March 29, 1996, Geneva, Switzerland
List of Participants
AFRIQUE DU SUD/SOUTH AFRICA
Lutricia ROOS (Ms.), Webber Wentzel Bowens, Hatfield, Pretoria
ALLEMAGNE/GERMANY
Patrick J. BIRDE, Kenyon & Kenyon, Frankfurt
Catherine BURGGRAF (Mlle), conseiller économique et financier, Frankfurt am Main
Rainer FELDKAMP, European Patent Attorney, Munich
Günter GRÄTTINGER, Attorney-at-Law, Pavis e.G., Starnberg
Christopher KUNER, Attorney-at-Law, Gleiss, Lutz, Hootz, Hirsch & Partner, Stuttgart
Gino LÖRCHER, Attorney-at-Law, Cologne
Shohei NAKAMURA, Senior Patent Manager, Hitachi Europe GmbH, Feldkirchen
Eugen H.K. POPP, Patent Attorney, Meissner, Bolte & Partners, Munich
Thomas REIMANN, Attorney-at-Law, Pünder, Volhard, Weber & Axster, Düsseldorf
Erik G.W. SCHÄFER, Attorney-at-Law, Harmsen & Ütescher, Dresden
Mark SCHAR, Member, Board of Appeal, European Patent Office (EPO), Munich
Michel TIBAUX, Examiner, European Patent Office (EPO), Munich
Johannes TRAPPE, Partner, Wessing Berenberg-Gossler Zimmermann Lange, Hamburg
Akinori YAMAGUCHI, Director, Patent Division, Jetro Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
AUTRICHE/AUSTRIA
Axel FRIEDBERG, Attorney-at-Law, Vienna
BAHREÏN/BAHRAIN
Sheika Haya Rashed AL KHALIFA (Ms.), Attorney-at-Law, Haya Rashed Al Khalifa Law Firm, Manama
BÉLARUS/BELARUS
Raisa KOZOREZOVA (Ms.), Leading Specialist, Legal Department, Belarus Patent Office, Minsk
BELGIQUE/BELGIUM
Betty ELLSWORTH (Ms.), Attorney, Legal Department, N.V. Petrofina S.A., Brussels
Johan ERAUW, Professor of International Law, University of Ghent, Ghent
Norbert MENGES, Adviser on European Affairs, Institute for European Communication (IEC), Brussels
BRÉSIL/BRAZIL
Guido Fernando SILVA SOARES, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Grand-Saconnex
Angelo VOLPI NETO, President, Mediation Institute of Brazil, Curitiba - C.J.
Maria Augusta VOLPI (Ms.), Administration Counsel, Mediation Institute of Brazil,
Curitiba - C.J.
CHINE/CHINA
ZHANG Qi Kun, Secretary, Beijing Conciliation Centre, Beijing
CÔTE DIVOIRE
Marc Georges SERY, conseiller, Mission permanente de la République de Côte dIvoire auprès de lOffice des Nations Unies, Genève
ÉGYPTE/EGYPT
M.I.M. ABOUL-ENEIN, Director, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Cairo
ÉMIRATS ARABES UNIS/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Makkawi A. EL MAKKAWI, Advocate, Apex Juris, Dubai
Faiza KHALIFA (Mrs.), Advocate, Apex Juris, Dubai
ESPAGNE/SPAIN
Joan-Jordi BERGOS, Secretary, Tribunal Arbitral de Barcelona, Barcelona
Antonio de P. ESCURA, President, Tribunal Arbitral de Barcelona, Barcelona
Gonzalo ULLOA, Managing Partner, Gomez-Acebo & Pombo, Madrid
ÉTATS-UNIS DAMÉRIQUE/UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Bruce AITKEN, Partner, Aitken Irvin Lewin Berlin Vrooman & Cohn, Washington, D.C.
