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DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR
COMBATING COUNTERFEITING -
ITALIAN PATENT AND TRADEMARK (UIBM)

ANNUAL forum

WIPO/SMES/ROM/10/INF.2 Prov.

OriGINAL: English

DATE: OCTOBER 2, 2010

Eighth Annual WIPO Forum on Intellectual Property and

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises for Intellectual Property Offices and other Relevant Institutions in the

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Countries

organized by

the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and

the Directorate General for Combating Counterfeiting –Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM)

October 4 and 5, 2010, Unioncamere, Rome

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

the International Bureau of WIPO

I. STATES

DENMARK

Kim BUCHARDT CHRISTIANSEN (Mr.), Head of division, Sales and Marketing, Danish Patent and Trademark Office, Taastrup, Denmark

FINLAND

Mika WARIS (Mr.) Director, Marketing and Business Services National Board of Patents and Registration in Finland, Helsinki

GEORGIA

Irakli GHVALADZE (Mr.), Chairman, NationalIntellectualPropertyCenter Sakpatenti, Tblisi

Elene KEMASHVLI (Ms.), Head of Legal Department, NationalIntellectualPropertyCenter

Sakpatenti, Tblisi

GERMANY

Roger HILDEBRANDT (Mr.), Expert, German Patent and Trademark Office, Berlin

HUNGARY

Krisztina PENYIGEY (Ms.), Head of the Secretariat of the Hungarian Council for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Hungarian Patent Office, Budapest

ITALY

Loredana GULINO (Mrs.), Director General, Directorate General for Combating Counterfeiting and Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM), Rome

Giovanna DI CAPUA (Mrs.), Division III - Communication, Directorate General for combating Counterfeiting – Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM), Rome

Isabella FLAJBAN(Mrs.),Division VI, Assistance and support for enterprises against counterfeiting Directorate General for combating Counterfeiting – Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM), Rome

Silvana GARGIULO (Mrs.), Division VI, Assistance and support for enterprises against counterfeiting Directorate General for combating Counterfeiting – Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM), Rome

Vincenzo CARROZZINO (Mr.), Technical Coordinator, Ministry of Agricultural and Food Policies Directorate General of Agri-food development and quality, Rome

JAPAN

Hiroshi KAWAMATA (Mr), Senior Director for Intellectual Property, Leaison for Japan Patent Office in Europe, Dusseldorf, Germany

LUXEMBOURG

Serge QUAZZOTTI (Mr.), DirectorTechnologyWatchCenter, Intellectual Property Office Luxembourg, Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade, Luxembourg

MEXICO

Jonathan GÓMEZ CEBALLOS (Mr.), Coordinator, International Relations Department, Mexican Institute of Intellectual Property, Mexico City

NETHERLANDS

Merel HEIMENS VISSER (Mrs.), Head of the Patent Information Division, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Netherlands Patent Office, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

Juny J. SLUIS LLM (Mr.), Director, Bureau, for Intellectual Property of the Netherlands Antilles, Curacao, Netherland Antilles

NEW ZEALAND

Paul CARROLL (Mr.), Assistant Commissioner IP Business Support & IP Development, Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand, Wellington

NORWAY

Otto SCHARFF (Mr.), Director, Market and Information Department, Norwegian Industrial Property Office, Oslo

POLAND

Magdalena MACIEJSKA - SZLAPS (Ms.) Senior Expert, Promotion and Innovation Support Unit, Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw

Joanna NYGA (Mrs.), Chief Expert, Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw

SPAIN

Patricia ESCUDERO MARQUEZ (Mrs.), Head, Dissemination and Information Unit, Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM), Madrid

SWEDEN

Christina NORDSTROM (Mrs.), Knowledge Management Specialist, Swedish Patent and Registration Office, Stockholm

SWITZERLAND

Claudia MUND (Mrs.), Legal Adviser, Legal Services, Patent & Design LawLegal & International Affairs, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI), Bern

TURKEY

Fatih KARAHAN (Mr.), Director, Informatıon Department,Turkish Patent Office, Ankara, Turkey

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Susan ANTHONY (Ms.), Attorney Advisor, Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement., United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Alexandria, United States of America

Piero IPPOLITO (Mr.), Economic Affairs, Embassy of the United States of America, Rome

Jeffrey ELSEN (Mr.), Economic Officer, Embassy of the United States of America, Rome

II. INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL

ORGANIZATIONS

OFFICE FOR THE ARMONIZATION IN THE INTERNAL MARKET (OHIM)

Beate SCHMIDT (Mr.), Director, Cancellation and Litigation Department, Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market (OHIM), Alicante

Marco PAOLACCI (Mr.), Expert, Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market (OHIM), Alicante

EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE

Jeremy PHILPOTT (Mr.), Unit Manager, Innovation Support, European Patent Academy, European Patent Office, Munich, Germany

Heidrun KRESTEL (Mrs.), Country Coordinator European Affairs, MemberStates, European Patent Office, Vienna

Georg PANTOGLOU (Mr.), Director Business Analysis, Principal Directorate Office-wide and External Automation, European Patent Office, Munich, Germany

