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The in-person afternoon of trade mark law and practice hosted by Darren Meale of Simmons & Simmons and the IPKat will now take place on Tuesday 23 June. 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: Marisa Broughton, Partner, Simmons & Simmons
Panellists:
- Dr Jasem Tarawneh, Reader in Commercial and Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University of London.
- Charlotte Blythe, Barrister at Hogarth Chambers
- Kemal Tayyareci, IP Counsel at Kingfisher
- Sarah Bailey, Partner, Simmons & Simmons
15:40-16:00 – Unspecified presentation on trade mark things (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
- Hanna Arnold, Head of Business & Legal Affairs, Brand Protection, BBC
- Amarjit Purewal, Associate Group IP Counsel, Natura & Co
18:15-19:30 – Drinks and canapés
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!). If you donated to the original date, no need to donate again unless you really want to!
You can sign up via the new Eventbrite page here.
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