Global
Digital
Encounters

Re-imagining IP in an ever-changing world

As the world evolves, so must Intellectual Property.

Join us in our quest to re-imagine the role of IP.

About

Fide and TIPSA (Transatlantic Intellectual Property Academy) join forces to organize a serial of digital encounters to try and find out if Intellectual Property is equipped to face the ongoing changes that our world is experiencing.

All online encounters are opened to any interested person and speakers have been selected among the most relevant IP scholars and professionals all over the world.

The situation we live in has highlighted and made unstoppable something that we already knew: we are heading towards a world in which intangible assets are going to be key in a society oriented towards artificial intelligence and the data economy, where Industry 4.0,

Biotechnology and Biocomputing will be the keywords for the future.

So, the question is served: if intangible assets are increasingly important, how is the Intellectual Property system duly equipped to respond to the needs of this new world?

Let us address this fundamental issue with courage !!!

The Global Digital Encounters form integral part of the solidarity projects run by both organizations to support the international, European and national plans to overcome the sanitary and financial consequences of the COVID-19

Meet the Team

Co-Director:
Laurent MANDERIEUX

Bocconi University. Director of TIPSA. Chair of the European IP Teachers Network. Member of Fide’s Academic Council.

Co-Director:
Manuel DESANTES

University of Alicante. Member of Fide’s Academic Council.

Academic Coordinator:
Javier FERNÁNDEZ-LASQUETTY

IE University. Member of Fide’s Academic Council.

Technical Coordinator:
Álvaro ARRIBAS

Fide

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GDE 31: Testing the borders of IP rights: compulsory licensing and beyond

Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 @ 5.00 pm CET

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Discover all the Global Digital Encounters

GDE 12: The Race for the Vaccine: from Invention to Effective Vaccination – IP as a Tool or as a Toll?

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GDE 11: The Future of Geographical Indications and Traceability in a Covid Transformed World

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GDE 10: Fostering a Dynamic IP System Based on Sustainable Development Goals (SGD’s)

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GDE 9: Brexit – European and Worldwide IP

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GDE 8: The Artificial Intelligenceand Data-Led Revolution of Copyright and Its Wider Implications

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GDE 7: Trade Secrets: A Re-Visited Business Tool Towards A New Rebound

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GDE 6: Trademarks as a business tool towards a new rebound

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GDE 5: AI, Software, and Patents: Towards a Post COVID Changing Game

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GDE 4: IP arbitration in a digitally enhanced world

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GDE 3: International IP and Access to Pandemic Treatments

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GDE 2: From west to east: trade, IP and investment after the crisis

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GDE 1: Challenges of the IP system in a post-crisis environment

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Our Publications

Re-imagining IP in an ever-changing world, Global Digital Encounters Vol. 2

The Role of IP in a Post-Crisis World, Global Digital Encounters Vol. 1

Here you can find all the reports from past encounters. These reports try to be a faithful representation of our speakers ideas and the debates that take place throughout the encounter.

Global Digital Encounters Reports

2020-2023

The Academic Family

The Global Digital Encounters have formed an Academic Faculty and Family of Speakers and Moderators, composed of worldwide known Academics and IP Senior Specialists from all continents. This Faculty and Family is constantly growing, and includes the following Colleagues:

Samuel Lee

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Samuel Lee

Foreign attorney at Yulchon

Speaker Encounter 30

Dr. Nicola Searle

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Dr. Nicola Searle

Digital Economy Fellow. Senior Lecturer at ICCE, Goldsmiths University of London.

Speaker Encounter 30

Prof. Dr. Thomas Margoni

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Margoni

Research Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Centre for IT&IP Law (CiTiP), Faculty of Law, KU Leuven.

Speaker Encounter 29

Ingrid Schmidt

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Ingrid Schmidt

Lawyer and journalist with specialization in Trademarks and Industrial Designs at CEIPI – Centre d´Études de la Propriété Intellectuelle.

