CONFERENCES
THE UTILITY MODELS IN SPAIN.
Conference given during the Seminar organized by the Swedish FICPI Group “Current IP related issues” held in Malmö (Sweden) on October 3, 2019.
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THE RIGHTS OF INDUSTRIAL AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN CASE OF BREXIT WITHOUT AGREEMENT.
Conference given to the European Union Commission by the Spanish Confederation of Employers and Industries (CEOE) in Madrid on April 9, 2019.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR REVOCATION AND DECLARATION OF INVALIDITY OF TRADE MARKS IN THE EU AND NON-USE DEFENSE IN OPPOSITION PROCEDURES (ARTICLES 44 & 45 OF THE EU DIRECTIVE 2015/2436) WAS IT A WISE AND REFLECTED DECISION? RISKS INVOLVED FOR TRADE MARK OWNERS.
Presentation at the Seminar “A tribute to Florent Gevers, in memoriam ‘à travers le temps’”, in Brussels (Belgium) on March 21, 2019.
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MOCK TRIAL ON DESIGNS.
Presenting the expert’s part in the mock trial organized during the AIPPI Spanish Group Conference held in Barcelona on February 7, 2019. Other participants: Mr. Juan Francisco Garnica Martín, President of the 15th Section of the Provincial Court of Barcelona and the lawyers Maite Ferrándiz and Rais Amils.
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ADAPTING EPI TO THE PRESENT & TO THE FUTURE.
Conference given at the 40th Anniversary celebration of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi) in La Valeta (Malta) on April 13, 2018.
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THE IMPACT OF BREXIT ON SMARTPHONE PATENT WARS AND OTHER IP ISSUES.
Conference given during the 66th Council of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA), Bali (Indonesia), on October 9, 2016.
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PATENT LAW PROJECT.
Conference given at the Seminar organized by the Spanish Confederation of Employers and Industries (CEOE) in Madrid on March 3, 2015.
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NON TRADITIONAL BRANDS.
Conference given during the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI) in Mexico D.F. (Mexico) on December 3, 2014.
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MAIN ASPECTS OF THE REFORM OF THE PATENT LAW.
Webinar organized by the Official College of Industrial Property Agents on September 22, 2014.
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EFFECTS OF THE INTRODUCTION OF UNITARY PATENT IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS SPAIN, POLAND OR GERMANY.
Conference given at the Seminar organized by the Committee of Innovation and Modern Technologies of the Polish Parliament, in Warsaw (Poland), on May 6, 2014.
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NON-TRADITIONAL TRADEMARKS IN THE EU. CTM REFORM (EU LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE).
Lecture given at the Seminar organized by the Seiwa firm in Tokyo (Japan) on April 15, 2014.
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THE PROFESSIONAL OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR). AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TECHNOLOGIST.
Conference delivered at the Conference Series organized by the Licensing Executives Society (LES) Spain and Portugal, in Barcelona, on September 26, 2012.
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THE MADRID SYSTEM FOR THE PROTECTION OF INTERNATIONAL BRANDS.
Conference given during the Conference organized by AIPPI and the Dominican Association of Intellectual Property (ADOPI), held in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), on September 7, 2012.
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REINFORCED COOPERATION FOR A PATENT WITH UNITARY PROTECTION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. COMMUNITY AND TREATY REGULATION PROJECTS CREATING A EUROPEAN PATENT COURT.
Conference given at the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Spanish Agents represented before International Organizations of Industrial and Intellectual Property (AGESORPI), held in Madrid on June 5, 2012.
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“ONE DAY, MY CHILD, THIS WILL BE YOURS” CENTRALISED IP: WHERE IS THE PROFESSION GOING?
Conference given during the World Congress of the Fédération Internationale des Conseils in Propriété Intellectuelle (FICPI) 2012, in Melbourne (Australia) on April 19, 2012.
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THE OVERALL FUNCTIONING OF THE TRADE MARK SYSTEM IN EUROPE. THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE STUDY AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSALS.
Conference given during the FICPI Forum, in Rome (Italy), on November 11, 2011.
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THE TREATY ON THE LAW OF TRADEMARKS (TLT) AND THE MADRID PROTOCOL. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES.
Conference given by videoconference during the Conference organized by the Colombian Association of Intellectual Property (ACPI), in Bogotá, on October 24, 2011.
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THE FUNCTIONAL BOUNDARY OF TRADEMARK RIGHTS. THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE.
Conference given during the Annual Meeting of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), in Los Angeles (United States), on September 12, 2011.
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THE ROLE OF THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY AGENT AND ITS ADVISORY FUNCTION TO COMPANIES.
