Strengthening geographical indications
Topic outline
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This course includes the recordings of the Strengthening Geographical Indications conference which served as the focal point for stakeholders to make their views known on the rage of issues in the GI reform process, from delivering sustainability to addressing the legal challenge of protecting GIs on the internet. GI developments were highlighted, notable concerning GI-View project and included a panel on options for non-agricultural GIs.
The objective of this course is to share with the attendees the views of stakeholders involved in GIs on a range of issues in the GI reform process, which main objective is to "strengthen GIs".
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Master of Ceremony:
Mr Brian Maguire
Speakers:
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski, European Commissioner for Agriculture
Mr Hans-Joachim Fuchtel, German Presidency, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Ms Irène Tolleret, Member of European Parliament, co-chair Intergroup on “Wine, spirits and quality foodstuff”
Launch of GIview:
Mr Wolfgang Burtscher, Director General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Mr Christian Archambeau, Executive Director EUIPO
Master of Ceremony:
Mr Brian Maguire
Speakers:
Mr Dev Gangjee, Professor, Oxford University
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Moderator:
Mr Miguel Ángel Medina, Associate Partner Trademark Department Elzaburu
Speakers:
Ms Irene Calboli, Professor of Law Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth
Ms Ivett Paulovics, Partner, Fasano Paulovics Società tra Avvocati
Mr Jorge Novais Goncalves, Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Moderator:
Ms Pilar Montero, Professor and Director of the Magister Lvcentinvs. Master in Intellectual Property and Digital Innovation University of Alicante
Speakers:
Mr Alan Park, Director of Legal Affairs, The Scotch Whisky Association
Mr Bartolomeo Filadelfia, from Italian Ministry of Agriculture
Ms Nicole Semjevski, EUIPO – European Observatory on Infringements of IP (Observatory)
Moderator:
Mr Marcus Höpperger, Director, Law and Legislative Advice Division Brands and Designs Sector, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Speakers:
Mr Matthew Gorton, Professor in Marketing, Newcastle University Co-ordinator of the H2020 Strength2Food Project
Mr Eric Tesson, Director, Confédération nationale des appellations d’origine contrôlée (CNAOC)
Moderator:
Ms Pilar Montero, Professor and Director of the Magister Lvcentinvs. Master in Intellectual Property and Digital Innovation University of Alicante
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Moderator:
Mr Massimo Vittori, Managing Director, oriGIn
Speakers:
Mr Filippo Arfini, University of Parma, Department of Economics science and Management
Mr David Brazsil, Secretary General, National Council of the Wine Communities (NCWC)
Moderator:
Mr Massimo Vittori, Managing Director, oriGIn
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Moderator:
Mr Harrie Temmink, Deputy Head of Unit Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Speakers:
Mr Andrea Zappalaglio, Director at Max Planck Institute, Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at the UK University of Sheffield
Mr Bernard O’Connor, Resident Partner Brussels. Professor State University Milan
Ms Anke Moerland, Associate Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Maastricht University
Moderator:
Ms Magdalena Glodek, Head of Unit, GIs Department of Promotion and Food Quality – Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Speakers:
Mr Péter Gál, Head of Department for Wine and Horticulture, Ministry of Agriculture - Hungary
Mr Jesús Mora Cayetano, Conferencia Española de Consejos Reguladores Vitivinícolas – CECRV
Ms Chiara Cecchetto, Promotion and Project Management Office. Consorzio Tutela Lambrusco di Modena
Moderator:
Mr Brian Maguire
Moderator:
Ms Magdalena Glodek, Head of Unit, GIs Department of Promotion and Food Quality – Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
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Moderator:
Mr Dimitris Botis, Deputy Director for Legal Affairs, International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department, EUIPO
Speakers:
Mr Marko Ilešič, Judge, European Court of Justice
Mr Benjamin Fontaine, Chair ECTA, EUIPO-Link committee
Mr Dev Gangjee, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Oxford
Moderator:
Mr Gordon Humphreys, Chairperson Board of Appeal, EUIPO
Speakers:
Ms Paola Ruggiero, ECTA Head of GI committee
Mr Simone Calzi, Head of the Legal Office - Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma
Mr Stefan Martin, Member Board of Appeal, EUIPO
Moderator:
Mr John Clarke, Director International Directorate, Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Speakers:
Mr Álvaro García Alcázar, Team Leader EU-Funded Projects, International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department, EUIPO
Ms Delphine Marie-Vivien, Researcher in Intellectual Property/Geographical Indications and Food Law, Deputy Director UMR Innovation, Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD)
Ms Magui Nnoko, Counsellor and Project Coordinator, Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI)
Ms Marthane Swart, Representative of Rooibos Council of South Africa
Master of Ceremony:
Mr Brian Maguire
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Moderator:
Mr Christian Jochum, Agricultural marketing and special crops, Austrian Chamber of Agriculture
Speakers:
Mr Riccardo Deserti, Director of Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano Reggiano
Mr Lionel Lalagüe, Director of Public and International Affairs, Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac
Moderator:
Mr Christian Jochum, Copa-Cogeca
Moderator:
Mr Francis Fay, Head of Unit Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Speakers:
Ms Alexandra Manole, Policy Officer, Horizontal Coordination on Better Regulation issues, Secretariat General European Commission
Mr Bernard O’Connor, Resident Partner Brussels. Professor State University Milan
Master of Ceremony:
Mr Brian Maguire
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Master of Ceremony:
Mr Brian Maguire
Speakers:
Mr Laurent Gomez, Secretary General Arepo
Ms Anette Rasmussen, President ECTA
Mr Massimo Vittori, Director General OriGIn
Mr Andrea Di Carlo, Deputy Director EUIPO
Ms María Ángelez Benítez Salas, Deputy Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission