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Luz Marina Gonzalez, Century Trademark Agencies N.V, Aruba 4George Kresbach, Wolf Theiss, Austria 6Julian Varbanov, J. Varbanov & partners, Bulgaria 8Christodoulos G. Vassiliades, Christodoulos G. Vassiliades & Co., Cyprus 10Juan Carlos Hernandez Bonnellly, Hernandez Bonnelly Attorneys at Law, Dominican Republic 12Bruce Horowitz, Paz Horowitz Abogados, Ecuador 14Francisco Perez-Gangotena, Perez Bustamente & Ponce Abogados, Ecuador 16Olga Treufeldt, TURVAJA Patent Agency, Estonia 18Dr. Andrea Fleuchaus, Fleuchaus & Gallo Partnership, Germany 20Vali Sakellarides, Sakellarides Law Offices, Greece 22Manoj Pillai, LEX ORBIS Intellectual Property Practice, India 24Margherita Barié, Carnelutti Studio Legale Associato, Italy 26Gabriel Cuonzo, Trevisan & Cuonzo Avvocati, Italy 28Nicole Foga, Foga Daley, Jamaica 30Vladimir Anohin, Agency Tria Robit, Latvia 32Sanjeev Ghurburrun, Geroudis Glover Ghurburrun, Mauritius 36Sergio L. Olivares Jr., Olivares & Cia, S.C., Mexico 38Fred Onuobia, G. Elias & Co, Nigeria 40Lara Kayode, O. Kayode & Co, Nigeria 42Dorota Rzazewska, Jan Wierzchon & Partners, Poland 44Jaroslaw Kulikowski, Kulikowska & Kulikowski, Poland 46Andra Musatescu, Andra Musatescu Law & Industrial Property Offices, Romania 48Margareta Oproiu, Cabinet M Oproiu, Romania 50Andrew Vlad Ratza, Ratza & ratza, Romania 52Dr Tatyana Vakhnina, INNOTEC, Vakhnina and Partners, Romania 54Maria Nilova, Patentica LLC, Russia 57Kowit Somwaiya, LawPlus Ltd., Thailand 58Jeremy Dickerson, Burges Salmon LLP, United Kingdom 60Michael Doubinsky, Doubinsky & Osharova LLC, Ukraine 62Oleksiy V. Filatov, Vasil Kisil & Partners, Ukraine 64Gregory V Novak, Novak Druce + Quigg LLP, United States of America 66Cindy Weber, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, United States of America 68Adolfo Lopez, Ayala & Lopez Abogados, Venezuela 70

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Century Trademark Agencies N.V.

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Biography

Ms. Luz Marina Gonzalez was born in Aruba on December 13, 1958. After finishing high school she lived, worked and studied in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Curacao was too small, so she left for Europe to broaden her horizons. Ms. Gonzalez lived in the city of Tilburg in the province North Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands for eleven years. She attended Law School (BSc) and Middle & Business Management School ( BSc), worked for a couple of years as a paralegal assisting team of lawyers in several mayor corporations in the Netherlands, and holding several managerial positions.

Ms. Gonzalez is currently the CEO of the Century Group, directing all of its affiliated corporations, managing several smaller companies and family businesses, and trustee managing the estate of Dr. Hector E. Gonzalez. She serves professionally as counsel and officer or direc-tor on a variety of (semi-) public service and charitable organisations.

The Century Group has been established since 1964. It is a boutique law firm, giving clients specialised legal services. Century Trade Mark Agencies N.V. is now the largest corporation of the firm and for more than 20 years has been the largest IP firm in Aruba.

Luz Marina Gonzalez Century Trademark Agencies N.V.

Position: Chief Executive Officer

Address: Lloyd Gaston Smith Boulevard 48 P.O. BOX 1060/1061 Oranjestad, Aruba

Tel: 297 583 3357 / 297 583 3662Fax: 297 583 4018Email: [email protected]: www.centurygrouparuba.com

Affiliationsn International Trademark Association (INTA)

n Inter-American Association Of Intel-lectual Property (ASIPI)

n Inter-American Bar Association (IABA)

www.centurygrouparuba.com

TRADE MARK SERVICES

PATENT REGISTRATIONS

IMMOVABLES & INVESTMENTS

MANAGEMENT LOCAL COMPANIES

MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES

DEBT COLLECTIONS

SHIPS & AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION

LAW OFFICES

L.G. SMITH BOULEVARD 48

ORANJESTAD, ARUBA

TEL: + 297.583.3357

FAX: + 297.583.4018

USA TEL: + 646.432.5699

E-MAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: www.centurygrouparuba.com


Wolf Theiss

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Biography

Georg Kresbach has been part of the team at Wolf Theiss for more than 12 years, specialising in intellectual property and IT and litigation. He particularly enjoys litigation work and anything that involves high client involvement and contact.

Georg has recently tackled design right infringements for Crocs and patent litigation for the European Central Bank and Actavis A/S.

Before joining Wolf Theiss, he studied at Graz and Vienna and went on to work for firms including Allmayer-Beck Stockert & Scheuba, and Doralt-Seist-Csocklich.

Georg Kresbach Wolf Theiss

Position: Partner

Address: Schubertring 6 1010 Vienna Austria

Tel: +43 1 51510 5090Fax: +43 1 51510 2509Email: [email protected]: www.wolftheiss.com

www.wolftheiss.com

ALBANIA AUSTRIA BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA BULGARIA CROATIA CZECH REPUBLICHUNGARY ROMANIA SERBIA SLOVAK REPUBLIC SLOVENIA Office details at: www.wolftheiss.com/offices

CONTRACT LAWFrom publishing contractsto licensing agreements

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSFrom patents, trademarks, copyrights and design rightsto unfair competition

IT LAWFrom soft- and hardware agreementsto e-business and telecommunications

MEDIA LAWFrom movie distribution agreementsto radio & TV and complaints about slanderous statements

Contact us at:Wolf TheissSchubertring 61010 ViennaAustria

Georg KresbachTel. +43 1 515 10 [email protected]

Intellectual Property and Information Technologyare two closely linked and fast-developing areas.In our experience, they’re also extremely wide-ranging. Our up-to-the-minute advice andrepresentation covers inter alia:


J. Varbanov & partners

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Biography

Senior partner since 1993

European Patent and Trademark Representative

Attorney at Law

Degree in Law, ‘St. Climent Ohridski’ University, Sofia

Post-graduate Centre for International Industrial Property Studies /C.E.I.P.I./, Strasbourg

Post-graduate ‘Protection of Intellectual Property’, University of National and World Economy, Sofia

Legal advisor of the President of the Bulgarian Patent Office (1977-1984)

Director of ‘Patent and Trademark Bureau’ at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry /BCCI/ (1984-1993)

Member of the Sofia Bar Association

Since 1993 Patent and Trademark representative before the Bulgarian Patent Office European Patent and Trademark Representative

Senior partner - ‘J. Varbanov & partners’

Fluent in English, Spanish, Russian, Czech.

Julian Varbanov J. Varbanov & partners

Position: European Patent and Trademark Representative, Attorney at Law

Address: 3, Positano str., 2nd fl., Sofia 1000, Bulgaria

Tel: (+359 2) 986 58 96Fax: (+359 2) 980 32 47Email: [email protected]: www.jvpatents.com

www.jvpatents.com

Membershipn International Trademark Association (INTA)

n Union of European Practitioners in Industrial Property (UNION)

n Bulgarian National Group of AIPPI

n National Intellectual Property Association

n Union of Bulgarian Industrial Property Representatives

n Industrial Property Alliance in the Field of Pharmacy, Chemistry and Biology

One of the oldest and leading IP companies in BulgariaMore than 250 foreign and domestic clients and associatesProfessional and cost effective services and quality advice

Areas of practice• IP Protection • Anti counterfeiting • Domain name registrations

• IP Enforcement• Litigations• IP watches

European Patent and Trademark Attorneys

3, Positano str., 2nd fl., Sofia 1000, BulgariaMail address: P.O. Box 1152, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria

Tel: (+359 2) 986 58 96Fax: (+359 2) 980 32 47

e-mail: [email protected]


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Christodoulos G. Vassiliades Christodoulos G. Vassiliades & Co.