Speaker Encounter 28

David Nimmer

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David Nimmer

Of Counsel at Irell & Manella LLP.

Speaker Encounter 28

Enrico Bonadio

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Enrico Bonadio

Reader at City, University of London.

Speaker Encounter 28

Sergio Rizzo

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Sergio Rizzo

Member of the Boards of Appeal and accredited mediator at the EUIPO

Moderator Encounter 28

Prof. Yolanda BERGEL

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Prof. Yolanda BERGEL

Professor of Private Law at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

Speaker Encounter 27

Dr. sc. Haris HASIĆ

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Dr. sc. Haris HASIĆ

Associate Professor and the Vice-Dean for research and development at the University of Travnik Faculty of Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Prof. Tuomas MYLLY

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Prof. Tuomas MYLLY

Professor of Commercial Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Turku (Finland)

Speaker Encounter 26

Dr. Matthias LAMPING

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Dr. Matthias LAMPING

Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

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Dr. Ulrike TILL

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Dr. Ulrike TILL

Director of the IP and Frontier Technologies Division at WIPO

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Prof. Przemyslaw POLANSKI

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Prof. Przemyslaw POLANSKI

Professor of Law at Kozminski University

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Prof. Raquel XALABARDER

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Prof. Raquel XALABARDER

Professor, Chair of Intellectual Property of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. UOC.

Speaker Encounter 25

Prof. Dr. Annette KUR

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Prof. Dr. Annette KUR

Affiliated Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute

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Verena VON BOMHARD

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Verena VON BOMHARD

Founding Partner at BomhardIP

Speaker Encounter 24

Philipp VON KAPFF

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Philipp VON KAPFF

Philipp VON KAPFF

Speaker Encounter 24

Dr. mr. Anke MOERLAND (LL.M.)

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Dr. mr. Anke MOERLAND (LL.M.)

Associate Professor of IP Law, Maastricht University

Speaker Encounter 24

Richard LANE

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Richard LANE

Chief Security Officer of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Speaker Encounter 23

Prof. Tal ZARSKY

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Prof. Tal ZARSKY

Vice Dean of the University of Haifa’s Faculty of Law

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Richard Gold

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Richard Gold

James McGill Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation in the Faculty of Law

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Roberto Caso

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Roberto Caso

Co-director of Trento LawTech Group

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Julien Cabay

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Julien Cabay

Professor of Law at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Speaker Encounter 22

Prodromos Tsiavos

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Prodromos Tsiavos

Senior Legal and Policy Adviser at Athena Research and Innovation Centre

Moderator Encounter 22

Dr Andres GUADAMUZ

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Dr Andres GUADAMUZ

Reader in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Sussex

Speaker Encounter 21

Greg PRYOR

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Greg PRYOR

Partner and Co-chair, Global Entertainment and Media Industry Group at ReedSmith

Speaker Encounter 21

Dr Michaela MacDonald

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Dr Michaela MacDonald

Lecturer at the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London

Moderator Encounter 21

Dr. Claudia TAPIA, LL.M

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Dr. Claudia TAPIA, LL.M

Director IPR Policy and Legal Academic Research at Ericsson. President of 4IP Council

Speaker Encounter 20

Dr Igor NIKOLIC

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Dr Igor NIKOLIC

Research Fellow at EUI.

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Professor Giuseppe MAZZIOTTI

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Professor Giuseppe MAZZIOTTI

Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Trinity College Dublin

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Professor Giuseppina D’AGOSTINO

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Professor Giuseppina D’AGOSTINO

Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto

Moderator Encounter 19

Professor Andrea RIZZI

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Professor Andrea RIZZI

Founding Partner at Rizzi & Partners. Visiting Lecturer at Queen Mary University London

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Professor Dr. Alina TRAPOVA

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Professor Dr. Alina TRAPOVA

Assistant Professor in Law and Autonomous Systems at The University of Nottingham

