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TRADE EXPERT TALKS WITH THE JUDGES
FROM THE GERMAN TRADE MARK OFFICE
  Friday 20 November 2015
German Patent and Trade Mark Office, Zweibrückenstrasse 12, 80331 Munich
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Programme
0900 hrs Registration of participants
0915 hrs Welcome and Introduction
Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer, President of the Patent and Trade Mark Office, Munich
Dr. Alexander Dröge, Lawyer, German Trade Marks Holder Association (Markenverband e.V.) Berlin
Dr. Uwe Over, Chairperson MARQUES, Henkel AG & Co KGaA, Düsseldorf
0945 hrs  Session I – “'Empirical' rules in the case-law of German courts– are they irreversible?”
Chair:
Dr. Andreas Lubberger, Lawyer, Lubberger Lehment, Berlin
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Joachim Bornkamm, Former Presiding Judge at the Federal Supreme Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof), Karlsruhe
1025 hrs Session II – “Germany and Europe on separate ways? – Real and alleged differences in the court practice”
Chair:
Dr. Andreas Lubberger, Lawyer, Lubberger Lehment, Berlin
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Franz Hacker, Presiding Judge at the Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht), Munich
1105 hrs Coffee break
1135 hrs Colloquium – Discussion concerning Session I and II
Chair:
Dr. Andreas Lubberger, Lawyer, Lubberger Lehment, Berlin
Speaker:
Dr. Uwe Over, Chairperson MARQUES, Henkel AG & Co KGaA, Düsseldorf
1205 hrs Session III – “Company Names in Opposition Proceedings”
Chair:
Till E. Lampel, Lawyer, Harmsen Utescher, Hamburg
Speaker:
Christoph Bartos, Member of the Boards of Appeal of the OHIM, Alicante
1245 hrs Lunch
1345 hrs Session IV – “Comprehensive similarity of different kinds of trade marks”
Chair:
Till E. Lampel, Lawyer, Harmsen Utescher, Hamburg
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Olaf Sosnitza, University of Würzburg, Former Judge at the Court of Appeal of Nuremberg
1425 hrs Colloquium – Discussion concerning Session III and IV
Chair:
Till E. Lampel, Lawyer, Harmsen Utescher, Hamburg
Speaker:
Dr. Karsten Fischer, TUI AG, Hannover
1455 hrs Session V – “Yellow Dictionaries and “Schogetten”-Piece – Color Marks and 3 D-Marks moving forward?
Chair:
Dr. Martin Viefhues, Lawyer, JONAS Rechtsanwälte, Cologne
Speaker:
Lars Meinhardt, Presiding Judge at the District Court of Munich
1535 hrs Coffee break
1545 hrs Session VI – “Concurrent Application of Trade Mark-, Design-, Copyright and Unfair Competition Law”
Chair:
Dr. Martin Viefhues, Lawyer, JONAS Rechtsanwälte, Cologne
Speaker:
Johanna Brückner-Hoffmann, Presiding Judge at the District Court of Düsseldorf
1630 hrs Colloquium – Discussion concerning Sessions V and VI
Chair:
Dr. Martin Viefhues, Lawyer, JONAS Rechtsanwälte, Cologne
Speaker:
Dr. Gregor Versondert, Vice-Chairperson MARQUES, Procter & Gamble, Geneva
1700 hrs  Summation and Close
Dr. Alexander Dröge, Lawyer, Markenverband Berlin
Dr. Uwe Over, Chairperson MARQUES, Henkel AG & Co KGaA, Düsseldorf
Barbara Preißner, Chairperson of the Trade Marks and Designs Department, German Patent and Trade Mark Office, Munich

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