Words from the Chair Members News New Members We are delighted to welcome the following new member to the Group: Ben Mooneapillay of J A Kemp, London, UK bmooneapillay@jakemp.com Ganna Prokhorova of Pakharenko & Partners, Kiev, Ukraine pakharenko@pakharenko.com.ua Agnieszka Sztoldman of Dentons, Warsaw, Poland Agnieszka.sztoldman@dentons.com Juan Martin Aulmann of Obligado & Cia, Buenos Aires, Argentina jma@obligado.com.ar Dmitry Sando of Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow, Russia sandod@gorodissky.ru Linda Mustonen of Darts-ip, Brussels, Belgium lmsutonen@darts-ip.com Cédric Freymond of Nestlé, Vevey, Switzerland cedric.freymond@nestle.com Jonathan Rangel of Dumont Bergman Bider & Co. SC, Mexico City, Mexico jrangel@dumont.com.mx David Yuliang Song of Kangxin Partners P.C., Beijing, China david.song@kangxin.com Marie Pusel of Casalonga & Asscociés, Paris, France m.pusel@casalonga.com David Flynn of FRKelly, Dublin, Ireland d.flynn@frkelly.com Oscar Juhlin of Skriptor, Stockholm, Sweden Oscar.juhlin@skriptor.com Klara Sigvardsson of Silka AB, Stockholm, Sweden Klara.sigvardsson@silkalaw.com Anisha Malhotra of Stillwaters Law, Lagos, Nigeria biz.development@stillwaterslaw.com Joachim ter Haar of Ziglia, Amsterdam, The Netherlands jth@ziglia.com Maria Foskolos of Hansson Thyresson Patentbyrå AB, Malmö, Sweden maria.f@hanssonthyresson.se Arne Lambrecht of Harte-Bavendamm Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB, Hamburg, Germany a.lambrecht@harte-bavendamm.de Patrizia Sforna of Zambon S.p.A., Bresso, Italy patrizia.sforna@zambongroup.com Yoon Kyung Cho of Y.P. Lee, Mock & Partners, Seoul, South Korea ykcho@leemock.com Tomasz Mielke of Mielke Melgies Piwowar Attorneys at Law, Warsaw, Poland tomaszmielke@mmplegal.pl Omesh Puri of LexOrbis, New Delhi, India omesh@lexorbis.com Monika von Winckler of Ipan GmbH, Munechen-Haar, Germany mvwinckler@ipan.eu Katherine Hely Katherine@caribbeanip.com and N. Patrick Hely Patrick@caribbean-ip.com both of Caribbean IP – Katherine Van Deusen Hely PLLC, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA The year 2016 is nearing its end which is a good opportunity to look back and reflect on our achievements, but also to look forward and see what is to come next year. Again we have seen two successful PTMG Conferences this year: After our Spring Conference at the Savoy hotel in London we went to Oslo for the first time. Both our conferences were again fully booked. We were really blessed with an impressive number of highly knowledgeable, dedicated and talented speakers who did a great job. At the PTMG Committee we received plenty of very positive feedback especially on the content of the conferences. Thank you for that! This is very encouraging and seems to mean that we are on the right track when identifying presentation topics and choosing speakers. We promise that we will do our best to keep this high level of participants' satisfaction. Also our new website was launched in Autumn shortly before the start of the Oslo conference which with no doubt is a real improvement. I had already announced earlier that we have lost three PTMG Committee members Rosina Baxter, Isabelle Dini and Marcus Goldbach. They have left quite a gap and we are very sorry about this. However, I am happy to announce that the PTMG Committee was able to take two new members on board: Tapio Blanc of Roche and Jonas Koelle of Merck KGaA. Both gentlemen have a vast experience in the world of pharmaceutical trade marks and I am very pleased that they have accepted our invitation to join the PTMG Committee. I am already looking forward to the year 2017 which will first take us to Paris in Spring which seems to be the place to be at that time of the year. The programme for Paris is almost finalized and will hopefully find your approval. It will be published in mid January when registration starts. As always members will receive an email invitation when registration opens. And later next year we will go overseas again, this time to Toronto. Wow! I wish all the PTMG members, your families and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Frank Meixner 2 Sujata Chaudhri of Sujata Chaudhri IP Attorneys, Noida, India sujata@sc-ip.in Monika Górska of Wardynski & Partners sp.k., Warsaw, Poland monika.gorska@wardynski.com.pl Natalia Moya Fernandez of Fidal, Paris, France Natalia.moya-fernandez@fidal.com Neville Adams of Dennemeyer & Co. Ltd., Bracknell, UK nadams@dennemeyer.com Pedro Román of Chemo Group, Madrid, Spain pedroroman.goicoechea@chemogroup.com Maria Pia Carvalho Guerra of Herrero & Asociados SL., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil mpcguerra@herreroasociados.com Alistair Craig of Lysaght, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands al@lysaght.co.uk Tiffany Misteli of F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel, Switzerland tiffany.misteli@roche.com Alberto Jiménez Chavarrias of Despacho González-Bueno S.L.P., Madrid, Spain ajc@gonzalezbueno.com Bart ten Doeschate of NLO Shieldmark, The Hague, The Netherlands tendoeschate@nlo.eu Mohannad Al Kharouf of SMAS-IP, Amman, Jordan m.kharouf@smas-ip.com Nazeer Al Kharouf of SMAS-IP, Dubai, UAE nazeer@smas-ip.com Mónica Miquélez Endériz of Carlos Polo y Asociados I, S.L.P., Madrid, Spain monicamiquelez@carlospolo.com Ana Cristina Garcia Palacios of Zacarias & Fernandez, Asunción, Paraguay a.garcia@zafer.com.py Solvår Winnie Finnager of Tandbergs Patentkontor AS, Oslo, Norway swf@tandbergs.no Jennifer Insley-Pruitt of Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu P.C., New York, USA jinsley-pruitt@fzlz.com Max Wenger of Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH, Monheim am Rhein, Germany max.wenger@bayer.com Robert O’Connell of Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, MA, USA oconnell@fr.com