About this Event
The fifth annual Retromark conference returns for another afternoon of in-person trade mark law and practice hosted by Darren Meale of Simmons & Simmons and the IPKat on Tuesday 7 May. This year, the keynote speech will be delivered by Allan James, Senior Hearing Officer at the UKIPO.
Starting at 2pm and finishing with drinks and canapes from 6:15pm at Simmons’ offices in Citypoint, Moorgate, the full line up is below:
14:00-14:30 – Registration
14:30-14:40 – Introduction and welcome (Darren Meale)
14:40-15:40 – Panel 1 – “When you do nothing or you can’t do anything – acquiescence and other modern challenges in trade mark enforcement” (We will explore the state of play on acquiescence following Combe v Wolff and Industrial Cleaning Equipment, while also looking at other issues in our enforcement system)
Moderator: Professor Eleonora Rosati, IPKat, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Stockholm University
Panellists:
Guy Tritton, Barrister, Hogarth Chambers
Alessandro Cerri, Senior IP Lawyer, Warner Bros. Discovery
Dev Gangjee, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Oxford
Stephen Reid, Head of Intellectual Property at Imperial Brands PLC
15:40-16:00 – The future of trade marks – revisited (Darren Meale)
16:00-16:30 – Coffee/tea break
16:30-17:15 – Keynote address: Allan James, Senior Hearing Officer, UKIPO
17:15-18:15 – Panel 2 – “A tale of a supreme saga: where does the Supreme Court judgment in Skykick leave us?” (Now that one of the most significant trade mark cases in modern times has drawn to a close with the Supreme Court’s final judgment [insert description based on outcome!], we will examine its conclusions and ponder what’s to become of the problems the saga highlighted in our registration system)
Moderator: Darren Meale
Panellists:
Natasza Shilling, Lead Counsel, Vodafone
George Sevier, Head of IP Enforcement, Brands and Licensing, Dyson
HHJ Melissa Clarke, Senior Circuit Judge, Designated Civil Judge for Oxford and Thames Valley at the Courts of England Wales
Daniel Alexander KC, Barrister, 8 New Square
18:15-19:30 – Drinks and canapes
Tickets are free but an optional charity donation ticket may be purchased. We are delighted to again be supporting . Please give generously!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Simmons & Simmons LLP, 1 Ropemaker Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00 to GBP 5.00