E WIPO-OHIM/IP/ALC/04/INF/2 ORIGINAL: English DATE: May 7, 2004

WORLD INTELLECTUAL OFFICE FOR HARMONIZATION IN THE INTERNAL MARKET PROPERTY ORGANIZATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

WIPO FORUM ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND SMEs FOR IP OFFICES AND RELEVANT INSTITUTIONS OF OECD AND EU ENLARGEMENT COUNTRIES

organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and hosted by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Mark and Designs) (OHIM)

Alicante, May 27 and 28, 2004

PROVISIONAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO WIPO-OHIM/IP/ALC/04/INF/2 page 2

I. PARTICIPANTS

(dans l'ordre alphabétique des noms français des États) (in the alphabetical order of the names in French of the States)

ALLEMAGNE/GERMANY

1. Mr. Hubert ROTHE, Head, Section on Industrial Property Information for the Public, Supply of Literature, German Patent and Trade Mark Office, Munich

AUTRICHE/AUSTRIA

2. Mr. Robert ULLRICH, Head of Department, Austrian Patent Office, Vienna

BENELUX

3. Ms. Christel HEREMANS, Head of Service & Information, Benelux Trademark Office.

CANADA

4. Mr. Richard LECLERC, Manager, Outreach Program, Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), Hull, Quebec

ESPAGNE/SPAIN

5. Ms. Silvia NAVARES GONZALES, Head, International Cooperation and Relations with Courts, Spainsh Patent and Trademark Office, Madrid

6. Ms. Patricia GARCIA-ESCUDERO MARQUEZ, Head, Disemination and Information Unit, Spainsh Patent and Trademark Office, Madrid

7. Mr. Pere LOSANTOS, Innovation Project Manager, CIDEM, Barcelona

ESTONIE/ESTONIA

8. Mr. Margus VIHER, Head of the Information Department, Estonian Patent Office, Tallinn

FINLAND

9. Mr. Martti ENAJARVI, President, National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, Helsinki

10. Ms. Paivi RAATIKAINEN, Deputy Director, National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, Helsinki

FRANCE WIPO-OHIM/IP/ALC/04/INF/2 page 3

11. Mr. Pascal Duyck, Training Design Manager, National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Paris WIPO-OHIM/IP/ALC/04/INF/2 page 5

GRÈCE/GREECE

12. Mrs. Athina GINI-FOTOPOULOU, Director, Hellenic Republic Ministry of Development General Secretary of Commerce, Athens

13. Ms. Adamantia NIKOLAKOPOULOU, Chief of section, Hellenic Republic Ministry of Development General Secretary of Commerce, Athens

HONGRIE/HUNGARY

14. Mr. Janos HAVASI, Deputy Head, Trademark, Model and Design Department, Hungarian Patent Office, Budapest

ITALIE/ITALY

15. Ms. Daniela A. R. CAROSI, SMEs Envoy, Italian Trademark and Patent Office, Rome

16. Mr. Potito GALLOPPO, Senior Examiner, Italian Trademark and Patent Office, Rome

17. Mr. Manfredo GOLFIERI, Managing Director Dintec, Rome

18. Mr. Orazio OLIVIERI, Deputy director Dintec, Rome

19. Mr. Amedeo DEL PRINCIPE, Unioncamere, Rome

20. Mr. Giuseppe CONTI, Responsabile Operativo, Politecnico di Milano

21. Ms. Sabrina PRADA, manager, Politecnico di Milano

JAPON/JAPAN

22. Mr. Takashi HAMANO, Director of Intellectual Property, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)/Japan Patent Office, Duesseldorf

LETONIE/LATVIA

23. Mr. Normunds LAMSTERS, Deputy Head of Trademark and Industrial Design Department, Latvian Patent Office

LITUANIE/LITHUANIA

24. Ms. Rosita PETRAUSKIENE, Deputy Director, State Patent Bureau of Republic of Lituania

25. Ms. Lina MICKIENE, head of the Legal Division, State Patent Bureau of Republic of Lituania WIPO-OHIM/IP/ALC/04/INF/2 page 6

