INTA Seminar for Paralegals in Munich 2023

On November 16, 2023, the INTA Paralegal Event 2023 took place at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) in Munich. We are very delighted for having supported the event as a sponsor!

Our colleague Susanne Ferstl organized and accompanied this event as part of her INTA Trademark Administrators Committee. After a short introduction, presented the speakers and the topics of the event. Afterwards, the presentations followed by Q&A’s and breaks for networking took place.

The speakers and topics of the event:

• • Martin Sebele, GPTO: Update of Trademark Classification 2023

• • Susy Scardocchia, EUIPO: News from the Boards of Appeal of EUIPO: a selection of recent decisions

• • Magdalena Chodaczek, Freelancer: Self-employment & remote working

• • Dr Aliki Busse, Partner at Maiwald GmbH: Design the harmless IP right?

• • Martin Rügemer, Global Brand Protection, Schäffler Technologies AG & Co. KG: Brand Protection – Protection against counterfeit products, a global challenge

• • Maria Atzpodien, Counsel Brand Protection and Desiree Russo, Trademark Counsel of PUMA SE: Forever Faster against Counterfeits

Please find the full agenda here.

In case of further questions, please reach out via mail to ferstl@maiwald.eu.