The IPKat team: arrivals, farewells, and news

Every now and then, The IPKat team welcomes new contributors, says thanks and goodbye to existing contributors, and shares some news concerning the Kats. Let’s find out more!

GuestKats

The IPKat is delighted to welcome the following as new GuestKats for the next six months.

Anna Maria Stein – Anna Maria is an Italian-qualified lawyer and has been practising IP for over 20 years. She is Of Counsel at Eversheds Sutherland Italy in the IP and Commercial Department. Anna Maria deals with issues relating to trade marks, patents, designs, trade secrets, copyright and antitrust – both in and out of the courts. She likes to work in international environments, especially cross-border and multi-jurisdictional litigation. In recent years, Anna Maria has been selected for European Commission programmes to support SMEs and young Designers on IP, innovation, and digitalisation. You can learn more about Anna Maria here.

Marcel Pemsel - Marcel is a German-qualified lawyer. He works in the field of soft IP with a focus on trade marks, designs, and unfair competition. Marcel enjoys litigation, in particular. After his studies at the University of Hamburg and his traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, he completed his LL.M. at an even colder and windier place, namely Aberdeen in beautiful Scotland. Marcel has been working in the IP department of Gleiss Lutz since 2012. More information about Marcel can be found here.

Henry Yang - Henry is a European patent attorney at the Brussels office of Arnold & Siedsma. He also holds a Graduate Diploma in Law from City, University of London. Henry is interested in other areas of IP, just as in patent law. He is also keen on the interaction of IP law with non-IP law, such as in FRAND disputes. In his free time, he likes opera, travelling, and giggling at Dicky and Daffy Tottering. You can learn more about Henry here.

InternKats

The IPKat is delighted to welcome the following as new InternKats for the next six months.

Kevin Bercimuelle-Chamot - Kevin discovered IP while studying at the University of Southampton, UK. He had the opportunity to do work placements at a leading law firm specialised in fashion litigation & Warner Music France. Kevin is a legal counsel and a legal documentalist (IP/IT). He also often contributes to the Revue Lamy du Droit de l’Immateriel (Lamy Wolters Kluwer). More information about Kevin here.

Chiara Gallo - Chiara is a graduate of the Art, Business and Law LLM at the Queen Mary University of London and holds an LLB degree in European (and Comparative) Law from Maastricht University in the Netherlands. She is particularly interested in the relationship between cultural heritage and IP rights, how they interact and how they are protected in different jurisdictions. More details on Chiara here.

Goodbyes

The IPKat says goodbye to GuestKats Becky Knott, Frantzeska Papadopoulou, Gabriele Girardello, and Sophie Corke, as well as InternKat James Kwong, who continued to contribute to the blog for the past several months.

We thank them for all their enthusiasm and hard work and look forward to continuing our collaboration in some other capacity in the future.

News

GuestKat Anastasiia Kyrylenko has been awarded a two-year research grant by the Regional Parliament of Castilla-La Mancha. She will be researching the role of regional institutions of Castilla-La Mancha in creating and consolidating geographical indications, based on the example of PDO “Queso Manchego”.

SpecialKat Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo contributed to the book “Ley Federal de Protección a la Propiedad Industrial comentada por AMPPI”, published last month, which tops Tirant lo Blanch best sellers. The TechieKat wrote a chapter on provisional articles, retroactive application of provisions, criminal offences, criminal liability of legal entities, and the expected Regulations of the new Industrial Property Law in Mexico.

SpecialKat Tian Lu has been appointed Executive Co-editor of GRUR International and Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition.

Former InternKat Giorgio Luceri will join as a GuestKat for the following six months.