Gillian Davies is a barrister at Hogarth Chambers and formerly chairman of a Technical Board of Appeals at the European Patent Office. Gillian is a specialist in international intellectual property law with a particular emphasis on the international conventions governing patent law and copyright and related rights as a result of many years experience gained working for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Geneva, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), London, and the European Patent Office (EPO), (Munich). Her expertise extends also to EU legislation on patents, copyright and related rights.
Her practice concentrates on European and international advice on patent and copyright matters. She is also in demand as a speaker at international and UK seminars on IP and is co-author of Copinger & Skone James on Copyright.
Kevin Garnett QC is the former head of Hogarth Chambers and has been a Legal Member of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office since 2005. His practice has extended over a wide area, ranging from the traditional chancery fields such as property law, probate, etc, to the more commercially orientated work which forms much of present day practice. He now specialises, particularly in:
- intellectual property work, with an emphasis on copyright
- entertainment and media law, particularly in music, film and publishing work
He is named in Legal 500 as one of the two top silks for Media and Entertainment law, and as a leading silk in the Intellectual Property field (particularly recommended for copyright and trademark work). He is also named in Chambers in the top bracket of leading silks (one of three) for Media and Entertainment work.
List of Conributors
- Paul Torremans, Professor of Intellectual Property, School of Law, University of Nottingham
- Joris Deene, Faculty of Law, University of Ghent
- Adolf Dietz, Prof. Dr. jur. Dr. h.c.; Head of Division (ret.), Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Munich, Germany
- Irini A Stamatoudi, LL.M, Ph.D.
- Maria Mercedes Frabboni, Centre for Commercial law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London
- Prof. Dr. F. W. Grosheide
- Johan Axhamn, LL.M, MBA. LL.D. candidate in intellectual property law at the Faculty of Law, Stockholm University
- Patricia Akester, Ph.D, University of Cambridge
- Carmenchu Buganza, Ph.D in Law, University of Barcelona, Lecturer on Commercial Law and Intellectual Property Rights, Department of Business Law, Faculty of Law
- Jacques de Werra, Professor of Contract Law and of Intellectual Property Law at the Law School of the University of Geneva
- Irina Savelieva, Dr.jur., Professor, Department of Civil Law of the Law Faculty of Moscow State University
- Elizabeth Adeney, Associate Professor, School of Law, Deakin University
- Kristin Lingren, VSA Partners, Inc.
- Dr Guan Hong Tang, School of Law, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
- Gadi Oron, Solicitor (England and Wales), Advocate (Israel)
- Miguel Angel Emery, Lawyer, Estudio Mille (Buenos Aires). Author and Professor of Intellectual Property, San Andres University
- Joao Carols Muller, Lawyer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Eduardo Ghiaroni Senna, Lawyer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Alfredo Rangel-Ortiz, Noriego y Escobedo, A.C.