The Future of Trade Mark in EU

The negotiations between Council of European Union and European Parliament about the new Trade Mark directive and regulation have started. The wildest guess is that the legislation procedure could be concluded during 2014.

Among the academics a concern about the proposals’ impact on free speech has risen and many of them have signed a recommendation how to avoid the threats.

Professor Annette Kur was one of the key persons in the Max Planck Study, which paved the way for a reform of the Trade Mark system in EU. She will evaluate the latest proposals concerning the reform.

Do not miss this unique opportunity to learn more of what is the status of European trade mark law today.

Chair of the seminar is Docent Max Oker-Blom, Hanken School of Economics

12.45 – 13.00 Registration

13.00 – 14.30  EU Trade Mark Law

•  Overview about the status of the process
•  Codification of the CJEU caselaw
  Professor Annette Kur, Max Planck Institute

14.30 – 14.45 Coffee

14.45 – 15.15 Background to the recommendation on measures to safeguard freedom of expression
Professor Katja Lindroos, University of Eastern Finland

15.15 -16.00 Conflict between freedom of expression and Trade Mark – reality or fiction?
Researcher, Dr. Anette Alén-Savikko, The Institute of International Ecomic Law, University of Helsinki