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Professor Carmelo FONTANA

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Professor Carmelo FONTANA

Senior Regional Counsel – Google

Moderator Encounter 18

Ruud PETERS

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Ruud PETERS

Founder and director of Peters IP Consultancy B.V. and Former Chief IP Officer and Executive Vice President of Philips

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Professor Jorge L. CONTRERAS

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Professor Jorge L. CONTRERAS

Professor of Law at the University of Utah and Director of the Program on Intellectual Property Law & Policy

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Elena KOSTADINOVA

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Elena KOSTADINOVA

Legal and Policy Officer, DG Grow, Intangible Economic Department, European Commission

Speaker Encounter 17

Dr. Jorge PADILLA

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Dr. Jorge PADILLA

Senior Managing Director and Head of Compass Lexecon EMEA

Moderator Encounter 17

Malcolm BAIN

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Malcolm BAIN

Partner at Across Legal

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Caroline BERUBE

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Caroline BERUBE

Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law

Speaker Encounter 16

Professor Joe SEKHON

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Professor Joe SEKHON

Senior Lecturer in IP Law at the University of Portsmouth

Moderator Encounter 16

Professor Marketa TRIMBLE

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Professor Marketa TRIMBLE

Samuel S. Lionel Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Nevada, las Vegas (US)

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Professor Toshiyuki KONO

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Professor Toshiyuki KONO

Professor of Law and Executive Vice-President at Kyushu University (Japan)

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Professor Axel METZGER

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Professor Axel METZGER

Professor of Civil and Intellectual Property Law at Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany)

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Professor Pedro DE MIGUEL ASENSIO

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Professor Pedro DE MIGUEL ASENSIO

Professor of Private international law at University Complutense of Madrid (Spain)

Moderator Encounter 15

Dominique GUELLEC

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Dominique GUELLEC

Scientific Advisor at the Obervatory of Science and Technology, Paris.

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Professor Guido NOTO LA DIEGA

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Professor Guido NOTO LA DIEGA

Associate Professor of IP Law and Privacy Law at the University of Stirling

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Professor Aurelio LÓPEZ-TARRUELLA

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Professor Aurelio LÓPEZ-TARRUELLA

Associate Professor of Private International Law at the University of Alicante

Moderator Encounter 14

Professor Benedetta UBERTAZZI

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Professor Benedetta UBERTAZZI

Contracted Associate Professor of International IP Law and UNESCO ICH Law · UNESCO.

Moderator Encounter 13

Professor Harriet DEACON

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Professor Harriet DEACON

Consultant, intangible heritage and intellectual property law. Coventry University

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Professor Tuomas MATTILA

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Professor Tuomas MATTILA

Doctoral Fellow in the University of Helsinki

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Alexander PARRA PEÑA

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Alexander PARRA PEÑA

Project Coordinator - Implementation of IP Rights in handicrafts in Colombia.

Speaker Encounter 13

Professor David MIRCHIN

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Professor David MIRCHIN

Assistant Professor in Technology Licensing Law at Tel Aviv University Law School and Academic Fellow (Robot and AI Law) at Bocconi University. Head of Technology Transactions and Licensing Group of Meitar

Speaker Encounter 12

Professor Didier PATRY

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Professor Didier PATRY

CEO at France Brevets. ESCP Business School The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Academic Fellow at Bocconi University

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Professor Dr. Michael GEIST

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Professor Dr. Michael GEIST

Law professor at the University of Ottawa. Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law

Moderator Encounter 12

Professor Patricia COVARRUBIA

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Professor Patricia COVARRUBIA

Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Buckingham and an IP consultant at the Latin America IPR SME Helpdesk .

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Professor Justin HUGHES

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Professor Justin HUGHES

Hon. William Matthew Byrne Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola Marymount University

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Professor Delphine MARIE-VIVIEN

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Professor Delphine MARIE-VIVIEN

PhD, researcher in IP and Food law, Deputy Director Research Unit Innovation, CIRAD.

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Professor Arul George SCARIA

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Professor Arul George SCARIA

Lecturer in Law & Faculty Member at Bocconi University.