Paper presented during the Course "Administrative Management of Industrial Property (paralegals)", organized by the School of Industrial Organization (EOI), in Madrid, on June 14, 2011.
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DINGS ISSUE
Conference given during the ECTA Annual Conference, in Stockholm (Sweden), on June 10, 2011.
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THE UNITARY PATENT THROUGH THE REINFORCED COOPERATION.
Conference given during the annual meeting of the Portuguese Group of AIPPI, in Lisbon (Portugal), on May 2, 2011.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF PATENTS FOR INNOVATION.
Conference given during the Conference of the CEOE R&D Committee organized around the theme: "Technological Innovation in companies", in Madrid on December 2, 2010.
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SECOND USE PATENTS IN THE MEDICAL AREA: ANVISA. ISSUES AND RECENT TREATMENTS OF SWISS CLAIMS.
Conference given during the XXX International Congress of Intellectual Property organized by the Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property (ABPI), in São Paulo (Brazil), on August 24, 2010.
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INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY (PATENTS).
Conference given at the Sessions organized by the Spanish Presidency of the European Union, the CEOE, the European Commission and the Madrid Bar Association, in Madrid, on March 16, 2010.
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THE CHALLENGES OF PRIVATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PRACTICE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS.
Conference given during the XVII Congress of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property - ASIPI, in Lima (Peru), on October 26, 2009.
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THE LONDON PROTOCOL AND THE COMMUNITY PATENT. NOW OR IN 20 YEARS.
Conference given during the meeting organized by the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys, by the Polish AIPPI Group (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property) and LES, with the collaboration of the Ministry of Economy “The London Protocol and the Community Patent - Now or in 20 years? ”, In Warsaw (Poland), on June 29, 2009.
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COMMUNITY PATENT AND THE COMMON LITIGATION SYSTEM. PROPOSALS OF THE EU COMMISSION - DISADVANTAGES.
Conference given during the Seminar organized by the Polish AIPPI Group “Five years after EU enlargement: current issues and new perspectives”, held in Warsaw (Poland) on April 28, 2009.
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COMMUNITY BRANDS - OPTIONS AND ACTIONS OF NULLITY OF BRAND IN THE FIELD OF OHIM.
Conference given during the 5th Conference on Trademarks and Community Designs organized by the Association of Spanish Agents authorized before International Organizations of Industrial and Intellectual Property (AGESORPI), by the Office for Harmonization of the Internal Market (OHIM) and by the Official Association of Agents of Industrial Property (COAPI), in Barcelona, on November 11, 2008.
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TOWARDS A COMMUNITY PATENT SYSTEM. PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
Conference given during the Seminar on Industrial Property at the service of Business Competitiveness: “Patents, Brands and Designs to compete better” of the Summer courses of the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP), in Santander, on June 1, 2008.
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ROBUST IP (WEAK OR STRONG IP FOR LATIN AMERICA)
Conference given during the Seminar organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI), AIPPI and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) “Intellectual Property in the Americas: Free Trade Agreements, Current Issues and the Future of IP”, in Mexico City, April 8, 2008.
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DO PATENT PROSECUTION RULES AND PRACTICES LEAD TO LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL UNCERTAINTY?
Conference given during the Forum organized by AIPPI, in Singapore, on October 5, 2007.
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HOW TO CONJUG THE PASS TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN OF A DESIGN REGISTERED BY A CERTAIN HOLDER WITH THE EXCLUSIVITY ACQUIRED BY THE OWN HOLDER THROUGH THE OUTER REGISTER AS A MARK.
Conference given during the 3rd Conference on Trademarks and Community Designs organized by the Association of Spanish Agents authorized before the International Organization (AGESORPI) in collaboration with the Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market (OHIM) and the Official College of Industrial Property Agents (COAPI), in Alicante, on September 25, 2007.
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EPC 2000.
Conference given at the Sessions organized by the Swiss Association of Patent Agents, in Zurich (Switzerland) on May 3, 2006.
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SYSTEM FOR EUROPEAN PATENT LITIGATIONS (EPLA).
Conference de given livered during the Meeting of the Portuguese Group of the AIPPI held in Lisbon (Portugal) on April 4, 2006.
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THE MADRID PROTOCOL FOR THE PROTECTION OF INTERNATIONAL BRANDS.
Conference given during the Industrial and Intellectual Property Seminar organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI) and AIPPI in Buenos Aires (Argentina) on March 21, 2006.
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THE IMPACT OF THE MADRID PROTOCOL.
Conference given during the 51st Meeting to the Council of the Asian Patent Attorney Association (APAA) in New Delhi (India) on November 13, 2005.
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EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Conference given during the Trilateral Meeting organized by the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean Groups of AIPPI in Suzhou (China) on October 27, 2005.