Position: Managing Partner

Address: 15 Agiou Pavlou Street, LEDRA HOUSE, Agios Andreas, 1105, Nicosia, Cyprus

Tel: 00357 22556677Fax: 00357 22556688Email: [email protected]: www.vasslaw.com

Christodoulos G. Vassiliades & Co.

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Biography

Position: Managing Partner AdvocateBorn: 1957Specialisation: Corporate and Commercial Law

International Tax Planning Shipping Law Construction

Contact: [email protected]: 1975-1980 LLB Degree at the

University of Athens 1981-1983 Post Graduate Studies at

the London School of Economics, London University

Professional Career: 1983-1984 Pupil Advocate in Nicosia Cyprus.

Since 1984 Formed and maintain Christodoulos G. Vassiliades & Co, in Nicosia Cyprus.

Appointed as the Honorary Consul of Belize in Cyprus.

Languages: Greek and English

Memberships: Nicosia Bar Association; Committee of Offshore Companies and Shipping Companies; Cyprus Bar Association; The offshore Institute; International Bar Association; International Tax Planning Association; International Fiscal Association; Interlaw; Lexwork; LaWorld; Mackrell International; INTA


Hernandez Bonnelly Attorneys at Law

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Biography

Juan Carlos Hernandez Bonnelly, attorney and notary public, born in Santo Domingo, March 7, 1968, admit-ted 1993, Universidad Iberoamericana, UNIBE (1993). Thesis in the Delegation of the Legislative Power in the Dominican Republic. Constitutional Law, areas of practice: civil and commercial law, corporate law, general litigation, penal law, land law, intellectual property, foreign investment, contracts, franchising, divorce administrative, taxation.

Juan Carlos Hernandez Bonnelly Hernandez Bonnelly Attorneys at Law

Position: Manager

Address: Abraham Lincoln 1003, Suite 306 EDIF: Professional Biltmore I Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional Dominican Republic International Mailing Address: Jet Pack 7186, PO Box, 02-5284, Miami, Fl, 33102-5284

Tel: (809) 562 2394Fax: (809) 562 2397Email: [email protected]: www.herbon.com.do

Affiliationsn Dominican Bar Association

n International Trademark Association (INTA)

n Interamerican Bar for Intellectual Property (ASIPI)

www.herbon.com.do


Paz Horowitz Abogados

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Biography

Bruce Horowitz oversees Paz Horowitz Abogados’ IP, anti-counterfeiting, franchising and foreign corrupt practice law compliance areas. He advises companies, non-profit organisations and private citizens on interna-tional IP, environmental, employment, and compliance matters. He has been actively involved in the intellectual property area, including the world’s first registration of a texture/tactile trademark, the first South American registration of a sound/auditory trademark, and the first electronic overseas filing of an Ecuadorian trademark at the US Patent and Trademark Office. He advises international and Ecuadorian clients on how to do business with public entities without becoming involved in corrupt practices. Prior to founding Paz Horowitz Abogados, Mr. Horowitz prac-ticed law in the US on the staff and as managing attorney of the Alaska Legal Services Corporation (1974-1983) and as the executive director of the Ohio State Legal Services As-sociation (1983-1985). He managed the Intellectual Property Department at the Quito law firm of Bustamante & Crespo (now Bustamante & Bustamante), where he also served as a foreign legal counselor.

Education

Brandeis University (B.A., History, 1970)New York University Law School (J.D., 1976)Catholic University of Ecuador (Post-Graduate Diploma in Prevention of Public Corruption, 2006) Languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Bruce Horowitz Paz Horowitz Abogados

Position: Partner

Address: We are moving offices soon. Please contact us on [email protected]

Email: [email protected]: www.pazhorowitz.com

Affiliationsn American Bar Association

n International Trademark Association

n Quito Common Law Bar Association (Founder)

n State Capital Law Firm Group

www.pazhorowitz.com

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Perez Bustamente & Ponce Abogados

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Biography

Francisco Pérez-Gangotena is Director of the IP Depart-ment. He was born in Mexico, 1967, and admitted, 1993, Ecuador.

Education:

The Southwestern Legal Foundation (Academy of International and American Law), Dallas (1995). Catholic University of Ecuador (Doctor at Law, 1993).

Professional activities:

President, Ecuadorian Intellectual Property Association (AEPI) (2007-), Vice President for the Ecuadorian group, As-sociation Internationale pour la Protection de la Proprieté Intellectuelle (AIPPI) (2007-). Secretary for the Ecuadorian group at the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Proprieté Intellectuelle (AIPPI) (2004-2006). Secretary and Mediator at Courts of Arbitration of the Quito Cham-ber of Commerce. Professor of Intellectual Property at the Graduate Institute for International Sciences at the Central University of Ecuador. Secretary and Private Adviser to the Minister of Industry, Commerce, Integration and Fisheries (1994).

Practice areas: commercial law and intellectual prop-erty.

Languages:

Spanish and English.

Francisco J. Pérez-GangotenaPérez Bustamente & Ponce Abogados

Position: Director of IP Department

Address: Av. Republica de el Salvador 1082 y Naciones Unidas, Edif. Mansion Blanca, Torre Paris, Quito, Ecuador

Tel: 593 2 - 2260666Fax: 593 2 - 2251616Email: [email protected]: www.pbplaw.com

Affiliationsn Association Internationale pour la Protec-

tion de la Proprieté Industrielle (AIPPI), International Trademark Association (INTA), Asociación Interamericana de la Propiedad Industrial (ASIPI).

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Address: Av. República de El Salvador No. 1082 y Naciones Unidas

Edif. Mansión Blanca, Torre Paris – Quito, Ecuador

Tel: +00 593 2 -2260 666

Fax: +00 593 2 -2251 616 – 2258 038

Email: [email protected]

Web: [email protected]

Contact: Francisco Pérez-Gangotena

[email protected]

Pérez Bustamante & Ponce is the leading law firm in Ecuador. We have a solid

structure comprising legal services compatible with the requirements of our clients who

are served by us with professionalism, knowledge, commitment, and ethics – the

principles that have guided our work since 1916.

We believe that the practice of law is essentially a service to the community. PB&P

provides legal services to persons of limited means through the Fabián Ponce Ordóñez

Foundation.

Our Intellectual Property Division handles a diversified portfolio of national and

international clients and provides every service pertaining to this area, that is, from

recordals and protection of all kinds of industrial property matters, to the defense of

rights through the corresponding legal actions.

We are members of the following major organizations relating to industrial property

matters: Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Proprieté Industrielle (AIPPI),

International Trademark Association (INTA), Asociación Interamericana de la Propiedad

Industrial (ASIPI). We also belong to a broad network of international connections such

as Interlaw, Club de Abogados, Lex Mundi, World Services Group, and the

Inter-American Network of Environmental Law Specialists (RIELA)

In addition to intellectual property matters, our law firm provides legal services in civil,

commercial corporate, banking, tax, energy, oil and gas, international arbitration,

environment, telecommunications, project financing, mergers and acquisitions, capital

markets, labor.


