Please find below the pictures of the 2016 Alumni conference and dinner. To view the captions, move the mouse pointer to the lower part of of the picture.
Paul Gagnon (Canada, 2011/12, left), Giacomo Laurini (Italy, 2016/17), Prof. Christoph Ann (Technical University of Munich, MIPLC Managing Board and Faculty), and Francesco Russo (Italy, 2016/17) at the registration
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Svetlana Vorozhbit-Deviers (Russia) and Clément Deviers (France), both class of 2008/09
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Prof. Russell K. Osgood (Washington University in St. Louis), former member of the MIPLC Scientific Advisory Board
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Elif Sıla Yağcı (Turkey, 2016/17) admiring the conference poster provided by the Mexican law firm Regalado Galindo, one of the conference sponsors
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Lidia Aouba, representing the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), whose scholarship program has been instrumental for many years in bringing talented students from developing countries to the MIPLC
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Nisha Gera (India, 2012/13, left), Sunimal Mendis (Sri Lanka, 2008/09), and Dr. Mrinalini Kochupillai (MIPLC Program Director)
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Thanks to our name tag lanyard sponsor Quarles & Brady LLP, Chicago
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Yvonne Chatsama (Zimbabwe, DAAD scholar 2016/17) and Prof. Martin J. Adelman (MIPLC Scientific Advisory Board and Faculty)
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"Good morning everyone!" Prof. Josef Drexl, Chair of the MIPLC Managing Board, opens the conference
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Panel 1: Inês Ribeiro da Cunha (Portugal, 2013/14), Nuno de Araújo Sousa e Silva (Portugal, 2012/13), Prof. Christoph Ann, and Dr. Sırrı Düğer (Turkey, 2005/06)
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Panel Chair Prof. Christoph Ann (Technical University of Munich, MIPLC Managing Board and Faculty)
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Nuno de Araújo Sousa e Silva presenting "An Emerging Picture of EU Unfair Competition Law"
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Inês Ribeiro da Cunha speaking on "The Legislative Reform in EU Trademark Law: Introduction of the EU Certification Marks in the New Regulation"
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Dr. Sırrı Düğer presenting "The Draft Turkish Industrial Property Law from a Public Law Perspective"
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Prof. Robert Brauneis (The George Washington University Law School, MIPLC Manging Board and Faculty) participating in the discussion
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Prof. Rainer Oesch (University of Helsinki), a former member of the MIPLC Fachbeirat and a regular participant in the conference
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Eiji Fujimoto (2008/09), Fujimoto & Fujimoto, Osaka, the Gold sponsor of the conference
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The conference hall at capacity
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Alumni Scholarship awarding ceremony: Barbara Radoń (Poland, right), MIPLC Alumni Scholar 2015/16, presents her successor Carolina Banda (Ecuador) with the Scholarship certificate 2016/17
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Happy Carolina
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Lunch time ...
