Recommendation on measures to safeguard freedom of expression and undistorted competition in EU trade mark law

SIGNATURES

Initiator of the Recommendation:
Martin Senftleben Professor of Intellectual Property and Director,
Kooijmans Institute for Law and Governance,
VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Group of experts contributing to the drafting of the Recommendation and first Signatories:
Pernille Bruun Andersen Researcher, Centre for Information and Innovation Law,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Lionel Bently Professor of Intellectual Property and Director, Centre
for Intellectual Property and Information Law,
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Michele Bertani Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of
Foggia, Italy
Robert Burrell Professor of Law, University of Sheffield, United
Kingdom, and University of Western Australia, Perth,
Australia
Mireille Buydens Professor, L’Université Libre de Bruxelles, and
Attorney, Brussels, Belgium
Vincenzo Di Cataldo Professor of Commercial Law, University of Catania,
Italy
Giovanni Cavani Professor of Commercial Law, University of Modena
and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Estelle Derclaye Professor of Intellectual Property Law, School of Law,
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Graeme Dinwoodie Professor of Intellectual Property and Information
Technology Law, and Director, Oxford Intellectual
Property Research Centre, University of Oxford, United
Kingdom
Séverine Dusollier Professor of Intellectual Property, SciencesPo, Paris,
France, and University of Namur, Belgium
Dev S. Gangjee Associate Professor in Intellectual Property Law,
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Christophe Geiger Associate Professor, Director General and Director of
the Research Department, Centre for International
Intellectual Property Studies, University of Strasbourg,
France
Gustavo Ghidini Professor of Intellectual Property and Competition Law,
University of Milan and Luiss University Rome, Italy
Jonathan Griffths Reader in Intellectual Property Law, School of Law,
Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom
Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan Lecturer and Fellow at King’s College, University of
Cambridge, United Kingdom, and External Researcher,
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition,
Munich, Germany
Paul van der Kooij Associate Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Leiden
Law School, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Annette Kur Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Innovation
and Competition, Munich, and Honorary Professor,
University of Munich, Germany
Nari Lee Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Department of
Accounting and Commercial Law, HANKEN School of
Economics, Helsinki, Finland
David Llewelyn Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Dickson Poon
School of Law, King’s College London, United
Kingdom
Luigi Mansani Professor of Commercial Law, University of Parma, Italy
Timo Minssen Associate Professor, Centre for Information and
Innovation Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Ansgar Ohly Professor of Civil Law, Intellectual Property and
Competition Law, University of Munich, Germany
Alexander Peukert Professor of Civil Law and Commercial Law, University
of Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Marco Ricolfi Professor of Industrial Law, University of Turin, Italy
Ole-Andreas Rognstad Professor, Department of Private Law, University of
Oslo, Norway
Thomas Sambuc Attorney, Stuttgart, and Honorary Professor of
Intellectual Property Law, University of Tübingen,
Germany
Paolo Spada Professor (emeritus), La Sapienza University, Rome,
Italy
Marco Saverio Spolidoro Professor of Intellectual Property, Università Cattolica
del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
Jens Schovsbo Professor, Centre for Information and Innovation Law,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Paul Torremans Professor of Intellectual Property Law, School of Law,
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Luigi Carlo Ubertazzi Professor of Industrial Law, University of Pavia, Italy
Adriano Vanzetti Professor (emeritus), Università Cattolica del Sacro
Cuore, Milan, Italy
D.W. Feer Verkade Attorney-General (retired) to the Supreme Court of The
Netherlands, Professor (emeritus), University of
Nijmegen, University of Leiden and University of
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dirk Visser Professor of Intellectual Property, Leiden Law School,
University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Katja Weckström Professor of Commercial Law, UEF Law School,
University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
Raquel Xalabarder Professor of Intellectual Property, Universitat Oberta de
Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Łukasz Żelechowski Assistant Professor, Department of Intellectual Property
Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of
Warsaw, Poland