James S. DENNISTON, Mediator-Facilitator, Beverly Hills, California
Karol DENNISTON (Ms.), Special Counsel, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, Los Angeles, California
Willy MANFROY, Director, Strategic Alliances & Licensing, Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, Tennessee
Peter L. MICHAELSON, Michaelson & Wallace, Red Bank, New Jersey
Raymond C. STEWART, Observer Status for the International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI), Senior Partner, Birch, Stewart, Kolash & Birch, Falls Church, Virginia
EX-RÉPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACÉDOINE/THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Gorgi FILIPOV, Director, Industrial Property Protection Office, Skopje
Valentin PEPELJUGOSKI, Assistant Director, Industrial Property Protection Office, Skopje
FÉDÉRATION DE RUSSIE/RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Alexei LYJENKOV, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Office in Geneva
FINLANDE/FINLAND
Martti ENÄJÄRVI, Director General, National Board of Patents and Registration, Helsinki
FRANCE
Hervé ASLAN, responsable Service brevets - Contrats techniques, Groupe Danone, Paris
Louise BARRINGTON (Ms.), Director, The Institute for International Business Law and Practice, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris
Frédéric BENECH, avocat, Paris
Claude L. BESSARD, président de Chambre honoraire au Tribunal de commerce de Paris, expert près la Cour dappel de Paris - arbitre, Croissy-sur-Seine
Christian CAMBOULIVE, avocat à la Cour, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Paris
Gérard DOSSMANN, conseil en brevets, Bureau Casalonga Josse, Paris
Daniel DUTHIL, Paris
Michel EVRARD, vice-président, Chambre de commerce Belgo-Luxembourgeoise, Paris
Micheline FERRAN (Mlle), secrétaire général, Centre de médiation et darbitrage de Paris, Paris
Yvonne JUNYENT (Mme), avocat aux Barreaux de Paris, de Buenos Aires et de Madrid, Paris
Charles KORMAN, avocat au Barreau de Paris, Paris
Jeremy LACK, International Attorney, Becton Dickinson, Meylan Cedex
Douglas MURRAY-JONES, Development Economist, Consultant, Veigy-Foncenex
Ndéné NDIAYE, conseiller, Confédération internationale des sociétés dauteurs et compositeurs (CISAC), Paris
Yves PLASSERAUD, conseil en propriété industrielle, Ernest Gutmann - Yves Plasseraud S.A., Paris
Carmita RODRIGUES (Mme), directeur juridique, Société civile pour ladministration des droits des artistes et musiciens interprètes (ADAMI), Paris
Louis VERDIER, conseil en propriété industrielle, expert près la Cour dappel de Paris, Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle (CNCPI), Paris
Anne-Claire VIALA (Mlle), juriste, Société civile pour ladministration des droits des artistes et musiciens interprètes (ADAMI), Paris
GRÈCE/GREECE
Dimitris S. OEKONOMIDIS, Senior Partner, Dr. D.S. Oekonomidis & Partners, Athens
HONGRIE/HUNGARY
Éva HORVÁTH (Mrs.), President of the Hungarian Court of Arbitration, Arbitration Court attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Budapest
INDE/INDIA
Nilima M. CHANDIRAMANI (Mrs.), Department of Law, University of Bombay, Bombay
INDONÉSIE/INDONESIA
Mutiara BULAN TRISNA (Ms.), Head of Subdivision of International Trade, Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta Pusat
Cita C.N. PRIAPANTJA (Mrs.), Intellectual Property Rights Consultant, Biro Oktroi Roosseno (Intellectual Property, Licensing, Litigation Advocates & Legal Consultants), Jakarta
ITALIE/ITALY
Stefano ARTUSO, Legal Affairs, Benetton Group SPA, Treviso
Silvia MAGELLI (Ms.), avocat - professeur, Faculté de droit, Université de Parme, Parma
JAPON/JAPAN
Hideo ISSHIKI, Manager, Legal Affairs-Patent & Copyright, Intellectual Property Office, Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo
KOWEÏT/KUWAIT