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... with a yummy buffet
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Octimine, a start-up company in the field of IP management and one of the conference sponsors, presenting their innovative patent search and analysis tool
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Dr. Matthias Pötzl, Founder and CEO of Octimine
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Representatives of a truly international student and alumni network: Cristina Hernández-Martí Pérez (Spain, 2012/13), Sogol Fazelmotlagh (Iran, 2016/17), and Luis Semprum (Venezuela, 2016/17)
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Tze-Hua Wang, a patent attorney in the Munich area and member of Friends of the MIPLC e.V., in conversation with MIPLC Program Director Dr. Mrinalini Kochupillai
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Germán Johannsen (Chile) and Chia-Fen Tsai (Taiwan), both 2016/17
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Elif Sıla Yağcı (Turkey) and Gaia Sofia Muto (Italy), both 2016/17
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Stephan Freischem, Secretary General of GRUR and member of the MIPLC Board of Trustees, talking to Barbara Radoń (Poland), Luciano Marchione (Argentina), and Lucía Tamayo (Colombia), all 2015/16
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Vincent Angwenyi (Kenya, 2012/13) studying the conference materials
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"MIPLC is not only hard work ..." Cristina Hernández-Martí Pérez (Spain, left) and Adam György (Hungaria), both 2012/13, sharing with Marina Torregrosa (Spain, 2016/17) the secrets of having fun while studying
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Four years apart: Suraj Singh Attri (2016/17) and Nisha Gera (2012/13) from India
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Clemens Meikis (Omega Consulting Group) giving an impromptu concert
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Preston Richard (India, 2010/11) and Ryoko Oshikamo (Japan, 2009/10)
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Wen-Yi Hsu (Taiwan, left) graduated the night before, while his countryman Yu-Kan Tu has just started his studies
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Dr. Marco Lo Bue (Italy, 2015/16) meeting Nobuyuki Hamanaka (Japan, 2010/11), who is currently serving as consul for economic affairs at the Japanese Consulate General in Munich and has recently become a member of the MIPLC Board of Trustees
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Will Wortley (UK, 2014/15) admiring his classmate's new business card - Irina Shurmina has recently joint Goltsblat BLP in Moscow
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Thanks to our sponsors!
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Panel 2: Svetlana Vorozhbit-Deviers (Russia, 2008/09), Prof. Heinz Goddar, and Ryoko Oshikamo (Japan, 2009/10)
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Panel Chair Prof. Heinz Goddar (Boehmert and Boehmert, MIPLC Faculty and President of Friends of the MIPLC e.V.)
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Svetlana Vorozhbit-Deviers presenting "Designs and Their Interface with Copyright Under French Law"
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Ryoko Oshikamo analyzing "The Scope of the Product-by-Process Claim from the Perspective of the Latest Supreme Court Decision in Japan"
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Prof. Marty Adelman never misses out on discussing patent issues
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Takeshi Tsuru (2016/17), patent examiner at the Japanese Patent Office, contributing insights from the practice
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Coffee break in the impressive building of the Max Planck Society
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Networking: Dr. Sabine Keim (Germany, 2006/07) and Oliver Galindo (Mexico, 2008/09) exchanging business cards
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Clemens Meikis (Omega Consulting Group) and Silvana Skall (Dennemeyer & Co.) in animated discussion
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Prof. Osgood enjoying to see that the guys he once met as MIPLC students during his time on the Scientific Advisory Board have grown into successful IP professionals
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"So nice meeting you again!" Magdalena Kolasa (Poland, left), Preston Richard (India), Masahito Imai (Japan), Nobuyuki Hamanaka (Japan), Daria Kim (Russia), all 2010/11
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A long tradition of JPO students: While Takeshi Tsuru (2016/17, left) and Tetsutaro Yukutake (2015/16) are the most recent ones, the first student from the Japan Patent Office, Tatsuya Tada, joined the MIPLC LL.M. program back in 2009.
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MIPLC power from Ecuador: Carolina Banda (2016/17, DAAD and Alumni Scholar) and Bernarda Garner (2009/10, DAAD Scholar) with her daughter Matilda
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Panel 3: Nisha Gera (India, 2012/13), Paul Gagnon (Canada, 2011/12), Prof. Robert Brauneis, and Sunimal Mendis (Sri Lanka, 2008/09)
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Panel Chair Prof. Robert Brauneis (The George Washington University Law School, MIPLC Managing Board and Faculty)
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Paul Gagnon introducing the audience to "Virtual Reality and IP – From Digital Worlds to Tangible Rights"
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Nisha Gera explaining how to use "TRIPS Flexibilities to Prevent Barriers to Access to Medicine in India"
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Sunimal Mendis elaborating on "Exclusivity and the Open Public Collaborative Creation Model"
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Prof. Drexl and Seth Ericsson (MIPLC Program Director) listening attentively
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Last but by no means least: Standing ovations for Prof. Drexl's engaged and successful leadership of the MIPLC during the past eight years
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Prof. Adelman giving an enthusiastic summary of the conference