Moderator Encounter 11

Professor Edward KWAKWA

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Professor Edward KWAKWA

Assistant Director General, Global Challenges and Partnerships Sector, WIPO.

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Professor Peter YU

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Professor Peter YU

Regents Professor of Law and Communication. Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas A&M University

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Professor Miriam ALLENA

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Professor Miriam ALLENA

Professor of Environmental Law, Bocconi University. .

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Professor Alison FIRTH

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Professor Alison FIRTH

MA, MSc, barrister Professor emeritus in law, University of Surrey. .

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Professor Craig NARD

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Professor Craig NARD

Galen J. Roush Professor of Law and Director of the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

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Professor Alain STROWEL

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Professor Alain STROWEL

IP Professor at the Universities of Saint-Louis, Brussels and at the UCLouvain.

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Professor Gabriele GAGLIANI

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Professor Gabriele GAGLIANI

Lecturer in Law & Faculty Member at Bocconi University.

Moderator Encounter 9

Professor Christophe GEIGER

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Professor Christophe GEIGER

Professor of Law at the Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), University of Strasbourg.

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Professor Daniel GERVAIS

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Professor Daniel GERVAIS

Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law. Director, Vanderbilt Intellectual Property Program.

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Jur. dr. Ulrika WENNERSTEN

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Jur. dr. Ulrika WENNERSTEN

Researcher and teacher in Intellectual Property Law and Market Law, Lund University.

Moderator Encounter 8

Professor Nicolas BINCTIN

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Professor Nicolas BINCTIN

Professor of Law, University of Poitiers.

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Professor Sharon K. SANDEEN

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Professor Sharon K. SANDEEN

Director of the IP Institute at Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

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Professor Javier FERNÁNDEZ-LASQUETTY

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Professor Javier FERNÁNDEZ-LASQUETTY

Partner at Elzaburu. Professor of IP Law at IE University.

Moderator Encounter 7

Professor Irene CALBOLI

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Professor Irene CALBOLI

Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law.

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Dr. Alexander VON MUHLENDAHL

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Dr. Alexander VON MUHLENDAHL

Former Vice-President EUIPO.

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Professor Xiuquin LIN

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Professor Xiuquin LIN

Professor, School of Law; Dean, Intellectual Property Research Institute, Xiamen University, PR China.

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Dr. Alberto CASADO CERVIÑO

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Dr. Alberto CASADO CERVIÑO

Former Vice-President EUIPO, Former Vice-President EPO, Former Director-General SPTO.

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Dr. Noam SHEMTOV

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Dr. Noam SHEMTOV

Reader in IP and Technology Law and Deputy Head of CCLS, Queen Mary School of Law.

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Prof. Dr. Xiang YU

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Prof. Dr. Xiang YU

Professor at the School of Management and the Director of the Sino-European Institute for IP of HUST.

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Dr. Marco ALEMÁN

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Dr. Marco ALEMÁN

Assistant Director-General WIPO.

Moderator Encounter 6

Chung Nian LAM

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Chung Nian LAM

Partner at Wong Partnership LLP. Head of the Intellectual Property, Technology & Data Group.

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Professor Catherine A. ROGERS

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Professor Catherine A. ROGERS

Professor of Law and Paul and Marjorie Price Faculty Scholar Affiliate Professor, Queen Mary, University of London

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Ignacio DE CASTRO

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Ignacio DE CASTRO

Deputy Director, WIPO Arbitration and mediation Center.

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Dr Henning GROSSE RUSE-KHAN

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Dr Henning GROSSE RUSE-KHAN

Reader in International and European Intellectual Property Law; Co-Director of CIPIL; Fellow and Director of Studies (King's College)

Speaker Encounter 3

Professor Rochelle DREYFUSS

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Professor Rochelle DREYFUSS

Pauline Newman Professor of Law Co-Director, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy.

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Professor Laurent MANDERIEUX

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Professor Laurent MANDERIEUX

Bocconi University. Director of TIPSA. Member of Fide’s Academic Council.

