After last year’s sell-out crowd, Retromark: the conference returns for another afternoon of trade mark law and practice. Darren Meale of Simmons & Simmons and the IPKat, supported by a range of speakers, will again be joining forces to probe at some of the most important issues in trade marks today (although we will do our very best not to mention Brexit).

The event will take place at Simmons & Simmons’ London office in Moorgate from 2pm, culminating in drinks and canapés. The preliminary agenda is below and will be updated with additional speaker details in due course.

14:00-14:30 – Registration

14:30-14:40 – Introduction and welcome, Adrian Smith, S&S partner

14:40-15:40 – Panel 1 – “It’s ok to use someone else’s name and logo to refer to them, right?" Exploring the boundaries of honest nominative use.

Moderator: Eleonora Rosati

Panellists:
Mark Cruickshank, Managing IP Counsel, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Dev Gangjee, Associate Professor at the University of Oxford
Lindsay Lane QC, Barrister at 8 New Square
Rebecca Pennington, Senior Counsel at Snap, Inc

15:40-16:00 – The Retromark Awards, Darren Meale, S&S partner and Deputy District Judge

16:00-16:30 – Coffee/tea break

16:30-17:15 – Keynote address: Mr Justice Arnold, the High Court of England and Wales

17:15-18:15 – Panel 2 – Drafting, enforcing and attacking trade marks following SkyKick and Fidelis: how should we write, prove use of and scope the boundaries of protection of registrations?

Moderator: Darren Meale

Panellists:
Richard Goddard, Trade Mark Counsel, BP, and First Vice President of CITMA
Stuart Baran, Barrister at 3 New Square
Thomas Hannah, Senior Counsel Legal Brand Protection, GSK
Victoria Baxter, Senior IP Counsel at King

18:15-19:30 – Drinks and canapés