Members News New members We are delighted to welcome the following new members to the Group: Giuliana Caldarera of CPA Global, Munich, Germany gcaldarera@cpaglobal.com Michalis Christodoulou of NJQ & Associates, Amman, Jordan m.christodoulou@qumsieh.com Fabienne Schlup of Bohest AG, Basel, Switzerland schlup@bohest.ch Joo-Young Moon of Kim & Chang, Seoul, South Korea jymoon@ip.KimChang.com Alex Apelbaum aapelbaum@brandinstitute.com Nakos Balamotis nbalamotis@brandinstitute.com and Barry Shortt bshortt@brandinstitute.com all of Brand Institute Inc., Miami, Florida, USA Nurcihan Weiland of Thomson Reuters – CompuMark, Munich, Germany nurcihan.weiland@thomsonreuters.com Giovanni Orsoni of De Simone & Partners, Rome, Italy gorsoni@desimonepartners.com Santiago Ortuzar of Beuchat Barros & Pfenniger, Santiago, Chile sortuzar@bbp.cl Cristina Carvalho of J. E. Dias Costa, Lisbon, Portugal Cristina.carvalho@jedc.pt Zsofia Klauber of Sar and Partners Danubia, Budapest, Hungary zsofia.klauber@sarandpartners.hu Alison Shurell of TrademarkNow, New York, NY, USA alison.shurell@trademarknow.com Dirk De Cort of Corsearch, Mechelen, Belgium dirk.decort@wolterskluwer.com Marina Smirnova of Papula-Nevinpat, Helsinki, Finland m.smirnova@papula-nevinpat.com Jeroen Lallemand of Knijff Trademark Attorneys, Weesp, The Netherlands j.lallemand@knijff.com Oren Weiner of Luzzatto & Luzzatto, Tel Aviv, Israel orenw@luzzatto.co.il Gerry Tahsin of Norgine Limited, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK gtahsin@norgine.com Gábor Germus gabor.germus@germus.hu and Csaba Dedinszky csaba.dedinszky@germus.hu both of Germus & Partners, Budapest, Hungary Gavriel Cohen of Dr. Shlomo Cohen & Co., Tel Aviv, Israel Gavriel.cohen@shlomocohen.co.il Mark Holah of Bird & Bird, London, UK mark.holah@twobirds.com Nein-Chin Liao of Lee and Li, Taipei, Taiwan nc@leeandli.com Daniele Petraz of GLP Srl, Milan, Italy glp@glp.it Disha Dewan of R K Dewan & Co., Pune, India disha@rkdewanmail.com Dawn Richford of Lysaght & Co, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands dawn@lysaght.co.uk Elise Melon of EFPIA, Brussels, Belgium elise.melon@efpia.eu Timo Goetting of Sandoz International GmbH, Holzkirchen, Germany timo.goetting@sandoz.com Vera Eunwoo Lee of Lee&Ko, Seoul, South Korea ewl@leeko.com Imogen Fowler of Hogan Lovells, Alicante, Spain Imogen.fowler@hoganlovells.com Boriana Guimberteau bguimberteau@ftpa.fr and Antoine Gautier-Sauvagnac agsauvagnac@ftpa.fr both of FTPA, Paris, France Rembert Niebel of Baker & McKenzie, Frankfurt, Germany Rembert.niebel@bakermckenzie.com Monica Novac of Zivko Mijatovic and Partners, Alicante, Spain admin@zm-p.com Mark Kramer of Stephenson Harwood, London, UK mark.kramer@shlegal.com Ceren Aral of Gun+ Partners, Istanbul, Turkey ceren.aral@gun.av.tr Katie Smith of Potter Clarkson LLP, Nottingham, UK Katie.smith@potterclarkson.com Carlos Cucurella of Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, New York, NY, USA ccucurella@fzlz.com Maria Angeles Moreno Nogales of Herrero & Asociados, Madrid, Spain amoreno@herrero.es can now be contacted at linda.wang@zicolaw.com Constantin Kletzer has left Fiebinger Polak Leon & Partner to join Geistwert Attorneys at Law in Vienna, Austria. Constantin can be contacted at constantin.kletzer@geistwert.at Eleni Papacharalambous and Coralia Papacharalambous are now with Koushos Korfiotis Papacharalambous LLC in Nicosia, Cyprus and can be contacted at elenip@palaw.com.cy and coraliap@palaw.com.cy respectively. Kirsten Peter has left IPAN GmbH to join CPA Global Deutschland GmbH in Munich, Germany. Kirsten can be contacted at kpeter@cpaglobal.com. Following a change in name of firm, Ralph Gauger is now with MGM Patentes y Marcas in Madrid, Spain. Ralph can be contacted at rgauger@mgm-ip.es Following a change in name of firm, Malene Fagerberg Rosendahl is now with Njord Law Firm, Copenhagen, Denmark and can be contacted at maf@njordlaw.com Christopher Rennie-Smith has left Collyer Bristow and is now working as a consultant based in London, UK. Christopher can now be contacted at Christopher@renniesmith.eu Verena von Bomhard has left Hogan Lovells to establish her own firm, BomhardIP, in Alicante, Spain. Verena can now be contacted at verena@bomhardip.com Grant Lynds has left Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP to join Marks & Clerk in Ottawa, Canada. Grant can now be contacted at glynds@marks-clerk.ca Bob Boad has recently left Joshi & Welch Ltd. in London and can now be contacted at boadrobert@hotmail.com Pierre Konings has left NLO Shieldmark to establish his own firm, Konings Trademarks, in Geffen, The Netherlands. Pierre can now be contacted at pierre@koningstrademarks.nl 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 Moves and Mergers Following a merger between Heumann, Benz and VS Intellectual Property Juergen Heumann is now with Heumann Intellectual Property Law and can be contacted at j.heumann@heumannlaw.com Linda Wang has left Tay & Partners to join Zaid Ibrahim & Co., a member of ZICOlaw, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Linda 6