Objective

This course will provide a thorough introduction to European intellectual property law.

Key topics

• EU and international legal framework
• Trade marks and designs 
• Geographical indications
• Copyright and the digital age
• Patent law and litigation 
• Intellectual property exhaustion
• Intellectual property licensing
• Cross border litigation and enforcement of intellectual property rights

Who should attend?

Practitioners seeking an introduction to European intellectual property law.

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Language: English

Organisers: ERA (Florence Hartmann-Vareilles)

Event number: 219B06

 Speakers

Philippe de Jong, Partner, Altius, Brussels

Marie-Christine Janssens, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Centre of Intellectual Property Rights, KU Leuven

Gordon Humphreys, Chairperson, 5th Board of Appeal, EUIPO, Alicante

Bartosz Krakowiak, Patent and Trademark Attorney, POLSERVICE, Warsaw

Bernard O’Connor, Partner, NCTM, Brussels

Miguel Mendes Pereira, Partner, Vieira de Almeida, Lisbon

Benjamin Raue, Professor for Civil Law, Law of the Information Society and Intellectual Property, University of Trier 

Eleonora Rosati, Associate Professor in Intellectual Property Law, University of Southampton

Christopher Stothers, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, London