Moderator Encounter 3

Professor Claudio DORDI

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Professor Claudio DORDI

Bocconi University, USAID Trade Facilitation Program Director in Vietnam.

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Professor Ysolde GENDREAU

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Professor Ysolde GENDREAU

Professor of intellectual property law and competition law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Montreal

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Antony TAUBMAN

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Antony TAUBMAN

Director, IP Division, WTO.

Speaker Encounter 2

Professor Xavier SEUBA HERNÁNDEZ

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Professor Xavier SEUBA HERNÁNDEZ

Director Patent Academy and EQE-European Patent Office. Professor of Law at the Law and Political Science Department of the UOC

Moderator Encounter 2

Professor Jane GINSBURG

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Professor Jane GINSBURG

Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary & Artistic Property Law

Speaker Encounter 1

Professor Laurent MANDERIEUX

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Professor Laurent MANDERIEUX

Bocconi University. Director of TIPSA. Member of Fide’s Academic Council.

Speaker Encounter 1

Professor Anselm KAMPERMAN SANDERS

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Professor Anselm KAMPERMAN SANDERS

Professor of IP Law, Director of the advanced masters Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge Management at Maastricht University. Deputy judge in the Court of Appeal in the Hague.

Speaker Encounter 1

Professor Manuel DESANTES

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Professor Manuel DESANTES

University of Alicante. Member of Fide’s Academic Council.

Moderator Encounter 1

Support Team

Arielle ABERDEEN

Master in Internet Technology (Bocconi University) – Trinidad and Tobago

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Arielle Aberdeen is an Attorney-at-Law specialised in the common-law legal system, with an LL.B. from the University of the West-Indies and L.E.C. from the Hugh Wooding Law School. She has extensive litigation experience in a wide range of legal areas and spent more than four years working with Judges at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. She decided to expand her profile by completing an LL.M. in Law of Internet Technology at Università Bocconi. Through this master, Arielle deepened her knowledge of Intellectual Property law and how connected it is to technology and development. She was then able to gain valuable (theoretical and practical) insight into IP during her time as an intern for the renowned 4iP Council.

Xiao BAIYANG

Ph.D. Candidate (University of Szeged, Hungary) – China

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Master of Intellectual Property Law (Southwest University of Political Science and Law). Xiao Baiyang is a PhD student in the field of Intellectual Property Law at University of Szeged (Hungary). He holds Bachelor Degree in Law and master degree in Intellectual Property Law from Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China (PRC). His PhD research focuses on Online Platform Governance concerning Copyright Liability of Online Intermediaries at the international level.

Yulia BORISOVA

Doctor in law (Moscow Lomonosov State University) / Master in Internet Technologies (Bocconi University) – Russia

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Yulia Borisova holds a law degree with honors and a PhD from the Moscow Lomonosov State University (Russia). She has practiced law for more than 10 years working for major international law firms (focusing on capital markets transactions and corporate matters) and banks (supporting with cash, trade and custody products). During her LL.M. in Law of Internet Technology studies at Bocconi University, Milan (Italy), Yulia became interested in intellectual property law, which is a fundamental pillar of the challenging internet technology era. Issues relating to protection of software by patents and copyright seem to be of particular importance in many sectors. Yulia is a winner of the the 2020 4iP Council Research Awards for her paper on Patentability of Computer Programs in Europe

Florence BYRD

Ph.D. Candidate (University Complutense of Madrid and University of Alicante) – France / US

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Florence Byrd is PhD student in the field of AI Governance at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidad de Alicante. Member of the Madrid Bar Association. Degree in Law from University of Alicante (Spain) and Master’s degree for access to the legal profession. French-American Lawyer with extensive experience in Corporate/Commercial Law. Member of the Observatory of the Social and Ethical Impact of Artificial Intelligence (OdiseIA).

