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ECTA Round Table 'Hot design topics'

The ECTA Round Table on the ‘Hot Design Topics’ was held at the EUIPO premises (Brussels room) in the afternoon on 30 March 2017. Some 40 people attended the round table, including practitioners and EUIPO experts.

EUIPO-­Link Committee Chair, Tobias Dolde, moderated the Round Table, which involved two panel discussions. First panel discussed “Functional designs -­ “Multiplicity of forms” or “technical features” approach” and involved two speakers, namely Peter Schramm, Co-­Chair of the ECTA Design Committee, and Christoph Bartos, Member of the Boards of Appeal, EUIPO. Second panel discussed “Nature of product – Relevance to the individual character assessment” also involving two speakers, namely Sergio Rizzo, Member of the ECTA Design Committee, and Stephan Hanne, Member of the International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department, EUIPO.

The Round Table was followed by a lively debate with the audience on the discussed topics and ended with a drinks reception.
Documents to download
Programme|.pdf|249 Ko