Eugenio ARCHONTOPOULOS (Mr.), Expert, European Patent Office, Munich, Germany

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (IDLO)

Giulio ZANETTI (Mr.) Director, Strategic Network Department, International Development Organization (IDLO), Rome

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION (FAO)

Emilie VANDECANDELAERE (Mrs.), Coordinator, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Rome

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR ENTERPRISE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IEEPI)

Antoine DINTRICH (Mr.), Director General, European Institute for Enterprises and Intellectual Property (IEEPI), Strasbourg, France

EUROPEAN INVESTMENT FUND

Jacques DARCY (Mr.), Head, Technology Transfer Division, European Investment Fund, Brussels

UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION

Riccardo MESIANO (Mr.), Programm Officer, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), New Delhi

EXECUTIVE AGENCY FOR COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION (EACI)

Raquel FERNANDEZ HORCAJADA (Mrs.), IPeuropAware Project Officer, Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI), Brussels

III. OTHER INSTITUTIONS

COLDIRETTI

Ermanno COPPOLA (Mr.), Expert, Confederazione Nazionale Coldiretti, Rome

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF VENICE

Roberto SANDRINI (Mr.), Expert, Chamber of Commerce of Venice, Venice, Italy

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF PESCARA

Tosca CHERSICH (Mrs.), Manager, Market Regulation Department, Pescara, Italy

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF FLORENCE

Sonia MENALDI (Mrs.), Expert, Statistic and Intellectual Property Department, Chamber of Commerce of Florence, Florence

ITALO ARGENTINEAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Elio DE TULLIO (Mr.), Deputy Secretary General, Italo Argentinean Chamber of Commerce (CACIA), Rome

UNIONCAMERE

Pierluigi SODINI (Mr.), Expert, Unioncamere, Rome

Giovanni NEBIOLO (Mr.), Expert, Unioncamere, Rome

Claudia SAMMARELLI (Mrs.), Expert, Unioncamere, Rome

UNIONCAMERE ABBRUZZO

Giuseppe DI DONATO (Mr.), Expert, Unione Regionale delle Camere di Commercio, Industria, Artigianato e Agricoltura d'Abruzzo, Teramo, Italy

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF CAMPOBASSO

Angela TUCCI (Mrs.), Manager of Customer Care and Industrial Property Services, Patlib Manager, Chamber of Commerce of Campobasso, Campobasso, Italy

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF LUCCA

Maido NICCOLAI (Mr.), Expert, Chamber of Commerce of Lucca, Lucca, Italy

DINTEC

Eliana NICOSIA (Ms.), Expert, Dintec, Rome

POSTE ITALIANE S.P.A.

Armando CANDIDO (Mr.), Legal Affairs Department, Poste Italiane, Rome

Stefania CANNARELLA (Mrs.), Expert, Legal Affairs Department, Poste Italiane, Rome

INTELLECTUAL ASSETS CENTRE

Maria WEIR (Mrs.), Operational Manager, Intellectual Assets Centre, London

META GROUP

Luigi AMATI (Mr.), Meta Group, Terni, Italy

FRENCH RESEARCH CENTER (CERDI)

Cristiana SAPPA (Mrs.), IP Expert, CERDI, Paris

MEDICAL INFORMATION CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN PROJECT,CHARLESUNIVERSITYIN PRAGUE

Vladimira HEJSKOVA (Mr.), Representative of MICEP, CharlesUniversity in Prague, Medical Information Centre for European Project (MICEP), Prague

Miloslav SPUNDA (Mr.), Representative of MICEP, CharlesUniversity in Prague, Medical Information Centre for European Project (MICEP), Prague

UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE

Giovanni BELLETTI (Mr.), Professor,University of Florence, Italy

LONDON SCHOOLS OF ECONOMICS

Andrea ASCANI (Mr.), Expert, London Schools of Economics, London

UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE

Ester BOLDRINI (Mrs.), Expert, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain

DELFTUNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Oosten MEINE (Mr.), Valorisation Manager, DelftUniversity Technology, Delft, Netherlands

UNIVERSITY OF ROME “TOR VERGATA”

Sabrina CORRIERI (Mrs.), Expert, Patents and Spin-off ILO, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome

INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (INSME)

Mrs. Simona Marzetti, Secretary General, INSME, Rome

TREVISO TECNOLOGIA

Roberto SANTOLAMAZZA (Mr.), Director, Treviso Tecnologia Azienda Speciale per l’Innovazione Tecnologica della CCIAA di Treviso

Elisa TONIOLO (Mrs.), Patlib Treviso, Treviso Tecnologia Azienda Speciale per l’Innovazione Tecnologica della CCIAA di Treviso

FONDAZIONE G. RUMOR - CENTRO PRODUTTIVITÀ VENETO

Alessia EDIFIZI (Mrs.), PatLib, Area Innovazione, Fondazione G. Rumor - Centro Produttività Veneto, Vicenza, Italy

MG MARKS

Maria Grazia CAVALLO MARINCOLA (Mrs.), Consultant, MG MARKS, Rome

GIANROCCO BREVETTI

Giampietro GIANROCCO (Mr.), Engineer, Technical Consultant in IP, Gianrocco Brevetti, Conversano (Bari), Italy

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (CNR) - NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF OPTICS (INO)

Chiara MUSTARELLI (Mrs.); Expert, National Research Council (CNR)-National Institute of Optics (INO), Florence, Italy

MRGOODIDEA

Giancarlo MIGLIORI (Mr.) Expert, MrGoodIdea, Rome

S.C. CONSTANTIN GHITA OFFICE S.R.L.

