In this section, the speakers will present various initiatives and experiences of protection of GIs in the European Union and in non-EU countries. Please click on the presenter name below to view their content:
Ms. Antonia Gámez Moreno has a Spanish national lawyer’s background (admission to the Bar in Murcia, 1989) complemented by postgraduate studies in European law at the College of Europe in Brugge. After 4 years in the private sector with a clear focus on EU competition law, consumer policy and internal market issues, she joined the European Commission in 1993. At DG Health and Consumers Affairs (SANCO), she worked on legal aspects of consumer protection. In 2000, she joined DG Agriculture (AGRI) where she held various positions, dealing with State Aid control in the agricultural sector, assistance to the Deputy Director-General in charge of International Relations, Quality policy of agricultural products. In 2014, she was appointed Head of Unit for ‘Enforcement of EU legislation, relations with the Ombudsman and Access to Documents’. From 2017 onwards, she has been Head of Unit responsible for trade relations in the agri-food sector with ‘Asia and Australasia’ in the International Directorate of DG AGRI.
Mr. Javier Moreno joined EUIPO in 2011. He has worked in the field of International Cooperation regarding non-EU IP Offices acting as project manager (2011-2013) and Programme Manager (2013-2014). Since 2014 Javier is the Head of Service of International Cooperation. He is in charge of bilateral cooperation of EUIPO with non-EU countries, the implementation of projects funded by the European Commission in third countries and he also deals with international organisations such as EPO, WIPO and the TM5 and ID5 multilateral fora.
He was a public servant of the Spanish Civil Service since 1995 and before joining EUIPO he has worked for 10 years in the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, where he was in charge of legal and International affairs. Previously, he also worked in the Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Economy, Public Administrations and Ministry of Defence.
Mr. Reasey Lao is Deputy Director of the Intellectual Property Department (DIP) of the Ministry of Commerce. He was appointed to that position in August 2014.
At the Ministry of Commerce, which he joined in 2005, Reasey Lao first worked on DIP and he was appointed as Deputy Chief of Division on international cooperation and legal affairs in 2008 where he later became Chief of Division of Geographical Indications and Trade Secret in 2009. In 2014, he was appointed as Deputy Director of DIP where he is responsible for international cooperation and legal affairs, geographical indication and trade secret and public awareness.
Reasey Lao is a Cambodian national with master degree in business administration from the National Business Institution (NBI).