TurVAJA Patent Agency

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Affiliationsn INTA

n LES

n ECTA

Olga Treufeldt TURVAJA Patent Agency

Position: European Patent and Trademark Attorney

Address: Patendibüroo TURVAJA OÜ Box 3224 Tallinn 10505, Estonia

Tel: +372 6 403 109Fax: +372 6 403 105Email: [email protected]: www.turvaja.ee

www.turvaja.ee

Biography

Olga Treufeldt has 27 years of practical experience in the field of intellectual property. She graduated from the Tallinn Technical University in 1981 as an engineer chemist, specialising in chemical technology and apparatuses, and chemical cybernetics; and then from the Central Institute of Intellectual Property (Moscow) in 1983.

From 1981 to 1992 she worked as an expert in the Tallinn Branch of the ex-USSR Centre of Patent Services. In 1992 Olga Treufeldt joined patent agency TURVAJA as a partner. She has been a registered Patent and Trademark Attorney since 1992, European Patent Attorney since 2002, and European Trademark Attorney since 2004. She has actively participated in preparing publications concerning Estonian IP law in franchising and licensing of technologies.

As a trademark practitioner Olga Treufeldt has repeatedly been invited to stand in the court of justice as an indepen-dent expert in disputes regarding infringement cases in the field of intellectual property. She counsels clients on Estonian and foreign intellectual property legislations, international IP treaties, conventions and agreements, technology transfer and licensing, infringement of intellectual property owners’ rights, unfair competition, and also litigates IP cases.

Olga Treufeldt´s practice involves trademarks, industrial designs and patents in the field of chemistry, biochemistry, biologically active substances and pharmaceuticals.


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Dr. Andrea Fleuchaus Fleuchaus & Gallo Partnership


Address: Sollner Str. 36 81479 Munich Germany

Tel: +49 89 7907 8690Fax: +49 89 7494 9393Email: [email protected]: www.fleuchaus-gallo.com

Fleuchaus & Gallo Partnership

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Biography

Andrea Fleuchaus studied at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich and Duke University, North Carolina. Her major focus was in molecular biology, molecular genetic and virology, with a strong second interest in pharmacology and toxicology. She gained her PhD in the field of immunology and vaccine technology from the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich.

Today Andrea is a patent attorney registered to act before the German and European Patent Offices as well as to represent clients in front of the Federal German Patent Court and, with regard to nullification proceed-ings, in front of the German Supreme Court. Besides patent prosecution, Andrea has substantial experience in advising, prosecution and consultancy of trademark and design issues.

Before joining Fleuchaus & Gallo, she worked for five years in the patent department of a multinational Biotech company. Andrea’s patent drafting and prosecution experience covers the fields of recombinant nucleic acid and protein technologies, virology, cancer biology, plant biology, transgenic animals, vaccine development, antibody technologies and is based on considerable experience in the field of molecular biology, biotechnology, immunology, microbiology, genetics and biochemistry.

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Vali Sakellarides Sakellarides Law Offices

Position: Senior Partner, Attorney at Law

Address: 70 Adrianou Str. GR-10556 Athens Greece

Tel: +30 210 3316 528Fax: +30 210 3240 566Email: [email protected]: www.sakellarides.gr

www.sakellarides.gr

Affiliationsn AIPPI

n FICPI

n INTA

Biography

Vali Sakellarides is the senior partner of the Sakellarides Law Offices, established in 1912, and which offers high quality IP legal services to domestic and international clients. Vali holds a degree in Mathematics (Athens 1988), an MSc in Information Technology (UCL 1990) and a Law degree (Athens 1999). She was admitted to the Bar of Athens (2001) and specialises in all aspects of trademarks, patents, domain names, Internet law, unfair competition and IP matters.

The firm focuses on

n trademark searches;

n trademark, patent and design prosecution before the Trademark and Patent Office in Greece and Cyprus, as well as before the OHIM, the EPO and the WIPO;

n management of trademark portfolios; watching service;

n validation of European patents in Greece and Cyprus;

n opposition proceedings, interim injunctions and court proceedings for the protection of IP rights against all kinds of infringement and unfair competition;

n anti-counterfeiting proceedings before the customs and/or competent courts;

n registration of domain names; cancellation actions before the EETT (Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission) and the competent courts;

n searches, registration and protection of business names;

n litigation on IT and Internet law matters.

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LEX OrBIS Intellectual Property Practice

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One of India’s best known Patent Attorneys, Manoj Pillai is a partner of Lex Orbis IP Practice, a premier Indian IP law firm. He is also a director of Clairvolex, a company rendering offshore IP and legal services.

As a member of various committees, Manoj has supported the formulation of India’s national IPR policies, development of progressive IP laws and streamlining of India’s IP adminis-tration system.

Manoj has been a prolific speaker in India and abroad. He has the unique distinction of addressing the first ever Conclave of the Judges of the Indian Supreme Court (Bhopal, India, 2006). His 2007 speaking assignments includes the FICPI Forum (Seville, Spain), AIPPI Forum (Singapore), the JIPA Seminar (Tokyo, Japan), and the IPO Seminar (Washington DC, US).

Manoj has authored several articles on various aspects of patent law and practice.

Manoj heads the patents department of Lex Orbis. He has drafted and prosecuted several hundreds of patent ap-plications at various national patent offices. He acts as IP counsel for many Indian and multi-national corporations

Manoj is a registered patent agent and an attorney at law.

Manoj Pillai LEX ORBIS Intellectual Property Practice

Position: Partner

Address: 709/710, Tolstoy House 15-17, Tolstoy Marg New Delhi - 110 001, India

Tel: +91 11 2371 6565Fax: +91 11 2371 6556Email: [email protected]: www.lexorbis.com

Affiliationsn Intellectual Property Owners Association

(IPO)

n The International Trademark Association (INTA)

n Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)

www.lexorbis.com

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Biography

Margherita Barié is a partner in the law firm of Carnelutti Studio Legale Associato. She is the head of the firm’s intellectual property and litigation depart-ments. Her practice focuses on intellectual property and civil dispute resolution, including patent and trademark infringement, unfair competition, copyright, commercial law and related issues.

Ms Barié acts as counsel in all forms of local arbitration and conducts and manages Italian and international liti-gation in various fields for both Italian and multinational clients.

Ms Barié is a member of the Licensing Executives Society and of the Italian Anti-Counterfeiting Group. She has spoken throughout the country on trade-mark licensing and IP related issues and is a regular contributor to national and international publications, such as the World Trademark Yearbook (2004/2007) and the Getting The Deal Through - Trademarks (2007). Ms Barié is recognised as an expert dispute resolution lawyer by PLC Which Lawyer? 2008, she is recom-mended as an IP advisor by European Legal Experts and as a dispute resolution and IP expert by Chambers & Partners.

She was admitted to the Italian Bar in 1985 and is qualified to plead before the Italian High Court.

Ms Barié is fluent in English, French, and Spanish, in addition to her native Italian.

Margherita Barié Carnelutti Studio Legale Associato

Position: Partner

Address: Via Principe Amedeo 3 20121 Milan Italy

Tel: +39 02 65585 242Email: [email protected]: www.carnelutti.com

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Gabriel Cuonzo, educated at the University of Bari (J.D. 1982) and at the Max-Planck Institute Munich (1987) is a trial lawyer and founding partner of Trevisan & Cuonzo Avvocati. Working in the field for over 20 years, he has extensive courtroom experience and has assisted local and international clients in complex commercial and IP litigation. Gabriel is recognised as a leading lawyer in Italian intellectual property and combines his commer-cial law skills with a specialisation in patent, trademark and copyright work as well as unfair competition. He is also regularly involved in matters concerning design protection, licensing, multimedia, internet disputes and e-commerce. Gabriel has represented clients in a variety of industries, including automotive, electronics, con-sumer products, high technology, engineering and phar-maceutical. Recently he has been active representing key international players in the IT telecommunications sector and in the pharmaceutical sector in vital cross-border patent litigation.