Ruben CANO

Magister Lvcentinvs (University of Alicante) – Master in Law of Internet Technology (Bocconi University) – Spain

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Rubén practices as an Associate at Baker McKenzie in the areas of Intellectual Property and ICT. He studied at the universities of Alicante, Panthéon-Sorbonne and Bocconi. He holds an LL.M. in Intellectual Property and IT (University of Alicante) and an LL.M. in Law of Internet Technology (Bocconi University).

Magali CONTARDI

Ph.D. Candidate (University of Alicante) – Magister Lvcentinvs (University of Alicante) – Argentina / Italy

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Magali Contardi is an Italian qualified lawyer practising in the field of Intellectual Property. She is also working on her PhD research in Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and Medical Devices, affiliated to the University of Alicante under the supervision of Prof. Manuel Desantes and Prof. Benedetta Ubertazzi, visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute For Innovation and Competition Law (Munich, Germany, 2018-2019). She is IP lecturer at the Master in Business, Law and Public Manager (GEMP) University of Pisa, and teaching assistant at the Intellectual Property Course, LM in Law, University of Pisa. She is also part of the research group Pa-thos (led by City, University of London together with Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals) focused on IP protection at hospitals.

She holds law degrees from the Università degli Studi di Firenze and the Catholic University of Argentina, as well as a Master in Business Law and Public Manager (Università degli Studi di Pisa), a LLM in Intellectual Property Law (University of Alicante) and a Specialization in Artificial Intelligence & Intellectual Property (University of Strasbourg).

Maurizio CRUPI

Ph.D. Candidate (University of Alicante / Maastricht University) – Magister Lvcentinvs (University of Alicante) – Italy

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Maurizio Crupi holds a master’s degree in Intellectual Property law from University of Alicante, as well as a law degree from Bocconi University (Milan). After his studies, Maurizio has gained professional experience in law firms and at the EUIPO, drafting decisions on trademarks and designs matters.

Starting from September 2017, Maurizio is conducting his doctoral research on geographical indications at Alicante and Maastricht Universities, with a thesis aimed at analysing the link between products’ characteristics and their geographical area.

Lara FARRUGGIA

Ph.D. Candidate (University of Valencia) – LLM in International Studies and European Union (University of Valencia) – Italy

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Lawyer IP specialist and PhD candidate – University of Valencia

Her PhD research concentrates on the problematic legal issues concerning the origin of the products at the international and the EU level. In the EUIPO, she dealt with trade mark examination and appeal files, while she attended to Innovation Support in the EPO Academy.

She holds law degrees from the University of Pisa and the University of Alicante, as well as a LLM in International Studies and European Union (University of Valencia) and a LLM in Legal Practice (University of Palermo).

Rebeca FERRERO GUILLÉN

Ph.D. Candidate (University of Alicante) – Magister Lvcentinvs (University of Alicante) – Spain

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Lawyer specialising in intellectual property. She studied at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Université Panthéon-Assas (Bachelor’s Degree in Law), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Master’s in Legal Practice) and Universidad de Alicante (LL.M. Magister Lvcentinvs). She has experience in law firms, the EUIPO and the EPO. She is also pursuing a PhD in International Private Law focusing on the effects of the democratisation of 3D printing.

Alejandro GARCÍA MARTÍNEZ

Magister Lvcentinvs (University of Alicante) – Spain

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Studied Law at Universidad de Alicante; Master’s degree LLM Magister Lvcentinvs Intellectual Property Studies; Works at: Juan Botella IP Legal & Asociados; Sirocco Media and Actualidad IP/IT. Trademarks, patent and copyright advisor and litigator. Passionate about videogame law and Esports. Runs @esportsrights, a Twitter profile dedicated to disclose law implications on the Esports sector

Eetu HUHTA

Ph.D. Candidate (University of Eastern Finland) – Finland

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Ph.D. candidate in law at the UEF Law School, University of Eastern Finland. Eetu holds a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from Uppsala University. Currently, Eetu is an early-stage researcher at the UEF Law School. He has also received research grants from the Niilo Helander Foundation and the Finnish Cultural Foundation. His main research interests are copyright law, digitalization and intermediary liability. In his doctoral research, Eetu focuses on intermediary liability for illegal content online, especially within the EU legal framework.

