2025 INTA Policy Dialogue: The New EU Design Laws

Director Tracy Durkin will be a speaker and moderator at the 2025 INTA Policy Dialogue: The New EU Design Laws hosted by INTA on February 13, 2025. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how the EU design reform will shape the future of design protection, enforcement, and innovation within the EU and internationally.

Program

1:15 pm–1:25 pm: Setting the Stage

Tracy-Gene Durkin, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. (United States)

1:25 pm–1:30 pm: An Update from INTA’s Designs Committee

Erica Vaccarello, International Trademark Association (INTA) (United States)

1:30 pm–1:45 pm: Overview of the EU Design Reform

Katja Middelhoff, CMS (Germany)

1:45 pm–3:00 pm: Insights from Intellectual Property Offices

Moderator:
Elio De Tullio, De Tullio & Partners (Italy)

Speakers:
Gregoire Bisson, World Intellectual Property Organization (Switzerland)
Gailé Sakalaite-Orlovskiene, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (Spain)
Pieter Veeze, Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (the Netherlands)

3:00 pm–3:10 pm: Coffee Break

3:10 pm–4:20 pm: Opportunities and Challenges for Brand Owners

Moderator:
Tracy-Gene Durkin, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. (United States)

Speakers:
Monica Leenders, Philips International B.V (the Netherlands)
Laurence Morel-Chevillet, BVLGARI, (Italy)

4:20 pm–4:50 pm: An International Perspective

Moderator:
Tracy-Gene Durkin, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. (United States)

Speaker:
Yoonkyung Cho, Y.P. Lee, Mock & Partners (Korea)

4:50 pm–6:00 pm: Networking Cocktail Reception