolution, and anti-counterfeiting. Carol is Vice Chaor of the Cyberspace Committee

Daniel is a German attorney at law and has been running Starke since 2014. Beside he serves as external expert for the China IPR SME Help desk. He specializes in trademark law, commercial law as well as corporate and labor law. He also assists his clients in drafting and negotiating complex contract documentations. Further on Daniel advises international businesses on the acquisition or sale of public and private companies.

Claudia Amorim has a Degree in Law (Law Faculty of the University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany).She collaborates with RCF – Protecting Innovation, S.A. Trademarks Department, namely advising on registration and administrative procedures, assignments, protection and prosecution of IP rights (Portuguese, Community and International trademarks) and member of the Bar Association Frankfurt am Main, Germany as well as member of ACPI (Portuguese Association of IP Consultants), AIPPI, GRUR and VPP.

Fabrice began his career in 2003 in an IP law firm in which he was a partner and where he represented the interests of a leading e-commerce company and of clients operating in the fields of fashion, perfumery and dietary supplements. He joined Plasseraud IP in 2017 and handles matters for protecting and defending the IP rights of clients operating in the energy sector and in the field of home improvement. Fabrice is a member of the “Future - Profession - Digital” Commission before the French Institute of Patent & Trademark Attorneys. He is also a WIPO Domain Name Panelist. Fabrice has a keen entrepreneurial interest and participated in the creation and animation of a business club located at La Défense.

Ezio Bonaccorso Senior Legal Counsel IP at Nestlé is a qualified lawyer before the Italian and Spanish Bar Associations. Over the past 15 years, he has gathered a large international experience spanning from Commercial law, Competition law to an in-depth knowledge of Intellectual Property law by working in Law Firms and as In-house Counsel in multinational companies. In the past few years, he has also developed the role of Relationship Counsel for Key Customers and Retailers for the Nestlé Group. Of Italian mother tongue, Ezio is bilingual in Spanish and fluent in English and French.

Kate joined HUGO BOSS as IP legal counsel in 2021 having previously worked in private practice and prior to that as IP counsel with FIFA for over 5 years. Kate’s experience focuses on all aspects of IP and brand protection particularly trademarks, online and social media issues and domain name disputes.

Annabelle is a Legal Director and heads up the Trademark team at Google Inc. She joined Google in 2007 and prior to that she was counsel at Apple Inc., where she worked on iTunes. She was in private practice in the Trademark & Advertising and Intellectual Property Litigation groups at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. She started her legal career clerking for the Honorable James W. Ware, United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Nathalie Dreyfus is a specialist in intellectual property law as well as a French and European trademark attorney. She is the founder of Dreyfus, a boutique law firm with a proven expertise in IP legal issues and in the digital economy sector. Nathalie advises her clients in all areas related to trademarks, designs, copyright, patents, software, contracts, domain names litigation, e-commerce, unfair competition, new technologies, licences as well as the protection, valuation and defence of clients existing rights. She is a renowned expert consultant to the Court of Appeal of Paris, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, and the National Arbitration Forum (NAF). She advises and assists in the protection and enhancement of her clients’ intellectual property rights including dispute resolution, anti-counterfeiting, transfer of technology and UDRP procedures in the digital and analogue worlds. She has gathered a team of skilled, experienced, passionate experts and specialists in the field of trademarks to assist clients on all issues related to the protection and enhancement of intellectual property rights.

Lara is a senior trade mark attorney at Carpmaels & Ransford, and a qualified IP litigator. Lara's practice covers all aspects of brand protection, enforcement and management, including brand clearance, opposition and cancellation cases and enforcement strategies. She regularly handles online and social media infringements, parallel imports and domain name disputes and looks after the UK interests of such household names as Botox, Polaroid, John Deere, Total and Tabasco.

Susana obtained her Degree in Law from the University of Valladolid (Spain) in 1991 and her Master in legal practice from the Instituto de Empresa (Madrid- Spain) 1992. Susana joined the legal department of INDITEX in June 1994 and she is now the Head of the IP department. The IP Department is a corporate department integrated by 19 people who deal with all IP and related issues of INDITEX Group worldwide.

Louise Goodsell is a Senior Trade Mark Attorney at Stobbs. Louise has considerable experience of all key areas of trade mark law and takes a proactive and pragmatic approach to portfolio management. Her personable nature and conscientious, organised approach benefit her clients, and lend themselves in particular to contentious issues such as negotiation of domain name purchases and trade mark disputes

Clare is a UK qualified Chartered Trade Mark Attorney currently working for Com Laude, a corporate domain name registrar. Her work includes compliance, due diligence and research, as well as registry relations. Prior to this, Clare worked in private practice for the London-based firm Boult Wade Tennant as a Trade Mark Attorney. She has experience in domain name matters including portfolio advice and formal disputes at Nominet and WIPO. Clare is a member of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys in the UK, and she regularly writes articles on developments in the domain name industry.

