108th CONFERENCE

7th OCTOBER – 10th OCTOBER 2026

HILTON PRAGUE ATRIUM HOTEL, CZECH REPUBLIC

TRADE MARK BUDDIES ON A BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN: JOANNE GREEN

WEDNESDAY 7th OCTOBER

1830 – 2000  Welcome Reception in Beer Garden Karlin, Hilton Prague Atrium Hotel

THURSDAY 8th OCTOBER

0900 – 0915    Chairman’s Opening Remarks

0915 – 0955   The Czech Pharmaceutical Sector Through the Lens of                           Trade Marks                       

0955 – 1035    How to be a tech savvy IP lawyer - using AI tools in
                        the IP department


1035 – 1100    COFFEE


1100 – 1140    Founders Lecture: Trademark Enforcement Challenges
                       Across Central Asia
                           

1140 – 1220    The Challenges of managing a domain name portfolio

1220 - 1420    LUNCH

1420 - 1500    Protecting Medical Device Designs after registered                                   design expiry


1500 – 1540   Pharmaceutical Trade Dress Issues in Brazil


1540 – 1620   Every patient, every product, everywhere                                         

1620 - 1650     TEA

EVENING

1900               Meet in hotel lobby for coach transfer

1920 – 2230   U Fleku  (Dress: Casual)

Radka Červenkovà
(CKT Trademarks)  

Lorenz Kallenbach
(Roche)  

Francesca Dellafontana
(Swiss Pharma International)


Luca Barbero
(Studio Barbero)

Flora Fang
(Rouse)


Gustavo Piva de Andrade
(Dannemann)       

Raffaella Balocco Mattavelli   
(World Health Organisation)

Friday 9th OCTOBER

0900 – 0915    Chairman’s Remarks

0915 – 0955    Fast and furious – how best to tackle online IP                                          infringement

0955 - 1035     International case round up

1035 - 1100    COFFEE


1100 – 1140    Direct to consumer advertising: do we need more                                     regulation?                                                                                       

1140 – 1220   Direct to patient advertising - trends in the USA                                                  

1220 – 1420   LUNCH

1420 – 1500   Challenges and opportunities of multi-jurisdictional trade                           mark litigation


1500 - 1540   Technological convergence and data-science challenge                            traditional regulatory thinking   
                   

1540 - 1620   Amarin v Hikma – impact on trade marks/ fair use of the                          originator brand


1620 - 1630   Chairman’s Remarks and Close of Conference

1630 – 1700   TEA

EVENING

1830               Meet in hotel lobby for coach transfer

1900 – 0100   Gala Dinner and Dance at Cubex
                       (Dress: Black tie/Cocktail dress)

Ruminal Islam
(Abion)

Rahul Bagga
(Dentons Link Legal)

Michał Gajdus
(DLA Piper)

Kathryn Eyster
(Tepper & Eyster)

Mel Jones
(GSK)


John Wilkinson OBE



Cynthia Walden
(Fish & Richardson)

Saturday 10th October

Departure of Delegates and Guests