Topic outline


  • The panel deals with the powers and competences of Boards of Appeal, the scope of the appeal proceedings and the concept of functional continuity.

  • Recorded session

    • The Role of the Boards of Appeal in building Effective Dispute

      Resolution

      Panel leader - Judge Guido Berardis, President of the 9th Chamber of the EU General Court

       Introduction (00:00 – 07:33)

       Powers and competences of Boards of Appeal (07:33 – 17:22)

      Dr. Matteo Gargantini, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law, Luxembourg

       Scope of Appeal proceedings (17:22 – 28:21)

      Ms Mercedes Ortuño Sierra, Chairman of the Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency

       Functional Continuity (28:21 – 36:41)

      Ms Elisabeth Fink, Member of the Fourth Board of Appeal, EUIPO and Judge at the German Federal Patent Court

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