Gabriel is a frequent speaker at international conferenc-es and regularly contributes to Italian and international journals. He co-wrote the Italian chapter of Intellectual Property Laws in Europe (Wiley, 1995) and is author of the Italian chapter of Global Patent Litigation: Strategy and Practice” (Kluwer Law International 2006). He is a member of AIPPI, IBA, GRUR and INTA.

Gabriel Cuonzo Trevisan & Cuonzo Avvocati


Address: Via Brera 6 20121 Milan Italy

Tel: + 39 02 86463313Fax: + 3902 86463892Email: [email protected]: www.trevisancuonzo.com

Milan Offices:

Main Office, Meeting Rooms & Library/Research CentrePalazzo Beccaria, Via Brera, 6, 20121 Milan, ItalyTel: +39 02 8646 3313Fax: +39 02 8646 3892Email [email protected]

Offices & Seminar LoungeVia dell’Annunciata, 21, 20121 Milan, ItalyTel. +39 02 627 2900Fax +39 02 6272 9218Email [email protected]

Parma Office:Palazzo Lusignani, Borgo Antini, 4, 43100 Parma, ItalyTel. +39 0521 508079Fax +39 0521 533617

www.trevisancuonzo.com

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Foga Daley

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Nicole Foga is Managing Partner of Foga Daley and heads its Communications, Media & Technology Department. Her practice areas include telecommunications, software licensing, regulatory compliance, and intellectual property portfolio management.

Admitted to the Jamaican Bar in 1993, Nicole is an ODASS Scholar and holds a Master’s Degree in Commercial Law, focusing on International Commercial Transactions and Intellectual Property, from Aberdeen University, a Bachelor of Arts Degree with First Class Honours and a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of the West Indies.

Nicole chairs the Technology, Broadcasting and Telecom-munications Committee of the Jamaican Bar Association and is a member of Jamaica’s Copyright Tribunal. She is also a member of the Inter-American Bar Association and an associate member of the American Bar Association.

Previous appointments include General Counsel in the Office of Utilities Regulation, Legal Advisor to the Broad-casting Commission, Crown Counsel in the Attorney General’s Department, member of the International Committee of the Council on Foundations and Chairman of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Caribbean Regional Committee on Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property.

Nicole has been a featured speaker on electronic transaction issues and has authored and co-authored several articles on Intellectual Property published internationally.

Nicole Foga Foga Daley


Address: 7 Stanton Terrace, Kingston 6, Jamaica

Tel: 876 927 4371-5Fax: 876 927 5018Email: [email protected]: www.fogadaley.com

Affiliationsn International Trademark Association

n ITechLaw Association

n Society for Computers and Law

Intellectual Property | Trademarks | Patent | Copyright

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Agency Tria robit

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Biography

Vladimir Anohin is a European and Latvian patent, design and trademark attorney. In 1991 he founded Agency Tria Robit, which ranks among the top positions in ex-USSR countries: Russia and Ukraine as well as in the countries of the European Union: Latvia and Lithuania.

The Legal 500 ranked Agency Tria Robit in its leading position as “the only and the best specialist IP firm in the Baltic States”, which “merits a top-tier position… for its market-leading reputation and expertise”.

Besides a wide expertise in patent prosecution (Dipl Eng degree in Electronic Engineering), he enjoys protecting the IP rights of leading manufacturers of beverages.

He and his team have worked on cases involving Stolychnaya vodka, William Grant whisky, San Miguel beer, Vichy mineral water, Veuve Clicquot champagne, Red Bull, Martini, Metaxa and more. These cases were handled in several jurisdictions, including Rus-sia, Ukraine, the Baltic States, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Armenia and elsewhere.

Mr Anohin has presented lectures at INTA and MARQUES conferences, and is a regular contributor to international newsletters. He is an active member of the International Trademark Association Membership Services Committee and Law Firm Subcommittee, and European Communities Trademark Association Anti-Counterfeiting Committee and Harmonization Committee. Since 2007 he has been a member of the International Correspondents team of INTA – “The Trademark Reporter”.

Vladimir Anohin Agency Tria Robit

Position: European and Lat-vian Patent, Design and Trademark Attorney

Address: Vilandes Street 5 Riga LV-1010 Latvia

Tel: +371 67320300/+371 67321300Fax: +371 67325600Email: [email protected]: www.triarobit.com

Affiliationsn American Intellectual Property Law

Association (AIPLA)

n Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)

n European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA)

n Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)

n ICC Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau

n Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA)

n International Trademark Association (INTA)

n Licensing Executives Society (LES)

n Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG)

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IP in Mauritius

When people think of Mauritius or the Seychelles, their thoughts normally go to sun-drenched white beaches with clear waters and a high-class service for a great holiday. And despite what I say at any IPR conference on the hard work we islanders try to achieve, it is still the image of the IPR lawyer sitting at the beach with his laptop filing marks that prevails.

Practitioners in the Indian Ocean region have to man-age mixed legislation jurisdictions varying from French, Hybrid (French and common law) and fully common law. Madrid ratification has made it easier to file marks in Madagascar, but the enforcement aspects remain blurred and laborious, especially as there is no provision for opposition or publication.

In Mauritius, which is signatory only to the Paris and Berne conventions without any other patent treaty, IPR rights have existed since the early 1900s and the days of British administration. After independence in 1968, new legislation was passed in 1997 for copyright and 2002 for trademarks, endeavouring to bring legislation up to speed with the signed conventions and TRIPS agree-ment. Mauritius is also part of the Hague Convention on the Legalisation of Foreign Documents, an essential part of evidence procedures for court matters.

Nationally, authorities have been set up to implement the legislation, namely the Industrial Property Office, The Anti Piracy Unit of the Police Force, Customs IPR

Unit and The Tribunal of Industrial Property. Patent registration has, however, been slow with effectively about 10 to 15 patent applications since 2000.

The government authorities have put IPR on their priority list, with a well-known US mark enforcing its rights against about 480 outlets and 20 factories. But the downside of enforcement remains the low damages awarded in most cases.

There has been a recent trend in IPR towards the use of the financial services available in Mauritius for structur-ing of IPR rights, royalties and licensing, using special purpose vehicles which benefit from tax deductions in repatriation of profits or royalty collections. Specific events such as the World Cup or Olympics have added to this trend.

On the litigation front, Mauritius Courts have interpret-ed copyright laws to allow right owners and exclusive licencees to stop parallel imports. As for trademarks, there is a case in court which is not yet resolved on the point. It is expected that a judgment would be received by early next year.

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Sanjeev Ghurburrun is a partner in Geroudis Glover Ghurburrun and is head of the intellectual property rights department. Sanjeev has 13 years’ experience as a practising barrister in Mauritius specialising in all aspects of trademarks and copyright including protec-tion, management and commercialisation. He currently provides legal services to 12 Forbes 100 companies for IPR matters in Mauritius.

He is a qualified IPR Barrister with mostly international clients and manages the Indian Ocean region (Mauritius, Madagascar, Reunion and Seychelles) for IPR services of the firm. Sanjeev has presented at many conferences as a guest speaker on intellectual property and corporate matters and recently on event specific rights manage-ment such as the Olympics and World Cup rights man-agement for private parties in relation to taxation and structure locations.

Areas of IP expertise:

n Trademark filings, prosecution IPO matters;n Commercial agreements relating to IPn Trademark litigation (opposition, invalidations,

infringement, passing off and unfair practices)n Marks Watchn IP Auditsn Customs border measures and enforcementn Mareva / Anton Pillar and related measuresn Brand protectionn Corporate and support structures

Sanjeev Ghurburrun Geroudis Glover Ghurburrun

Position: Partner

Address: 15th Floor, Newton Tower Sir William Newton Street, Port Louis Mauritius

Tel: + (230) 2103838Fax: +(230) 2103912Email: [email protected]: www.geroudis.com

Affiliationsn INTA

n AIPPI

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15th Floor, Newton TowerSir William Newton StreetPort LouisMauritiusTel: (230) 210 3838Fax: (230) 210 3912Email: [email protected]

Corporate and CommercialForeign Direct InvestmentVenture Capital and Private Equity FundsReal Estate and ConstructionLabour & industrial Competition

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River CourtSt Denis StreetPort LouisMauritiusTel: (230) 208 2299Fax: (230) 212 6429Email: [email protected]

Mergers and AcquisitionsBanking and insurance Intellectual Property Arbitration & LitigationMaritimeCivil

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Sergio L. Olivares, Jr., became a partner at Olivares & Cia in 1994.

He holds a JD degree from Universidad Intercontinental, Mexico City (Bachelor’s Degree in Law 1991) and Mas-ter’s Degree in Intellectual Property at Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1993.

During 1993-1994 he joined training programmes as internal foreign lawyer at New York law firms, Morgan and Finnegan and Kenyon and Kenyon.

He has participated in several seminars and conventions as speaker and moderator in regards to IP topics; at the Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI) in Panama 2001, and in Mexico 2003; at the Congress of Mexican/Texan Lawyers in Chihuahua, 2000; in the American Intellectual Property Association Congress in 2007 (AIPLA) with the topic of Registrability of three dimensional trademarks under current IMPI’s criteria.

He is the author of ‘Confusion by Association’, which was presented at the ASIPI 2003 Congress in Mexico City and author of ‘Legal Treatment of Trade Dress in Mexico’ and ‘Licensing issues in Mexico’ and of ‘Combating Counter-feiting and Piracy in Mexico’, 2005.

Languages: Spanish and English

Sergio L. Olivares, Jr. Olivares & Cia, S.C.

Position: Partner

Address: Pedro Luis Ogazón No. 17,

Col. San Angel, Deleg. A. Obregón Bregón

C.P. 01000, México, D.F.

Tel: + (52) 55 5322 3000 ext. 3201Fax: + (52) 55 5322 3001Email: [email protected]: www.olivares.com.mx

Affiliationsn International Vice-President of the

Mexican Association for the Intellectual Property (AMPPI) (2005 to 2007)

n Former Mexican delegate for the Interamerican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, ASIPI

n Member of Mexican Bar (BAA); International Trademark Association (INTA); Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI)

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Fred Onuobia was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1992. He is one of the three equity partners in G. Elias & Co., a leading Nigerian business law firm with a bias for corporate and financial work.

He taught Business Law at the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo from 1993 to 1994. He then joined the law firm of G. Elias & Co. in 1995, where he continues to practice law till date. He assumed the responsibility of managing partner in the year 2001.

Fred Onuobia studied law at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria, where he graduated as the University’s second-best graduating LL.B Degree student. Mr. Onuobia has a Master of Laws (Corporate and Commercial) degree from University College, London.

Apart from overseeing the day-to-day management of the firm, he is also engaged in active legal practice. His areas of specialization are corporate law, securities, commercial law, banking, litigation and intellectual property protection.

Fred Onuobia G. Elias & Co.


Address: 6, Broad Street Lagos Nigeria

Tel: 234-1-2645510 234-1-2645511 234-1-7641404Email: [email protected] [email protected]: www.gelias.com

Affiliationsn Nigerian Bar Association


n International Bar Association

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Affiliationsn INTA

n AIPPI

n IPLAN

Biography

Ms Kayode, graduated from the University of Bucking-ham, England in 1991, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1992.

She obtained an LLM from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London in 1994. A practising Lawyer since 1992, she started out her legal practice life in one of the leading Intellectual Property Law firms in Nigeria.

She is the founding partner of the Law firm O. Kayode & Co where her practice covers Corporate and Commercial matters, with special emphasis on Industrial and Intellectual Property law, Mediation.

She was admitted as a CEDR accredited mediator in 2005.

She belongs to a number of associations including the Section of Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). She is currently treasurer of the Nigerian National group of the AIPPI. An active member of the International Trademark Association (INTA), she has served as Subcom-mittee chairperson for eight years. She is currently serving as a member of the Anti-Counterfeiting and Enforcement Committee of the INTA.

www.okayode.com

Lara KayodeO. Kayode & Co


Address: 77 Awolowo Road Ikoyi, Lagos Nigeria

Tel: +234 1 461 3120Fax: +234 1 4614003Email: [email protected]: www.okayode.com

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77 Awolowo RoadIkoyi, LagosNigeria

Tel: + 234 1 461 3120; 270 7345Fax: + 234 1 461 4003

Email: [email protected]@okayode.com

Website: www.okayode.com

Contact persons: Lara Kayode, Funke Beecroft, Bunmi Eyelade

Solicitors & Intellectual Property Attorneys

Since March 1996, O.KAYODE & CO has consistently and effectively practised Industrial and Intellectual property law in Nigeria.

Mission Statement

To offer advice and solutions to challenges which arise in the field ofIntellectual and Industrial property law in Africa, in the increasingly shrinking global village of the 21st century.


Jan Wierzchon & Partners Patent & Trademark Attorneys

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Dorota Rzazewska has been a managing partner in the Jan Wierzchon & Partners since 2007. She is an Attorney at Law with over 10 years experience in IP field as well as a chartered Polish and European Patent and Trade Mark Attorney. She is also a panellist of the Arbitration Courts for .pl and .eu domain names.

Ms Rzazewska graduated in Law from the Warsaw University. In 1993 she obtained judge qualifications and in 1994 she qualified as an attorney at law. She also obtained a diploma in Copyright and Competition Law from the Cracow Jagiellonian University.

She specialises in prosecution and litigation with respect to intellectual property and combating unfair competition carried out before the Patent Office, Courts, Public Prosecutor and Customs Authorities. She also deals with counseling in the area of industrial property protection, competition law, copyright, advertisement law and domain names. For many years she has been representing local and international clients on trade-mark and patent infringement cases. She also works extensively on anti-counterfeiting matters.

She is the co-author of the book Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights through Border Measures Law and Practice in the EU (Polish section) and a frequent speaker at IP meetings and seminars.

Dorota Rzazewska Jan Wierzchon & Partners Patent & Trademark Attorneys

Position: Managing Partner Attorney at Law European Patent &

Trademark Attorney

Address: Ul.Zurawia 47/49 00-680 Warsaw Poland

Tel: + 48 22 436 05 07Fax: + 48 22 436 05 02Email: [email protected]: www.jwp.pl

Affiliationsn International League of Competition Law

(LIDC)

n International Trade Mark Association (INTA)

n MARQUES European Trade Mark Owners Association

n Regional Chamber of Legal Counsellors

n Polish Chamber of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys

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Kulikowska & Kulikowski

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Jaroslaw Kulikowski is managing partner and has been a qualified trademark and patent attorney since 1991, specialising in intellectual property litigation and combating unfair competition. He completed post-grad-uate studies at the Faculty of Competition Law at the Jagiellonian University of Cracow and the Faculty of Law at the European School of Law and Administration.