Anastasiia KYRYLENKO

Ph.D. Candidate (University of Alicante) / University of Strasbourg) – Magister Lvcentinvs (University of Alicante) – Ukraine

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Anastasiia Kyrylenko, LLM, is PhD Candidate at Universities of Alicante (Spain) and of Strasbourg (France) in the framework of EIPIN Innovation Society programme (H2020-Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Action). Her main research interests include international IP law and regulation of IP in trade agreements. She takes additional interest in geographical indications and design law. Anastasiia is also consulting the Ukrainian government on the intellectual property reform, as part of the Reform Support Team at the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture.

Javier LÓPEZ-GUZMÁN

Ph.D. Candidate (Vrije Universiteit Brussels, VUB) – Spain

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Javier López-Guzmán is a legal researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB – Belgium). He is a doctoral candidate of the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) research group since October 2020. Javier has worked in the team of the Data Protection Officer of the European Union. Before that he worked in the legal private sector as a legal assistant in Finnova, a foundation for innovation in Brussels, and at the law firm Cremades & Calvo Sotelo Abogados in Madrid.

Aldo Fabrizio MÓDICA BAREIRO

Doctor in Law – Paraguay

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PhD in Law (Austral University, Argentina). Master Degree in Intellectual Property (Austral University, Argentina). Master Degree in Higher Education Teaching (Catholic University of Asunción, Paraguay). Research coordinator at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Asunción and Professor of undergraduate and postgraduate course on Intellectual Property. Partner at Bareiro Modica Abogados (Paraguay).

Carlos MUÑOZ FERRANDIS

Ph.D. Candidate (Max Planck Institut Munich / University of Alicante) – Magister Lvcentinvs (University of Alicante) – Spain

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Carlos is a lawyer and PhD Researcher at Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, focusing on the interactions between open source and standards, from an IP and competition law angle. Aside from his PhD, his research targets AI/open data, regulatory sandboxes and blockchain. Relating to blockchain, he collaborates with both Utrecht University (under the framework of the Blockchain for Societies SIG), and with the Stanford RegTrax Initiative, a project of CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (Stanford Law School). Beyond academia, Carlos is the co-founder of HIGH – High Technology Law Forum and member of the Lvcentinvs Blog.

Jorge Luis ORDELIN FONT

Doctor in Law – Cuba

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in Legal Sciences, Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba (Cuba) 2017. Postdoctoral in Law, Intellectual Property specialization. IMED Southern Faculty, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil and National Postdoctoral Program (PNPD / CAPES) from the Institute for Legal Research at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. Master’s Degree in Intellectual Property, Universidad Austral / OMPI (2015). Master’s Degree in Civil Law, Universidad de La Habana, Cuba. Research specialist in the Center for Inter-American Studies on Social Security. Lawyer and advisor in Intellectual Property. Garzia S.A.S (Colombia).

Dorottya PAKU

Ph.D. candidate (Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Theory, University of Szeged, Hungary) – Hungary

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She graduated from the University of Szeged (Master’s degree in Law), thereafter she gained professional experiences in a local law firm. Currently she is a Ph.D. student of the Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Theory at the University of Szeged and she is attending a Master in German Law and Legal Translation which is a joint Master Program (LL.M) between the University of Szeged (Hungary) and the University of Potsdam (Germany). Her Ph.D. research focuses on international and European IP law contexts of the modern arts, especially legal issues of appropriation art. She is a member of the Hungarian Copyright Forum Association and a blogger of Copy21 Blog which is one of the best-known IP blogs in Hungary and honoured by the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office. Dorottya is also interested in design law and she took part as a research assistant in an empirical research of Prof. Estelle Derclaye (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom) which research examined the protection of designs in the national case law of the EU Member States.