Mustafa Hussain LABIB AYYAD, Lawyer & Legal Adviser, The National Industries Company (SAK), Kuwait City
MAROC/MOROCCO
Abdellah BENMELLOUK, deuxième secrétaire, Mission permanente du Royaume du Maroc auprès de lOffice des Nations Unies à Genève, Grand-Saconnex
MEXIQUE/MEXICO
Dolores JIMÉNEZ HERNÁNDEZ (Mrs.), Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations Office in Geneva
PAYS-BAS/NETHERLANDS
F.A.M. PANNEKOEK, Of Counsel, Markgraaf B.V., Rotterdam
Johan RAUTENBACH, Deputy Legal Adviser, Preparatory Commission for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague
PORTUGAL
Calheiros GAMA, conseiller juridique, Mission permanente du Portugal auprès de lOffice des Nations Unies à Genève
RÉPUBLIQUE DE CORÉE/REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Joon-Kyu KIM, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office in Geneva
RÉPUBLIQUE TCHÈQUE/CZECH REPUBLIC
Thomas LEJCEK, Patent Attorney/Manager, Patentservis Praha, Prague
Jan HAK, Deputy Managing Director, Patentservis Praha, Prague
ROUMANIE/ROMANIA
Victor BABIUC, président, Cour darbitrage commercial international près la Chambre de commerce et dindustrie de la Roumanie, Bucarest
ROYAUME-UNI/UNITED KINGDOM
Austin N.E. AMISSAH, London
Stephen COTTRILL, Solicitor, Nabarro Nathanson, London
Peter FORD, Judge, Patents County Court, London
P.L. LOCHNER, Principal, Lochner & Co., Surrey
H.J. MUIR, Head, Intellectual Property (Licensing), Defence Evaluation & Research Agency, Hampshire
John ORCHARD, Principal, John Orchard & Co., London
David C.L. PERKINS, Partner, Clifford Chance, London
Stephen PROBERT, Trade Marks Policy Coordinator, The Patent Office, Newport, Gwent
John TOULMIN, CMG QC, Barrister, London
SLOVÉNIE/SLOVENIA
Bojan PRETNAR, Director, Slovenian Intellectual Property Office, Ljubljana
Kresimir PUHARIC, Member of the Council, Slovenian Intellectual Property Office, Ljubljana
SUISSE/SWITZERLAND
Felix ADDOR, Lawyer, Deputy Head, International Affairs, Swiss Federal Intellectual Property Institute (FIPO), Berne
Ikbal AL-FALLOUJI, International Legal Advisor, Alfal Consultants S.A., Thônex
Dan BALLY, Attorney-at-Law, Lausanne
François BLUM, avocat, Etude Blum Manfrini Gaillard, Genève
Dominique BROWN-BERSET (Mrs.), Attorney-at-Law, Froriep Renggli, Geneva
Ute BUGNION (Mrs.), Attorney-at-Law, Geneva
François CHAUDET, avocat, Professeur à lUniversité de Lausanne (Droit des affaires), Etude davocats Chaudet, Bovay, Wyler, Mustaki, Lausanne
Maurice P. CHOQUARD, Attorney-at-Law - Partner, Neupert Choquard & Partners, Zollikon - Zurich
Philippe de COULON, avocat, Lenz & Staehelin, Genève
Georges FRICK, Attorney-at-Law, Frick & Frick, Zurich
Gabriel FROSSARD, directeur BFD, Faculté de droit, Genève
Roberto GARAVAGNO, avocat, Etude Gros & Waltenspuhl, Genève
Christophe GERMANN, avocat, Baker & McKenzie, Genève
Sylvie GURRY-VEIT (Mme), associée, Blum, Manfrini, Gaillard, Genève
Jaques GUYET, avocat, ancien bâtonnier, Junod, Guyet, Muhlstein et Lévy, Genève
Daniel HAYEK, avocat, ETH-Zurich, ETH-Zentrum Büro HG E65, Zurich
Jean HEIM, avocat, Carrard, Paschoud, Heim & Associés, Lausanne
Richard HILL, Partner, Hill & Associates, Genève
Christophe IMHOOS, avocat, Etude J.-P. et C. Imhoos & Associés, Genève
François KAISER, avocat, Carrard, Paschoud, Heim & Associés, Lausanne
Pierre A. KARRER, Attorney-at-Law, Pestalozzi Gmuer & Patry, Zurich
Gabrielle KAUFMANN-KOHLER (Mme), avocate, Brunschwig Wittmer, Genève
François KNOEPFLER, avocat - professeur à lUniversité de Neuchâtel, Etude Knoepfler Gabus Gehrig & Associés, Neuchâtel
Pierre KOBEL, Legal Advisor, Société internationale de télécommunications aéronautiques (SITA), Cointrin - Geneva
Pierre LALIVE, professeur de lUniversité de Genève; avocat; président honoraire de lAssociation suisse de larbitrage (ASA), Lalive & Associés, Genève
Constance de LAVALLAZ (Mme), avocate, Etude Dinichert, de Lavallaz, Vuilliemin, Genève
