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The seventh annual Retromark conference returns for another afternoon of in-person trade mark law and practice hosted by Darren Meale of Simmons & Simmons and the IPKat on Thursday 26 March. This year, the keynote speech will be delivered by Gordon Humphreys of the EUIPO Board of Appeal.
Starting at 2pm and finishing with drinks and canapes from 6:15pm at Simmons’ offices in Citypoint, Moorgate, the full line up is below:
14:00-14:30 – Registration
14:30-14:40 – Introduction and welcome (Darren Meale)
14:40-15:40 – Panel 1 – Life after SkyKick – can we still file for whatever we want? (we will consider recent post-SkyKick jurisprudence on bad faith, and look at whether practices have changed or we are all still guilty of the same specification drafting indiscretions)
Moderator: Eleonora Rosati, IPKat, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Stockholm University
Panellists:
- Jeff Warren, Global Head of Brand Protection & IP, Edrington
- Maria Triantafillou, Director, Legal Counsel IP & Trade Marks - Europe, The Coca-Cola Company
- Sarah Bailey, Partner, Simmons & Simmons
- Renata Campos, Lead IP & Innovation Counsel EMEA, Diageo
15:40-16:00 – An Interview with the Audience – Part 2 (Darren Meale)
16:00-16:30 – Coffee/tea break
16:30-17:15 – Keynote address: Gordon Humphreys, EUIPO Board of Appeal
17:15-18:15 – Panel 2 – Tired, hungry or intoxicated: the state of mind of the average consumer (we will explore several angles on the reality of the “average consumer” including the Court of Appeal’s characterisation in Morleys, and the post-sale context of Iconix)
Moderator: Darren Meale, Partner, Simmons & Simmons
Panellists:
- Jennifer Richardson, General Counsel & Company Secretary, Superdry
- Andrea Rossi, Hearing Officer, UKIPO
- Amarjit Purewal, Associate Group IP Counsel, Natura & Co
18:15-19:30 – Drinks and canapes
Tickets are strictly limited and available on a first come, first served basis. The event usually sells out, so don’t delay. Tickets are free, but there is again an option to make a donation to charity by purchasing a special ticket – the event will be supporting Bowel Cancer UK once more (please give generously!).
You can sign up via Eventbrite here.
'Retromark: the conference' is back on 26 March 2026 - sign up now!
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