Athena POYSKY

Magister Lvcentinvs (University of Alicante) – Master in International Business (European University of Madrid) – Spain /US

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Currently providing consulting services for the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Athena previously worked at Hogan Lovells as a trade mark lawyer. She has a bachelor’s degree in law (University of Alicante), a masters degree in Intellectual Property ( University of Alicante, Magister Lvcentinvs) and another in International Business (European University of Madrid – online postgraduate programme). Her passion for IP began when she participated in the IP investigation project of the University of Alicante, UAIPIT.com, while she was studying her degree in law.

Raúl RUIZ RODRÍGUEZ

Ph.D. Candidate (University of Alicante) – FPU (University of Alicante) – Spain

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Graduated in Law from the University of Alicante. Master’s Degree in Legal practice (University of Alicante) and Master’s Degree in Teaching (Miguel Hernández University). He has held several research grants, including an “Initiation to Research” scholarship in the area of Private International Law at the University of Alicante, where he is currently working on his doctoral thesis with a contract from the Ministry of Universities.

Luz SÁNCHEZ GARCÍA

Doctor in Law (University of Murcia) – Lecturer post-doc in Commercial law (University of Murcia) – Spain

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Lecturer post-doc in Commercial Law at the University of Murcia. Doctor in Law from the University of Murcia, and Specialist in Patents and Transfer of Technology (Magister Lvcentinvs, University of Alicante). Author of El inventor artificial (Thomson Reuters/Aranzadi, 2020).

Adèle SERIO

L.L.M. Candidate in Law of Internet Technology at Bocconi University – France

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LL.M. Candidate in Law of Internet Technology at Bocconi University. Adèle graduated from the Double Degree in French Law – Italien Law, speciality International and European Law at Paris-Nanterre University and obtained also, the Laurea Magistrale in Guirisprudenza from the Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna. She has professional experiences in Law firm specialized in digital economy, IP rights and improved her knowledge in Civil and Corporate Law, especially as a junior jurist in the Notary’s office Tassinari & Damascelli, in Bologna. Former President of the Italian association of Paris-Nanterre. She distinguished herself by her numerous academic commitment and joined the Debate Club of Bocconi, in 2021. Adèle wishes to continue her work and research in Intellectual Property Law and for the protection of Fundamental Rights in Cyberspace

Girish SOMAWARPET NAGRAJ

Ph.D. Candidate (University of Alicante / University of Strasbourg) – Master in Business Law (Free University of Berlin) – India

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Girish has a techno-legal background having worked in Infosys Technologies Ltd, Hewlett Packard and Jindal Global University-Sonipat in India. He has degrees in Telecommunication Engineering from VIshweshwaraiah Technological University and an Intellectual Property Honours law degree from IIT- Kharagpur. Masters in Business Law was pursued at Freie University- Berlin.

Letizia TOMADA

Ph.D. Candidate (Max Planck Institut Munich / University of Alicante) – LLM in IP Law (Queen Mary University of London) – Italy

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Letizia TOMADA is a postdoc researcher at the University of Copenhagen and an Italian qualified lawyer. She conducted her PhD research within the EIPIN – IS Joint Doctorate programme at Max-Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition and at the University of Alicante. Previously, she gained professional experience in international law firms specialised in IP. She holds an LL.M in IP Law from the Queen Mary University of London and a summa cum laude law degree from the University of Trieste.

Vicente ZAFRILLA DÍAZ-MARTA, LLM

Scientific Coordinator for Innovation and IP projects at OGPI- Universidad de Alicante – Ph.D. Candidate (Max Planck Institut Munich / University of Alicante) – Magister Lvcentinvs – Spain

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Intellectual Property professional with a practice and academic background. PhD Candidate at Universität Augsburg and Universidad de Alicante in the framework of the EIPIN Innovation Society programme (H2020-Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action) and visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. Magister Lvcentinvs- LLM. Double Degree in Law and Business (E-3) Universidad Pontificia de Comillas.