Constantin GHITA (Mr.), Romanian and European Patent, Trademark and Design Attorney, Timisoara, Romania

Pop-Motogna CLELIA (Mrs.), Romanian and European Trademark and Design Attorney, Timisoara, Romania

STIGI AND STIEFEL

Michael Louis STIEFEL (Mr.), Attorney, Stigi and Stiefel Legal Firm, Rome

Andrea STIGI (Mr.), Attorney, Stigi and Stiefel Legal Firm, Rome

STUDIO LEGALE CARRIERO

Stefano CARRIERO (Mr.), Attorney, Studio Legale Carriero, Pescara, Italy

STUDIO LEGALE BARZANÒ & ZANARDO

Maria Luce CAPOSTAGNO (Mrs.),Italian lawyer/trademark attorney, Studio Legale Barzanò & Zanardo, Rome

Valeria CONIDI (Mrs.), Italian lawyer/trademark attorney, Studio Legale Barzanò & Zanardo, Rome

Antonella PAGLIARA (Mrs.), Italian Lawyer Trademark Attorney, Studio Legale Barzanò & Zanardo, Rome

Alessandra GENNA (Mrs.), Italian Trademark Attorney Trainee, Studio Legale Barzanò & Zanardo, Rome

Carlo Luigi IANNONE (Mr.), Italian and European Patent Attorney, Studio Legale Barzanò & Zanardo, Rome

STUDIO LEGALE NITTI & ASSOCIATI

Donato NITTI (Mr. ), Lawyer, Studio Legale Nitti & Associati, Florence, Italy

STUDIO LEGALE BIRD & BIRD

Ilaria MUSCO (Mrs.), Lawyer, Bird & Bird, Rome

Mauro TURRINI (Mr.), Lawyer, Bird & Bird, Rome

STUDIO LEGALE CAVATTONI & RAIMONDI

Vittoria PRIMICERI (Mrs.), Lawyer, Studio Legale Cavattoni & Raimondi, Rome

Raffaella CONTI (Mrs.), Lawyer, Studio Legale Cavattoni & Raimondi; Rome

STUDIO LEGALE ALLINEY

Cristiano ALLINEY (Mr.), Lawyer, Studio Legale Alliney, Rome

STUDIO CANEVA E ASSOCIATI

Valeria TRERÉ (Mrs.), Lawyer, Studio Legale Caneva e Associati, Rome

STUDIO LENZI

Cecilia SNAIDER (Mrs.), Lawyer, Studio Lenzi, Rome

CONVEY INTELLIGENCE AND KNOWLEDGE SRL

Mariarosa BUSCAGLIA (Ms.), LLM, Convey Intelligence and Knowledge Srl, Turin, Italy

VOX NET

Fabio BUCCOLINI (Mr.), Project Manager, Vox Net, Rome

CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI S.P.A.

Vittorio RATTO (Mr.), Engineer, Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.a., Rome

MONDIMPRESA SCRL

Irene DELL’AVERSANA (Mrs.), Expert, Mondimpresa Scrl, Rome

Antonella MARRAS (Mrs.), Expert, Mondimpresa Scrl, Rome

BUIGNION S.P.A.

Angela DI BLASIO (Mrs.), Lawyer, Bugnion S.p.a., Rome

STUDIO CONSULENZA BREVETTI CIONCOLONI S.r.l.

Andrea VALENTE CIONCOLONI (Mr. ), Expert, Studio Consulenza Brevetti Cioncoloni S.r.l, Rome

Guido CARDELLI (Mr.), Lawyer, Studio Consulenza Brevetti Cioncoloni S.r.l., Rome

FILDATA SRL

Ulisse RAPPARINI (Mr.), Expert, Fildata Srl, Rome

STUDIO LEGALE DE SIMONE & PARTNERS

Monica SETTE (Mrs.), Lawyer, Studio Legale De Simone & Partners, Rome

SIGMA TAU SPA

Ariela RIGHETTI (Mrs.), Expert, Sigma Tau Spa, Rome

Violetta BOTTAZZI (Mrs.), Expert, Patents and Trademark Department, Sigma Tau Spa, Rome

CONSORZIO TECHNAPOLI

Fabrizio D’AMBROSIO (Mr.), Expert, Consorzio Technapoli, Naples, Italy

EDI SRL

Fabrizio BOSI (Mr.), Expert, Edi Srl, Rome

IV. SECRETARIAT OF THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)

Johannes Christian WICHARD (Mr.), Deputy Director General, Global Issues Sector

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

Marco MARZANO DE MARINIS (Mr.), Program Officer, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Division

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