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AIPPI, UNE ASSOCIATION ANCIENNE ADAPTÉE À RÉAGIR À LA GLOBALISATION.
Conference given at the Sessions organized by the French Group of AIPPI held in Paris (France) on September 8, 2005.
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PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY IN THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD.
Presentation in the Practical Course of Community and International Business Law organized by the Barcelona Bar Association on May 24, 2005.
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RECENT DEVELOPEMENTS IN EUROPEAN DESIGN AND TRADE DRESS PROTECTION.
Moderator at the round table organized during the Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) in San Diego (United States) on May 17, 2005.
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THE EUROPEAN PATENT AND INTERNATIONAL PATENTS. THE DEFENSE OF THESE PATENTS IN ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS.
Presentation in the "Course on the Law of Protection of Market Participation: Industrial Properties and Unfair Competition", organized by the Barcelona Bar Association on May 10, 2005.
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PATENT SYSTEM REVIEW.
Conference delivered during the XI Workshops and Board of Directors organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI) in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) on November 15, 2004.
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INTRUSISM, UNFAIR COMPETITION AND THE FUTURE OF PROFESSION.
Conference delivered during the II Informative Conference of the Official Association of Industrial Property Agents organized in Madrid on October 14, 2004 and in Barcelona on February 9, 2005.
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PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY IN THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD.
Presentation made during the "Practical Course on Community and International Business Law", organized by the Barcelona Bar Association on June 9, 2004.
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PROTECTION OF INNOVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Lecture given in the Course “Industrial and Intellectual Property Assets. Management and assessment ”, organized by the Association of Alumni of the Magister Lvcentinvs in Alicante on February 20, 2004.
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HOW CAN INNOVATION BE PROTECTED. PATENTS, DESIGNS, BRANDS, KNOW-HOW AND INDUSTRIAL SECRET.
Lecture given in the course "Innovation, a key factor for the competitiveness of the Catalan company", organized by Foment del Treball Nacional in Barcelona on December 1, 2003.
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THE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE UNDER THE MADRID AGREEMENT AND THE MADRID PROTOCOL.
Conference delivered at the Conference "Madrid Protocol, CTM & EU expansion, new EU design law and beyond" organized by the AIPPI Group of the United States in Arlington (United States) on September 12, 2003.
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PRESENTATION OF AIPPI.
Conference delivered during the Sessions organized by the AIPPI French Group in Paris (France) on July 3, 2003.
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THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY AND THE ROLE THAT THIS AND THE AIPPI HAVE IN IBEROAMERICA.
Conference given at the Sessions organized by AIPPI in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Asunción (Paraguay), Santiago de Chile (Chile) and Mexico D.F. (Mexico) in March 2003.
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WORKING METHODS OF AIPPI AND IP ENFORCEMENT.
Conference given during the Baltic Industrial Property Conference organized by the AIPPI Baltic Groups in Vilnius (Lithuania) on April 26-27, 2001.
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BRANDS IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
Course on Industrial and Intellectual Property organized by the University of Barcelona on March 6, 2001.
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ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL (ARTICLE 7). COUNCIL REGULATION 40/94 OF THE COMMUNITY TRADE MARK.
Conference given at the 3rd International Trade Mark Conference, organized by the Forum Institut für Management GmbH on October 26-27, 2000 in Alicante.
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PARALLEL IMPORTS.
Conference given during the XIX International Congress of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI) in Buenos Aires (Argentina) on October 23, 2000.
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LE “RETOUR” DU BREVET COMMUNAUTAIRE?
Conference given during the Patent Conference organized by the Compagnie Nationale des Conseils in Propriété Industrielle (CNCPI) in the Luxembourg Palace (seat of the French Senate), Paris (France) on September 14, 2000.
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OHMI: CHAMBRES DE RECOURS.
Conference given during the Sessions organized by the Association of Industrial Property of Romania in Bucharest (Romania) on September 13, 2000.
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN COMMUNITY TRADEMARK PRACTICE AND PROCEDURES.
Conference given at the Sessions organized by the Practicing Law Institute in New York on October 21, 1998 and in San Francisco on October 28, 1998.
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ECTA MOCK TRIAL.
Participation in the trial during the Conference organized by the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) in Brussels (Belgium) on June 12, 1998.
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HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR MARK? WOULD YOU SELL IT JUST FOR FILING AND PROSECUTION COSTS?
Conference given during the Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) in Boston (United States) on May 11, 1998.
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THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY TRADE MARK. TWO YEARS LATER.
Conference given during the Seminar organized by the AIPPI Japanese Group in Tokyo on February 3, 1998.
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