Jaroslaw Kulikowski is a member of PTMG, AIPPI, the OHIM Link Subcommittee of INTA, a Council Member of ECTA and the Anti Counterfeiting and Membership Committees of ECTA. At the moment he is ECTA Treasurer.

He has been speaker at numerous IP conferences:

‘Counterfeiting in Eastern Europe and Combating Trade-mark Infringement in Poland’: INTA – San Diego 1995, PTMG – Berlin 1997, AIPPI – Budapest 1998, Forum – Munich 1997;

‘Protection of Renowned and Well-known Trademarks in Polish Law and Jurisprudence’: INTA – Washington 2002;

‘Tasks and Problems of Transition in National Level in Poland while Striving to Adapt the Community System’: AIPPI – Budapest 2001;

‘Effects of the European Union Expansion on the Com-munity Trademark in Poland’: ITMA – London 2003, INTA – Amsterdam 2003;

‘Use of a CTM – does it really promote development in the common market?’: MARQUES – Praga 2005.

Jaroslaw Kulikowski Kulikowska & Kulikowski

Position: Trademark Attorney

Address: ul. Zurawia 47/49, 00-680 Warsaw, Poland

Tel: +48 22 621 52 02Fax: +48 22 621 61 50Email: [email protected]: www.kulikowska.pl

www.kulikowska.pl

Specialists in providing complete legal services for national and international companies in respect of:

inventions, utility models, industrial designs,trademarks, protection of geographical indications,

unfair competition, copyright, domain names and company names.

Kulikowska & Kulikowskiul. Zurawia 47/49,

00-680 Warsaw,Poland

Tel: +48 22 621 52 02Fax: +48 22 621 61 50

Email: [email protected]: www.kulikowska.pl


www.andramusatescu.ro

Affiliationsn Romanian and Bucharest Bar Associations

n Romanian Chamber of Industrial Property Attorneys

n American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham)

Biography

Andra Musatescu graduated from the University of Bucharest, Law School and started her career in 1997, as a barrister. During her undergraduate years, Ms. Musates-cu obtained a number of certificates from, inter alia, University of Cambridge and New England School of Law, Boston, USA. After being granted a Chevening Scholar-ship from the U.K. Government, Ms. Musatescu studied at and graduated from University of Durham, Law School as Masters in Laws, specializing in European Community law, with an emphasis on intellectual property.

In 1999 Ms. Musatescu founded Andra Musatescu Law Office, which was later on extended with Andra Musatescu Industrial Property Office. While managing the two offices, she success-fully completed her Ph.D thesis on the impact of trademarks on free movement of goods and competition, being awarded the title Doctor in Law by the Romanian Academy.

Within more than 11 years of practice, Ms. Musatescu has been advising and representing, both in courts and in front of IP institutions (e.g. Romanian IP Office, World Intellectual Property Organization and the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market), major foreign multinational companies and Romanian market leader corporations in relation to all areas of intellectual property. Ms. Musatescu represented her clients in front of courts at all levels of jurisdiction, including the Supreme Court of Romania where she obtained landmark decisions. She has also worked on a number of PHARE programs in relation to the harmonization of Romanian laws with the European Community legal system, within which, she also trained judges, custom officers and patent attorneys.

Dr. Musatescu has authored a number of articles in relation to trademarks in Romania; participated as a Chare-Person and speaker at seminars, conferences, table topics; is on the list of Arbitrators and Mediators held by World Intellectual Property Organization; worked as a member of INTA committees and is an active member in other professional associations.

Andra O. Musatescu Andra Musatescu Law & Industrial Property Offices

Position: Managing Partner, Barrister, Industrial Property Attorney, European Trademark and Design Attorney

Address: 13 Septembrie 121, Bl. 127, Ap. 21, sector 5, Bucharest, Romania

Tel: +40 21 411 05 76Fax: +40 21 781 47 93Email: [email protected]: www.andramusatescu.ro

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Leading Intellectual Property Firms, Andra Musatescu Law & Industrial Property Offices (the

‘Offices”) are currently advising multinational clients, inter alia, the world leader on the

production and distribution of chocolate, coffee and ready-to-eat food products, the leader on

the Romanian market for telecommunications, the national leader in the production of

preserved meat, major producer of news and entertainment around the world, as well as other

well-known international companies, like: spirits, textile, sports-wear, perfume and baby food

producers, car, truck and buss manufacturers, large word-wide music company, cable television

network and pharmaceutical companies on intellectual property matters.

The Offices are involved in both litigation and legal counseling, as well as in all aspects of

representation before Romanian and international institutions, such as: Romanian Office

for Patents and Trademarks Office, World Intellectual Property Organization, the Office for

Harmonization in the Internal Market, Customs Offices.

The Offices have a vast experience in advising multinational clients on intellectual property

matters from the creation of an industrial property right, to its clearance for registration, its

registration and the exercise of the rights obtained by registration, to any court procedures,

including in front of the Supreme Court, relating to intellectual property rights.

The Offices are also experienced in negotiations, many of the cases of infringement being

settled between parties. The Offices are known for anticipating the problems, which can occur

in protecting an intellectual property right and recommending the best solutions for the clients

in terms of overcoming any such potential obstacles.

The Offices are recommended by Legal 500 and included in other international publications

like IP Directory, Martindale-Hubbell, Scrip's Pharma World Directory.

The Offices are members in good standing of different organizations, among which,

International Trademark Association (INTA) and European Communities Trade Mark

Association (ECTA).

What sets the Offices apart from other specialized intellectual property firms is the dedication

of their attorneys, supported by paralegals and administrative staff, who each speak at least two

of the following languages fluently: Romanian, English, Hungarian and French.

The Offices, formed of young professionals, U.K. and Romanian educated, with vast legal

experience, are fast growing, the professionalism of which speaks for itself.

Contact details:

13 Septembrie 121, Bl. 127, Et. 5,

Ap. 21, Sector 5

Bucharest,

ROMANIA

Telephone: + 4021 411 05 76

Fax: + 4021 781 47 93

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.andramusatescu.ro


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Biography

Margareta Oproiu, (PhD in Physics) is senior partner and a patent and trademark attorney with Cabinet M Oproiu.In 1990, Mrs. Oproiu started her career at an industrial property firm as a patent agent and became a registered patent attorney in 1992. In 1995, Mrs. Oproiu founded Cabinet M Oproiu. Today Cabinet M Oproiu is one of the leading firms in Romania having all over the world, with more than 65% from Europe and 25% from North America.

Mrs. Oproiu is experienced in all aspects of domestic patent and trademark matters and in European Patents and Community Trademarks. She is particularly strong in litigation cases concerning patents and trademarks. The competitive advantage Mrs. Oproiu holds stems from an in-depth knowledge of both technical and legal matters.

Mrs. Oproiu has membership of the National Chamber of Romanian Industrial Property Attorneys Association, FICPI, AIPPI, INTA, EPI (Member of the Counci, Mem-ber in the European Patent Practice Committee and in the Litigation Committee), ECTA (Law Committee), and MARQUES.