LUXEMBOURG

26. Mr. Serge QUAZZOTTI, Director, LIIP project Linking Innovation and Intellectual Property), Luxembourg

MEXICO

27. Ms. Mariana COBO GONZÁLEZ, Supervisor Analyst, Mexican Intellectual Property Institute, Mexico City

NORVÈGE/NORWAY

28. Ms. Lisbeth WOLTHER, Director of Legal and Political Affairs, Norwegian Patent Office, Oslo

29. Mr. Bernt BOLDVIK, Head of Design and Trademark Department, Norwegian Patent Office, Oslo

POLOGNE/POLAND

30. Ms. Elzbieta BODOSZ, Trademark and Industrial Design Expert, Poland Patent Office, Warsaw

RÉPUBLIQUE DE CORÉE/REPUBLIC OF KOREA

31. Mr. JUNG Tae-Shin, Deputy Commissioner, Korean Intellectual Property Office, Seoul

32. Ms. PARK Hyun-Hee, Deputy Director, Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), Seoul

33. Mr. PYUN Young-Sug, Deputy Director Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), Seoul

ROYAUME-UNI/UNITED KINGDOM

34. Mr. Jackie ROBERTS, Trade Marks Change Manager, UK Patent Office, London

35. Mr. John HAMILTON-JONES, Deputy Head UK Examination, UK Patent Office, London

36. Mr. Steve ALLEN, European Projects Manager, Industrial Property Europe

37. Mr. Andrew BEALE, Director, IP Wales, Swansea

38. Mr. Gary WILLIAMS, Deputy Director, IP Wales, Swansea WIPO-OHIM/IP/ALC/04/INF/2 page 6

ESPAGNOL/SPAIN

39. Mr. Mariano Riccheri, IP Program Manager, Univ. of Alicante

SUÈDE/SWEDEN

40. Mr. Peter HEDIN, Head of Trademark Division, Swedish Patent and Registration Office, Stockholm

41. Mr. Jonas LJUNGDAHL, Web Coordinator, Swedish Patent and Registration Office, Stockholm

SUISSE/SWITZERLAND

41. Mr. Silvan MEIER, Expert, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, Bern 42. Mr. Simon DAEPP, Expert, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, Bern

TURQUIE/TURKEY

43. Mr. Memduh MURAT, Vice-President, Department of International Affairs, Turkish Patent Institute, Ankara

44. Ms. Elif Betul AKIN, Expert, Trademark Department, Turkish Patent Office Institute, Ankara

IMPIVA

45. Estrella ALCON, IP Manager, Instituto de la Mediana y Pequeña Industria Valenciana (IMPIVA), Valencia

IPR-HELPDESK

46. Mr. Antonio MARCILLA, Vice-Chancelor of Research of Univ. of Alicante

47. Mr. Roberto ESCARRE, Director, IPR-Helpdesk, Alicante

48. Ms. Lucia SIRERA, Legal Expert, IPR-Helpdesk, Alicante

49. Ms. Alicya BLAYA, Legal Expert, IPR-Helpdesk, Alicante

50. Mr. Inmaculada GONZALEZ, Legal Expert, IPR-Helpdesk, Alicante

LIIP PROJECT

51. Mr. Serge QUAZZOTTI, Director, LIIP (Linking Innovation and Intellectual Property), Luxembourg WIPO-OHIM/IP/ALC/04/INF/2 page 6

IRC NETWORK

52. Ms. Chelo PEÑATARO YORI, Cordinator, IRC CENEMES. IRC Network.IRC Network, Alicante

OHIM

53. Mr. Wubbo de BOER, President, Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Alicante, Spain

54. Mr. João Miranda DE SOUZA, Director, General Affairs and External Relations Department, Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Alicante

55. Ms. Virginia MELGAR, Deputy Director, General Affairs and External Relations Department, Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Alicante

56. Mr. Javier RUJAS, Deputy Director, General Affairs and External Relations Department, OHIM, Alicante

57. Mr. Nicolas VIGNARON, General Affairs and External Relations Department, OHIM, Alicante

WIPO

58. Mrs. Rita Derrick HAYES, Deputy Director General

59. Mr. Guriqbal Singh JAIYA, Director, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Division

60. Mr. Marco MARZANO DE MARINIS, Associate Legal Officer, SMEs Division

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