Members News New Members We are delighted to welcome the following new members to the Group: Simon Gray of Tomkins & Co., Dublin, Ireland sgray@tomkins.com Safir Anand of Anand and Anand, Noida, India safir@anandandanand.com Bolaji Olowofoyeku of Bolaji Olowofoyeku & Co., Lagos, Nigeria bolaji@bocsolicitors.com Ryan Lynch of Aves Brands, c/o Bird & Bird LLP, The Hague, The Netherlands ryan.lynch@avesbrands.com Jérôme Coulonvaux of Office Kirkpatrick, La Hulpe, Belgium j.coulonvaux@kirkpatrick.eu Jeong Won Lee jwlee@firstlaw.co.kr and Hyun Sil Lee hslee@firstlaw.co.kr both of FirstLaw P.C., Seoul, South Korea Felipe Gutierrez of Panamericana de Patentes y Marcas S.C., Mexico City, Mexico felipe_gutierrez@ppm.com.mx Aron Laszlo of Oppenheim Law Firm, Budapest, Hungary aron.laszlo@oppenheimlegal.com Güldeniz Doğan of Gun + Partners, Istanbul, Turkey guldeniz.dogan@gun.av.tr Florian Bottenschein of Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH, Monheim am Rhein, Germany florian.bottenschein@bayer.com Roger Staub of Froriep, Zurich, Switzerland rstaub@froriep.ch Ioana Sturza of Cabinet Oproiu Srl., Bucharest, Romania office3@oproiu.ro Kirsty Brummell of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, Slough, Berkshire, UK Kirsty.brummell@rb.com Antje Ehrlich of Merck KGaA, London, UK antje.ehrlich@gmx.net Thomas Treutler of Tilleke & Gibbins Consultants Limited, Hanoi, Vietnam Thomas.t@tilleke.com Mark Ghobry mghobry@brandinstitute.com and Thomas Painter tpainter@brandinstitute.com both of Brand Institute Inc., London, UK Barbara Gerber of Addison Whitney, London, UK Barbara.gerber@addisonwhitney.com Il Hee Bahn of Lee&Ko IP, Seoul, South Korea ilhee.bahn@leekoip.com 6 Ying Ji of GSK, Beijing, China ying.y.ji@gsk.com Lucy Nicols Lucille.x.nichols@gsk.com, Lale Kemal lale.x.kemal@gsk.com and Mireille Giesen-Onclin Mireille.a.giesen-onlin@gsk.com all of GSK, Brentford, Middlesex, UK Charles Atkinson of GSK, Philadelphia, USA Charles.m.atkinson@gsk.com Marcelo Goyanes of Murta Goyanes Advogados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil marcelo.goyanes@murtagoyanes.com.br Barbara Gilson of Markides, Markides & Co. LLC, Nicosia, Cyprus info@markides.com.cy Roseline Okpete of Allan & Ogunkeye, Lagos, Nigeria admin@allanogunkeye.com Vladimir Trey treyv@gorodissky.ru and Evgeny Alexandrov alexandrove@gorodissky.ru both of Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow, Russia Laurene Fassler of Biofarma, Suresnes, France laurene.fassler@servier.com Viktor Lisovenko of Patentica, Saint Petersburg, Russia victor.lisovenko@patentica.com Gonzalo Diaz Sacco of Zacarias & Fernandez, Asunción, Paraguay g.diaz@zafer.com.py Elisabetta D’Amore of Societa Italiana Brevetti S.p.A., Florence, Italy Firenze@sib.it David Rose of King & Wood Mallesons, London, UK david.rose@eu.kwm.com Robert Litowitz of Kelly IP LLP, Washington, DC, USA rob.litowitz@kellyip.com Lin Jinchu of King & Wood Mallesons, Beijing, China linjinchu@cn.kwm.com Agustin Mayer of Ferrere, Montevideo, Uruguay amayer@ferrere.com Ryan Hickey of Corsearch, London, UK ryan.hickey@wolterskluwer.com Charlotte Stirling of J. A. Kemp, London, UK cstirling@jakemp.com Dannika Samuel of Norgine Limited, Harefield, Middlesex, UK dsamuel@norgine.com Kate Giannini of Cerberus Investigations Limited, London, UK kate@cerberusip.com Dale Carter of Rouse IP Limited, London, UK carter_dale@me.com Claire Palmer of MBM Intellectual Property Law, Ottawa, Canada cpalmer@mbm.com Natalie Ellerby of Linklaters LLP, London, UK natalie.ellerby@linklaters.com Moves and Mergers Thomas Tresper has left Merck KGaA to establish his own firm, Tresper Rechtsanwalt, in Darmstadt, Germany. Thomas can now be contacted at ttresper@tresper.de Thorbjorn Swanstrom has left Awapatent to join Chas. Hude A/S in Copenhagen, Denmark. Thorbjorn can be contacted at ts@chashude.com Cecilia Tholse Rogmark has left Setterwalls to join Advokatbyran Gulliksson AB in Lund, Sweden. Cecilia can be contacted at ctr@gulliksson.se Barbara Müller has left Meyerlustenberger Lachenal to join Wild Schnyder AG in Zurich, Switzerland. Barbara can be contacted at Mueller@wildschnyder.ch Tina Rees-Pedlar has left Marks & Clerk to join Bryers LLP in Bath, UK. Tina can be contacted at treespedlar@bryerlaw.com Mariia Koval has left Nevinpat-Ukraine to join Ilyashev & Partners in Kiev, Ukraine. Mariia can be contacted at koval@attorneys.ua Ulla Wennermark has left OHIM after 10 years at the Boards of Appeal to establish her own firm, Wennermark Law Firm AB, in Gothenburg, Sweden. Ulla can be contacted at ulla@wennermark.eu Bob Boad has left Joshi & Welch to join Marlow IP Recruitment Ltd in Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK. Bob can be contacted at bob@marlowiprecruit.com Boudewijn van Vondelen has left NautaDutilh to join Knijff Trademark Attorneys in Weesp, Netherlands. Boudewijn can now be contacted at b.vanvondelen@knijff.com. Please note that the email address for Sylvain Rousseau of IPSO S.r.l. has changed to rousseau@ipsoitaly.com 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