Margareta Oproiu Cabinet M Oproiu

Position: Senior Partner

Address: 42, Popa Savu, Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania

Tel: (4021) 260 28 33; (4021) 260 28 34Fax: (4021) 260 28 35; (4021) 260 28 36Email: [email protected]: www.oproiu.ro

EUROPEAN PATENT AND TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS

ROMANIAN PATENT AND TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS

Popa Savu Str. No. 42, Ground floor, Sector 1,

P. O. box 2-229, Bucharest, Romania

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Contact persons:

Margareta Oproiu: [email protected]

Raluca Vasilescu: [email protected]

Based in the heart of Central Bucharest district, we act in the

following professional areas, supported by an experienced team of

Romanian and European Patent,Trademark and Design attorneys,

and advanced IT resources:

• acquiring patents, trademarks and designs rights,

in Romania and the EU;

• opposition, appeal and revocation proceedings in

respect to national and European Patents, Community

trademarks and designs;

• litigation related to infringement and nullity, unfair

competition, and representation before Custom Authorities;

• portfolio administration;

• managing enforcement of IP rights in pharmaceutical

field, data exclusivity and SPC;

• licensing and exploiting IP rights.


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Andrew Vlad Ratza has been working in the Intellectual Property field since 1998. He graduated from Law School in 2002. In 2003, he co-founded the fastest-growing IP firm in Romania, Ratza & ratza. Ratza & ratza provides the full range of intellectual property prosecution and litigation services. Currently, Mr. Andrew Vlad Ratza is involved in Trademark and Industrial Design work. He is a member of INTA, Marques, PTMG, ITMA and a member of the ECTA Council.

Andrew Vlad Ratza Ratza & ratza


Address: Ratza Building 52-54, A.I. Cuza Blvd. Bucharest 011056 Romania

Tel: +4021 260-1348Fax: +4021 260-1349Email: [email protected]: www.ratza-ratza.com

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Dr Tatyana Vakhnina is founder and senior partner of INNOTEC Patent & Trademark Attorneys, the third big-gest firm by value, of patent and trademark attorneys in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent State countries.

Dr Vakhnina has more than 30 years’ experience of work in IP, including patents. A graduate of the Moscow Aviation Institute, since 1970 she has worked as a specialist in pat-ent engineering at the Scientific and Research Institute for Manufacturing Engineering, the Moscow Textile Institute, and the Tupolev Aircraft Company.

She was registered as a patent attorney of the Russian Federation in 1993. In 1995 she was registered as a pat-ent attorney without any limitation in activities, obtained registration as a Eurasian patent attorney, and completed postgraduate studies at the Russian State Institute for Intellectual Property. She received her Masters in juridical science in 2001, and was made Advocate of the Russian Federation in 2002.

Her sphere of interests is intersection of rights in patents trademarks, and designs with rights in other kinds of IP.

Dr Vakhnina practices law before the arbitration courts, the anti-monopoly committee and the Chamber for Patent Dis-putes of the Russian Patent Office, protecting the interests of IP owners. She is the author of a number of inventions herself, and speaks fluent English.

Dr Tatyana VakhninaINNOTEC, Vakhnina and Partners


Address: Bld. 6, Preobrazhenskaya Pl.,Moscow, 107061, Russia

Tel: +7 495 225 7545Fax: +7 495 737 6366Email: [email protected], [email protected]: www.innotec.ru

Affiliationsn Association of Russian Patent Attorneys

n International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property


n Licensing Executive Society

n Russian Bar Association

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Maria Nilova obtained an MSc in Chemical Engineering in 1982, a Dr of Technology from the St. Petersburg University of Technology in 1986 and a Diploma in Industrial Property Law from the Moscow Institute of Industrial Property in 1995. Maria registered as Russian Patent Attorney in 1995 and as a Eurasian Patent Attorney, 2002.

Since 1986, Maria has been doing research in the area of polymers, composite materials and environment protection, also drafting and prosecuting patent applications for more than 30 her own inventions.

In 1993, she joined PAPULA-NEVINPAT as a patent agent, practising all aspects of intellectual property law with particular emphasis on chemical technology, metallurgy and pharmaceuticals.

In 1997, she became a corporate Patent Attorney for Acuid Corporation(UK), managing and prosecuting a worldwide patent portfolio in the field of electronics, computers and software-related inventions.

In 1997, Maria founded PATENTICA, which has since grown into a large professional firm with real depth of expertise and resources, but still maintaining a personal service for each client.

Dr Nilova’s areas of technical expertise include organic and inorganic chemical technology, pharmaceuticals, polymers, cosmetics, sorbents, metallurgy, electronics and software, licensing, technology transfer.

She is a member of AIPPI, AIPLA, INTA, LES, and speaks English.

Maria Nilova Patentica LLC


Address: 51 Sadovaya Street, Office 303, St. Petersburg 190068 Russia

Tel: +7 812 3145347Fax: + 7 812 3144569Email: [email protected]: www.patentica.com

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LawPlus Ltd.

Biography

Education and Professional Memberships:n Certificate of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard Law

School, the USAn LL.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the USAn LL.B., Thammasat University, Thailandn B.A. (English), Ubon Rajbhat University, Thailand

n Lawyers Council of Thailand n Thai Bar Association n Intellectual Property Association of Thailandn ASEAN Intellectual Property Associationn Asian Patent Attorneys Associationn International Trademarks Associationn International Bar Association

Key Qualifications:n “Leading lawyer” for banking and finance transactions.

The 2003 through 2008 editions of the Asia Pacific Legal 500.

n “Leading lawyer” for banking, general corporate practice, corporate governance, restructuring and insolvency. The AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers 2005.

n “Highly recommended company and corporate transaction practitioner”. The 2003/2004 Global Counsel 3000.

n “Highly recommended” for corporate / M&A. The PLC Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Hand-book 2006/2007.

n “Recommended” for corporate / M&A. The PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2007 and 2008.

n “Notable expertise” on banking, intellectual property, M&A, restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy. The AsiaLaw Profile 2006.

n “Well-known” IP practitioner. The IP Profile 2006.

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Address: Unit 1401, 14th Fl., Abdulrahim Place 990 Rama IV Road Bangkok 10500, Thailand

Tel: +662 636 0662Email: [email protected]: www.lawplusltd.com

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Jeremy is a partner and Head of the IP Litigation and Sports groups at Burges Salmon LLP in Bristol, England. He has extensive experience in all areas of contentious and transactional IP including trademarks, patents and copyright. He has also worked considerably in the areas of sponsorship, merchandising, advertising and sales promotion, sport and internet issues and has been involved in a number of leading cases and transactions in this area. Some of his clients are Harrods, Virgin Mobile, Discovery Channel and Orla Kiely.

Jeremy is a member of most leading IP organisations including CIPA, ITMA, MARQUES, AIPPI, PTMG and ECTA and is a Committee Member of the INTA. He is recognised as an expert in trademark law by Chambers, “Who’s Who Legal” and “World Trade Mark Law Report”.

Jeremy is a regular speaker and writer on IP issues and is a guest lecturer on the Oxford University IP Diploma Course.

Jeremy Dickerson Burges Salmon LLP

Position: Head of IP Litigation

Address: Narrow Quay House Narrow Quay Bristol, BS1 4AH

Tel: +44 (0)117 902 2728Mobile: +44 (0)7890 557628Email: [email protected]: www.burges-salmon.com

www.burges-salmon.com

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““Always eager to deliver an excellent service”... the teamgarners respect for its sheer size and quality”

Chambers UK Guide to the Legal Profession 2008

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Jeremy DickersonTel: +44 (0)117 902 [email protected]


Biography

Michael Doubinsky is the managing partner of IP Law boutique Doubinsky & Osharova, which is one of the top law firms in Ukraine.

He graduated from National Technical University of Ukraine with a Master of Science degree with honours in 1989 and began practising IP law in 1993. In 1995 he finished National Technical University of Ukraine with an Intellectual Property Degree in 1995. In addition to his degrees, Mr. Doubinsky has mastered a joint course of IP law of the WIPO Worldwide Academy and University of Turin, Italy. He took his PhD in Law in Kiev, Ukraine.