Linnea Harnesk is an associate at the boutique law firm Westerberg & Partners. She works mainly with trademark and design with a digital focus, as well as with GDPR and copyright questions from a IP commercial perspective.

Matt Lane is one of the Directors and co-founders of X Cyber Group (XCyber®), who solve problems with state-grade intelligence expertise, across the core themes of digital trust, safety, and security. Having spent over 11 years advising Government entities on covert cyber requirements, Matt pioneered solutions to a wide variety of complex digital issues. He advocates the use of a ‘whole of system’ approach - identifying resources to manage complexity effectively and efficiently.

Ernst-Jan Louwers (1959) is founder of the specialized lawfirm Louwers IP|Technology Advocaten (Eindhoven and The Hague). IP and technology litigation, contracts, licensing, IAM, digitization and strategic advice. Among others he is a member of the Cyberspace Team, Dutch Association of Intellectual Property Attorneys (VIEPA), board member to Brainport Centre for Technology & Law and 3D Clearing House. At Marques conference 2015, he presented on challenges for brand owners because of 3D printing.

Georges is a partner in the New York office of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. He concentrates his practice in litigation and counseling on trademark, copyright and Internet matters across a broad spectrum of industries both in the U.S. and internationally. His experience includes the successful representation of numerous celebrities and Fortune 500 companies in hundreds of Internet related disputes, including web site content, domain name and advertising disputes.

Attorney-at-Law, registered Patent and TM Attorney and a Partner with Pakharenko & Partners . IP practice encompasses consulting on all aspects of IPR protection, licensing and enforcement, representing clients in law enforcement and customs agencies, civil and commercial courts, legal counseling on anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy measures and developing anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy strategies. Take active part in conducting trainings for law-enforcement and customs officers.

Caroline is the co-director of BRANDIT providing tailored legal consultancy services in the IP and privacy fields including domain names, social media, digital and e-commerce. As former Global Legal Counsel of the Nestlé Group, she has built a strong knowledge in IP law, in data protection, e-commerce and Internet related legal topics. Caroline also worked at the Swiss Institute for Intellectual Property. She is CIPPE certified and is regularly an invited speaker at key events.

Flip Petillion is a leading domestic and international litigator and arbitrator. He has been handling court litigations and arbitrations for nearly 30 years. Matters were related to the following industries: Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Media & Entertainment, Art, Internet, Fashion, Postal, Telecom, Energy, Construction & Real Estate, Automotive, Aviation and Aerospace. Flip built an outstanding reputation through his special focus on IP rights, information, communication, technology and media. He represents multinationals and first-class individual portfolio holders

Managing Director at Thomsen Trampedach, part of Novagraaf Group.
Professional provider of corporate domain name management and online brand protection services.

Member of ICANN, INTA, APWG, EU-China IPR Helpdesk.

Clare has worked as a Trade Mark Attorney in the FMCG company, Reckitt Benckiser, since 2008. She is responsible for RB's Trade Marks worldwide in the autodish and surface care categories and also manages their global domain name portfolio, handling everything from registration and acquisitions to contentious matters.

Theo-Willem works as a trademarks and design attorney and is owner of trademark agency Abcor (The Netherlands). Due to his background (marketing manager and previous work in the advertising area since 1985) he handles a variety of IP related issues, with a focus on trademarks (clearance and prosecution), enforcements and (online) branding. He regularly publishes trademark related articles in a group of Dutch newspapers (HDC group).

Nick is the Managing Director of Com Laude. Nick was the founder of Net Searchers, the UK’s first ICANN accredited domain name registrar and a Director of CPA (Computer Patent Annuities). He is the co-editor of “Domain Names: Global Practice and Procedure” . He is on the Advisory Board of the Czech Arbitration Court which is a panel provider for .eu and gTLD and he was one of three European representatives on the Implementation Recommendation Team created by ICANN’s .

Michael is a founding partner at rwzh Rechtsanwälte in Munich, Germany. After his studies of law at the Universities of Munich and Passau he worked for national and international law and patent law firms. He is registered as a specialised IP lawyer since the year 2006 and as a specialised IT lawyer since the year 2011. He has a Master in IT law of the University of Oldenburg. Michael speaks German, English and Portuguese.