Monika MISKOLCZY (Mlle), Cité universitaire B.6.16, Genève
Nathalie MULLER (Mme), juriste, Debiopharm SA, Lausanne
Caterina NÄGELI (Ms.), Partner, Bürgi Nägeli Rechtsanwälte, Zurich
Wolfgang PETER, avocat, Pirenne Python Schifferli Peter & Associés, Genève
Stéphane PILETTA-ZANIN, avocat, Genève
Thomas PLETSCHER, Executive Secretary and Legal Adviser, Swiss Federation of Commerce and Industry (Vorort), Zurich
Thierry RAVENEL, conseil en brevets, ICB, Ingénieurs-conseils en brevets S.A., Marin
Douglas REICHERT, Attorney-at-Law, Perroy
Pierre-Alain RECORDON, avocat - professeur à lUniversité, Berger, Recordon, de Saugy, Genève
Philippe RICHARD, avocat - bâtonnier de lOrdre des avocats vaudois, Étude davocats Dudan et Richard, Lausanne
Michael E. SCHNEIDER, Lalive & Partners, Geneva
Harald SIEGERT, Attorney-at-Law, Law Firm of Dr. Siegert, Rüschlikon nr. Zurich
Jürg SIMON, Vice-Director, Swiss Federal Intellectual Property Institute (OFPI), Berne
Martin STROBEL, Legal Counsel, Dept. FCR, ABB Management Limited, Baden
Guy WERNER, conseil en propriété industrielle, Bugnion S.A., Genève
Jacques WERNER, Werner & Associés, Genève
Gustav WÜSTEMANN, Wüstemann Consulting Civil Engineering, Zurich
A.S. ZAITSEV, Assistant Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva
Zhi Ling ZHAN-RYSER (Mrs.), Lawyer, Pestalozzi Gmuer & Patry, Zurich
TUNISIE/TUNISIA
Fatima DABOUSSI (Mme), attaché, Mission permanente de la Tunisie auprès de lOffice des Nations Unies à Genève, Genève
Nébila MEZGHANI (Mme), professeur à la Faculté de droit et des sciences politiques de Tunis, Tunis
OUZBÉKISTAN/UZBEKISTAN
Svetlana M. FINYUTINA (Ms.), Patent Attorney, Finyutina and Company, Tashkent
VIET NAM
PHAM Vu Khanh Toan, Senior Partner, Pham & Associates, Hanoi
CONFÉRENCIERS/SPEAKERS
Salah AL-HEJAILAN, Cabinet davocats Salah Al-Hejailan/Law Firm of Salah Al-Hejailan, Riyadh, Arabie saoudite/Saudi Arabia
Robert BADINTER, président de la commission darbitrage de la Conférence internationale sur lex-Yougoslavie, président de la Cour de conciliation et darbitrage de lOrganisation de la sécurité et la coopération en Europe (OSCE)/President, Arbitration Commission of the International Conference on Ex-Yugoslavia, President, Court of Conciliation and Arbitration of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Paris, France
Rupert BONDY, conseiller juridique/Legal Counsel, SmithKline Beecham, Brentford, Royaume-Uni/United Kingdom
William FINKELSTEIN, vice-président et conseil en propriété intellectuelle/Vice President and Intellectual Property Counsel, PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, New York, États-Unis dAmérique/United States of America
Stephen B. GOLDBERG, président/President, Mediation Research & Education Project, Inc., Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, États-Unis dAmérique/United States of America
Fathi KEMICHA, avocat au Barreau de Paris/Attorney-at-Law, Paris, France
Karl MACKIE, directeur/Director, Centre for Dispute Resolution (CEDR), London Royaume-Uni/United Kingdom
David PLANT, Fish & Neave, New York, États-Unis dAmérique/United States of America
Margaret SHAW, professeur adjoint/Adjunct Professor, New York University School of Law, New York, États-Unis dAmérique/United States of America
TANG Houzhi, vice-président de la Commission chinoise darbitrage économique et commercial international (CIETAC)/Vice-Chairman, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Beijing, Chine/China
BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DE LORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE (OMPI)/INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)
Francis GURRY, directeur, Centre darbitrage et de médiation de lOMPI / Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
Denis CROZE, consultant/Consultant