Monday, 4 March 2019
19:00 Welcome Reception
Location: Athénée Palace Hilton Bucharest
1-3 Episcopiei Street, Bucharest
Tuesday, 5 March 2019
09:00 -09:30 Registration and welcome coffee
09:30- 10:15 Official opening
Niculae BĂDĂLĂU, Minister of Economy
Emilian PAVEL, Member of the European Parliament
Ionuț BARBU, OSIM Director General
Francis GURRY, WIPO Director General
Christian ARCHAMBEAU, EUIPO Executive Director
António CAMPINOS, EPO President
10:15 – 11:15 Developments in the IP environment
Industrial Property Policy – ongoing actions and future challenges
Amaryllis VERHOEVEN – Head of Unit, Industrial Property and the Fight against Counterfeiting, DG GROW
Transformation in the IP world – Role of the National IP Offices
Mariana KAREPOVA – President of the Austrian Patent Office
Bridging the national and EU Trademark systems
João NEGRÃO – Director International Cooperation and Legal Affairs, EUIPO
Impact of patents and innovation to economic development and growth
Yann MENIÈRE – Chief Economist, European Patent Office
11:20 – 12:30 Design Protection in Europe – where to?
Moderator: Alice POSTAVARU, Head of Design Division, OSIM
The evaluation of the EU designs acquis
Tomas EICHENBERG, Policy Officer-EU Policy and International, DG GROW
Withstand design crime in the online environment
Bogdan CÎINARU – Specialist, EUROPOL
Enforcement of design rights
Monica POP – Prosecutor, Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice
Recent EU CJ Case law
Răzvan DINCĂ – Vice Dean, Faculty of Law – University of Bucharest
12:45 – 13:00 Q&A session
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:30 Tour of the Palace of the Parliament
15:30 – 16:30 Geographical indications protection in the EU and abroad
Moderator: Crina FRISCH, President of the Romanian Chamber of Patent Attorneys
European Commission perspective on GIs
Francis FAY – Head of GIs Unit, DG AGRI
EUIPO and Geographical Indications
Katarina KOMPARI – Legal Specialist, Legal Practice Service, EUIPO
Geographical Indications at the World Intellectual Property Organization
Marcus HÖPPERGER – Senior Director, Department for Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications, WIPO
Conflict between PGI, PDO and TSG
Delia BELCIU, Partner DB Law Office
16:45 – 17:00 Q&A
19:00 Welcome Reception
Social event – Piano recital followed by a cocktail reception
Location: Romanian Athenaeum, 1-3Benjamin Franklin St., Bucharest
Wednesday, 6 March 2019
10:00 – 10:30 Welcome coffee
10:30 – 12:00 Supplementary Protection Certificate
Moderator: Mirela GEORGESCU – Head of Chemistry Pharmacy Substantive Examination Division, OSIM
Decision C-471/14 – Seattle Genetics Inc. versus Austrian Patent Office
Maria KRENN – Patent examiner, Austrian Patent Office
National and EU case law in the field of SPCs
Ileana Ruxandra TIRICĂ – Judge, Bucharest Court of Appeal
Modernisation of the SPC system; achievements so far and possible next steps
Alfonso Calles SANCHEZ- Administrator, IP and the Fight against Counterfeiting Unit, DG GROW
12:00 – 12:30 Q&A
12:30 Welcome Reception
Closure