Gary Cook of Darts-ip, Basildon, Essex, UK gcook@darts-ip.com Ana Ferreira Silva of A.G. da Cunha Ferreira Lda, Lisbon, Portugal ana.ferreirasilva@agcunhaferreira.pt Tina Rees-Pedlar of Marks & Clerk LLP, Birmingham, UK tpedlar@marks-clerk.com Leona Ogier of Rouse, London, UK logier@rouse.com Diane Bernstein of Med-ERRS, Horsham, Pennsylvania, USA dbernstein@med-errs.com Liisa Margus of Patendibüroo Turvaja Oü, Tallinn, Estonia liisa@turvaja.ee Clara Steinitz of Olswang France, Paris, France clara.steinitz@olswang.com Hidde Koenraad of Simmons & Simmons LLP of Amsterdam, The Nertherlands Hidde.Koenraad@ simmons-simmons.com Todd Lawrence of Wolters Kluwer CLS, New York, USA todd.lawrence@wolterskluwer.com Brian Jaenicke of Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, USA bjaenick@its.jnj.com Nancy Di Conza of Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, New York, USA ndiconza@fzlz.com Viji Krishnan of Thomson CompuMark, North Quincy, USA viji.krishnan@thomsonreuters.com Wiebke Baars of Taylor Wessing, Hamburg, Germany w.baars@taylorwessing.com Kana Enomoto of RGC Jenkins & Co, London, UK kana.enomoto@jenkins.eu Thomas Fraser of Purple Fire Branding, Richmond, Surrey, UK tom@purplefirebranding.com Ashley Benjamin of Dehns, London, UK abenjamin@dehns.com Jürgen Römhild one of the most highly respected trade mark lawyers in the industry, has retired from Boehringer Ingelheim after many years’ service. Jürgen is, we understand, thoroughly enjoying retirement and can now be contacted at juergen.roemhild@t-online.de James Thomas, PTMG’s resident IT expert, has recently joined Merck & Co Inc. in New Jersey, USA. He may now be contacted at james.thomas2@merck.com We are delighted to welcome James back into the industry after spending several years in private practice, latterly with his own firm, Thomas Trademarks and Copyright Legal Services. Bill Ladas, our Editorial assistant, has moved to King & Wood Mallesons in Melbourne. Bill can now be contacted at bill.ladas@au.kwm.com René Balibey has moved from Sandoz to Novartis Animal Health. René can now be contacted at rene.balibey@novartis.com Pierre Konings has joined NLO Shieldmark in Amsterdam and can be contacted at konings@nlo.nl Stephanie Loeffler has left Marks & Clerk to join Harrison Goddard Foote LLP in London. Stephanie can be contacted at sloeffler@hgf.com Alexey Vakhnin has left Innotec to join Vakhnina and Partners in Moscow. Alexey can now be contacted at ip@vakhnina.ru Sandrine Pernod Boulanger has now established her own firm, Sandrine Pernod Boulanger Lawyer Inc., in Montreal and can be contacted at spernodboulanger@gmail.com 6 Moves and Mergers Henrik af Ursin has left Kolster Oy Ab to join Dittmar & Indrenius Attorneys Ltd. in Helsinki. Henrik can be contacted at Henrik.afursin@dittmar.fi Sine Bramming Platz has left Chas. Hude A/S in Copenhagen and is now based in London. Sine can be contacted at sineplatz@gmail.com Julie Katz has established her own firm, Katz Group LLC, in Chicago and can be contacted at Julie@katzgroupllc.com James Palik has moved his office from Paris to Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA and can be contacted at jim@palik.org Please remember to let us know of any changes to your contact details. You can notify me either via the PTMG website www.ptmg.org or directly to Lesley@ptmg.org or by writing to me at Tillingbourne House, 115 Gregories Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 1HZ Lesley Edwards PTMG Secretary PTMG 89th Autumn Conference 8th -10th October 2014 Chicago