8.30 am Registration of delegates and coffee

9.00 am
Chairman’s Introduction
Alexander von Mühlendahl

Opening address
Vincent O’Reilly

International Registration of Trademarks

9.20 am
WIPO: Experience with the Madrid System and The Hague System
Marina Foschi

9.50 am
Latest Developments at OHIM
Vincent O’Reilly

10.20 am Morning break

US Practice: Relative Examination and its benefits to trademark owners
Lynne Beresford

EU Harmonisation Challenges

11.15 am
Enforcement of Trademark Protection in Europe
Simon Reeves

11.45 am
Latest Developments in the EU on Trademark and Design Policies
Olivér Várhelyi

12.15 am
Case Law of the European Court of Justice
Judge Marko Ilesˇicˇ

1.00 am Lunch

2.30 pm
Panel and Discussion:
EU Harmonisation Challenges
Alexander von Mühlendahl, Judge Marko Ilesˇicˇ, Olivér Várhelyi, Simon Reeves, Vincent O’Reilly

3.15 pm Afternoon break

Trademarks and Related Rights

3.45 pm
Case Law in Design Matters
Martin Schlötelburg

4.15 pm
Geographical Indications:
Protection in Europe and the World
Luis Berenguer Giménez

4.45 pm Discussion

9.00 am
Chairman’s Introduction
Joff Wild

Best Practices

9.15 am
US Practice – a Practitioner's Look at Serious PTO Pitfalls
Uli Widmaier

9.45 am
Measures to Fight Counterfeiting – Status in Russia
Natalia Gulyaeva

10.15 am
Dispute Resolution by Agreement?
Michael Fammler

10.45 am Morning break

11.10 am
IP Strategies and Business Models
Jef Vandekerckhove

11.45 am
Developing a Global Anti-Counterfeiting Strategy
Lucy Nichols

1.00 am Lunch

Trademarks on the Internet & Domains

2.30 pm
e-Trafficking of Counterfeits:
Response and Responsibility
Guido Baumgartner

3.00 pm
The Liability of Electronic Auction Platforms
Wolf Osthaus

3.40 pm Afternoon break

4.00 pm
Domain Name Developments and the Protection of IP Rights
David Taylor

4.30 pm
ICANN’s New gTLD Program:
Application Procedure and Dispute Resolution
David Taylor

5.00 pm
Discussion and Concluding Remarks

5.30 pm End of conference