He was admitted as a patent attorney in 1995 and as attorney at law in 2000.

Mr. Doubinsky is a member of the governing boards of a number of professional and public organisations:n WIPO arbitration and mediation Center, Neutral;n INTA, Member of the Courts and Tribunal Subcommittee;n AIPPI, Vice-President of the Ukrainian Group;n Ukrainian Trademark Association (UTA), Vice-Presidentn Ukrainian Advocates Association, Vice-President

Since 2005 he has been recognised annually as one of the 25 best Ukrainian lawyers. He became a winner in the category “The Best IP Lawyer” in the judgment of “Legal Awards 2007”.

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Michael Doubinsky Doubinsky & Osharova LLC

Position: Director

Address: 37 Zhilyanska Str. Third Floor Kiev 01033 Ukraine

Tel: (380) 44 490 5454Fax: (380) 44 490 5460Email: [email protected]: www.iplaw.com.ua

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Biography

Oleksiy Filatov has been practising litigation, intellectual property and competition law for more than 10 years, and leading the intellectual property team of Vasil Kisil & Partners since 2005. Mr. Filatov’s practice focuses on representing clients in intellectual property and unfair competition disputes as well as advising clients on a broad range of issues ranging from prosecution and oppositions to structuring and implementation of complex transactions, tax and regulatory matters related to intellectual property.

As a litigator, Mr. Filatov has been recognised by a num-ber of international market researches such as Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, PLC Which Lawyer? and, PLC Dispute Resolution.

His experience covers advertising, automotive, chemi-cal, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), IT, media, pharmaceutical and telecommunication industries. The cases handled by Mr. Filatov include:

n Representing a worldwide agrochemicals manufacturer in a series of patent, trademark and competition disputes arising from unfair trademark and patent registrations as well as distribution of counterfeit products;

n Representing a well-known European sports TV broad-caster in a series of trademark and neighbouring rights disputes;

n Advising a major international media company on strategies of trademarks clearance and registration, cross-border trademark transactions, and related tax issues in the course of global corporate restructuring of a group of companies controlled by the client.

Oleksiy V. Filatov Vasil Kisil & Partners

Position: Head of Intellectual Property Practice

Address: 17/52A Bogdana Khmelnytskogo St. Kyiv 01030 Ukraine

Tel: +38 044 581 7777Fax: +38 044 581 7770Email: [email protected]: www.kisilandpartners.com


Novak Druce + Quigg LLP

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Biography

Gregory V. Novak is the Managing Partner/CEO of Novak Druce + Quigg (NDQ) LLP. He serves as national IP counsel to several publicly-traded corporations, including Fortune 100 companies, undertaking patent, trademark, and stra-tegic intellectual asset management (IAM) counseling, as well as licensing and litigation matters.

Mr Novak has worked closely with clients’ management and engineering, research and development staffs in the US, Canada, Sweden and Japan to establish comprehensive strategies linking business and developmental activities in IAM programmes. Such IAM programmes have resulted in an increased competitive advantage by utilising IP assets in a strategic manner.

After serving as lead litigation counsel in more than 60 IP matters, Mr Novak has shifted his focus to co-lead the firm’s re-examination practice with Tracy Druce. NDQ has taken a leading and nationally recognised role in defend-ing companies against litigation brought by patent trolls or profiteers by causing of the Patent Office to re-examine issued patents in litigation. Such activities foster further corporate development of IP and counteract the threat of patent trolls on true innovation.

Presently, Mr Novak’s re-examination practice focuses on matters in litigation or on appeal, representing patent owners and third party requesters, providing a renewed appreciation of the interaction between litigation and re-examinations.

Gregory V Novak Novak Druce + Quigg LLP

Position: Partner

Address: Washington DC Office

1300 Eye Street, NW 1000 West Tower Washington DC 20005 USA

Tel: +1 202 659 0100Fax: +1 202 659 0105Email: [email protected]: www.novakdruce.com

Affiliationsn American International Property Law

Association

n Intellectual Property Owners Association

n Intellectual Property Value Generation and Extraction (Co-Chair)


n Management of Intellectual Property Assets Committee (Subcommittee)

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Affiliationsn International Trademark Association

n European Community Trade Mark Association (ECTA)

n American Bar Association

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Cindy Weber Sughrue Mion, PLLC


Address: 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037

Tel: 202 293 7060Fax: 202 293 7860Email: [email protected]: www.sughrue.com

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Biography

Cindy Weber is the Managing Partner of Sughrue Mion, PLLC. Her practice encompasses all aspects of trademark, unfair competition and copyright litigation, prosecution, licensing and counseling.

Her experience includes trademark clearance, opinions and registration, due diligence, worldwide portfolio management, licensing, domain name disputes and extensive litigation in the federal courts and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Mrs. Weber joined the firm as an attorney in 1978, follow-ing a clerkship at the DC Court of Appeals, and became a partner in 1983.

Among her many distinctions, Mrs. Weber has been named, through peer review, as one of the top 25 trade-mark lawyers in the world in each issue of the Euromoney Legal Media Group’s “Best of the Best” Expert Guide – a guide to top legal practitioners across eleven areas of law and in each issue of the Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Guide To The World’s Leading Experts In Trademark Law. Most recently, Ms. Weber was honoured by the Legal Times as one of Washington DC’s Top Ten Trademark and Copyright lawyers.


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Ayala & Lopez Abogados

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Biography

Adolfo Lopez is a lawyer with more than 15 years of experience in intellectual property, advertising law, an-titrust law, entertainment law and domain names, with broad professional experience in Venezuela, the US and Peru, in both private practice and the public sector.

Professional Experience Since 2005 Mr. Lopez has been a shareholder and Senior Partner to AYALA & LO-PEZ ABOGADOS in Caracas, Venezuela, dealing with counseling and prosecution in patents, trademarks and copyright. Formerly, he was Legal IP Consultant at Bentata Abogados, Caracas, Venezuela; Associate IP Attorney at Rodrigo, Elias & Medrano, Lima, Peru; Legal Assistant in the Copyright Department at Calvin Klein Inc, New York, US; Professional Examiner to the Peruvian Patents and Trademark Office – INDECOPI; and Institutional Manager to the Peruvian Phonographic Industry Chamber – COPERF.

Academic Background Master of Laws (LLM) in Intel-lectual Property in Franklin Pierce Law Center University, New Hampshire, US, 1999; graduated as a Lawyer from Universidad de Lima, Peru, 1993.

Main IP skills Participant in the INTA, ASIPI, ABPI and other international IP events; Lecturer at the II International Congress of LES Comunidad Andina in Caracas, Ven-ezuela (2004); Degree of Commercial Dispute Mediator – “Mediation Skills for Intellectual Property and Commer-cial Disputes”, “Advanced Licensing Institute”, “Intellectual Property Summer Institute – IPSI”, in New Hampshire, US (1999); Guest Lecturer for the Peruvian Phonographic In-dustry at the “New Setting of Intellectual Property Seminar”; addressing Judges, Court Justices and District Attorneys, in Lima, Peru (1996); Specialisation in “Legal English focused on Negotiations and Commercial Activity”, in Lima, Peru (1996).

Languages Spanish and English.

Adolfo F. Lopez Ayala & Lopez Abogados


Address: Centro Gerencial Mohedano, Piso 7, OF. 7-B, La Castellana, Caracas 1060 Venezuela

Tel: +58-212-264-7373Fax: +58-212-266-9279Email: [email protected]: www.ayalalopez.com

Affiliationsn Member of the International Trademark

Association (INTA); the Inter-American Association on Intellectual Property (ASIPI); and the Lawyers Bar Association of Lima, Peru.

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