On the occasion of the Conference held by the European section of the International Wine Law Association which took place on October 25, 2019 in Avignon, Nathalie TOURRETTE intervened on the following panel “transmission of wine companies and its workers”.
The PowerPoint of her intervention is accessible through the following link.
On 11-12 September, Martine KARSENTY was invited to the conference entitled “Obtaining and enforcing Intellectual Property rights in Russia” organized in Moscow, by the law firm Gorodissky & Partner, where she intervened on the following theme “Geographical Indication in the wine industry”.
The PowerPoint of her intervention is accessible through the following link.
During the General Assembly of the Annual Congress of AIJA, Jean-Philippe ARROYO was appointed Deputy Secretary General of the Association.
Clémence COLIN was a speaker at the Labour and Immigration Law Annual Conference organized in Torino (Italy) on October 5th 2018 by AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) on the topic “Whistle-blowing – Betraying the company or saving the world?”.
On February 12th 2018, Jean-Philippe ARROYO spoke during a seminar dedicated to Commercial Judges on unfair competition law, and more particularly on the general principles of the legal action and its link with the IP rights infringement action.
Clémence COLIN was a speaker at the seminar organized in Piacenza (Italy) on February 23rd 2018 by AIGA (Italian Association of Young Lawyers) and AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) on the topic “Law cost”, together with lawyers from Italy, Peru, Spain and Poland. She provided an overview of the Lawyers’ fees French regulation to Italian lawyers and members of the Piacenza Bar Council.
On December 8th 2017, Jean-Philippe ARROYO spoke during a seminar dedicated to Commercial Judges on the termination of the commercial relationships, and more particularly on Article L442-6-I-5° of the French Commercial Code and international contracts.
On October 13th 2017, Clémence Colin and Jean-Philippe Arroyo were speakers during the seminars organized by AIJA on labour law and distribution law about :
On March 14th 2017, Jean-Philippe Arroyo spoke during the annual conference organized by The French Association for the Study of Competition (AFEC), about unfair trading practices in Europe, between professionals. You will find below the program.
An article about this conference will be published in the revue Contrat-Concurrence-Consommation.
On Mars 24th 2017, Jean-Philippe Arroyo spoke during the conference organized by the AFCDP about transfers of personal data outside the European Union.
During this conference, Jean-Philippe Arroyo debated with Max Schrems, who is responsible of the invalidity of the Safe Harbor by the CJUE in a judgement of October 6th 2015.
Bruno Gencarelli (Head of service of data protection in the European Commission), Florence Raynal (Head of service of European and international business of the CNIL (French data protection authority)) and Pascale Gelly (Vice President of the AFCDP) also spoke during this conference.
A report of the conference is available below.
Thomas RICARD participated at the PEOPIL Young Lawyers Conference in Malaga (Spain) on 24 March and spoke on cross-bord claims, providing an overview of the key evidentiary issues arising in such context.
Jean-Philippe ARROYO was a speaker during the Seasonal Meeting of New York State Bar Association in Paris on October 20th 2016, on the topic of the distribution on the internet.
Thomas RICARD and Clémence COLIN have participated, as members of the Organizing Committee, in the triple seminar « Flex Work, International Litigation and Assets Transactions » located in Lille from 13th to 15th October 2016 in the framework of AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers), with international lawyers.
Employment law
The seminar in employment law dealt with “Flex work” (“Flex work: how far is it flexible?”), and more particularly with global variations on traditional employment relationship models.
Clémence COLIN gave a presentation on the “legal right to disconnect”. New technologies have had a significant impact on employment relationships, in particular on employees work time. The legal measures of French law of August 8th 2016 have been analyzed, with a focus on employees working a given number of days per year without any hourly reference.
Litigation and commercial fraud
The seminar in litigation and commercial fraud dealt with the taking of evidence in an international framework and with the complex issues raised by transnational litigation.
Thomas RICARD gave a presentation of the taking of evidence. His presentation notably dealt with blocking statutes and the use of evidence obtained illegally.
Jean-Philippe ARROYO intervened during the ABA SIL Spring Meeting Conference in New York on April 15th 2016 about Class Actions in Europe
Martine KARSENTY-RICARD has intervened before the Chamber of Arbitration of Venice and has presented a topic on key challenges in IP arbitration.
Thomas RICARD was appointed Vice President of the Commercial Fraud Commission at the September 2015 AIJA Congress.
Thomas RICARD was a speaker at the seminar organized by AIJA in Anvers from 27 to 30 May 2015 on the topic on whistleblowing and data protection.
Jean-Philippe ARROYO was a speaker at the seminar organized by AIJA in Shanghaï from 26 to 28 March 2015 on the topic on distribution contracts in Europe.
Jean-Philippe ARROYO was a speaker at the seminar organized by AIJA in Basel from 12 to 14 March 2015 on the topic of “health data”.
Clémence COLIN was a speaker in the Employment law session at the seminar organized by AIJA in Kitzbühel from 28th to 31st January 2015 on the topic “A comprehensive view of the M&A process”.
The employers’ obligations related to employees in transfer of undertakings in M&A operations were presented from the perspective of European law and French law. The presentation focused on the information of individual employees which is not formally provided by the European directive 2001/23/EC of March 12th 2001 and French law, except in the absence of employees’ representatives, but strongly recommended.
Furthermore, the consequences of the transfer on individual employment contracts was examined, through the right of the employees to object or not.
Recent French law n°2014-856 of July 31st 2014 was also commented considering the new binding obligation of employers to inform individual employees of the transfer in order to allow them to present a purchase offer.
Clémence COLIN was a speaker during the seminar on Sports law organized by AIJA in Dublin from 23 to 25 October 2014 on the topic of disciplinary sanctions within clubs as employers and within federations.
Linda CAPOANO and Clémence COLIN will give a seminar on this important subject in Treviso on September 18th 2014, in association with UNINDUSTRIA.
Jean-Philippe ARROYO and Clémence COLIN were speakers during the AIJA Congress that was held in Prague from 26 to 30 August 2014.
Jean-Philippe ARROYO was the co-general reporter of the workshop relating to the class actions and chaired this session where lawyers from several jurisdictions spoke.
He also won the Award of the Best General Reporter of the Congress.
Clémence COLIN spoke during a session relating to company directors and more particularly on their status regarding employment law.
Jean-Philippe ARROYO was a speaker at the seminar organized by AIJA in London from 3 to 5 April 2014 on the topic of data protection and social networks.
Martine KARSENTY-RICARD has made a speech, on March 28th 2014, in Barcelona during a conference organized by the International Association of Lawyers about : “Fashion online – Legal and contractual trends and challenges”.
She has spoken on : “Infringement and the internet”, on the main following topics :
– Extrajudicial and legal proceedings regarding infringement of a trademark by a domain name;
– The recent case law on the use of a third parties trademark as a key world for referencing ;
– The recent European and national case law regarding the liability of online auction websites (Ebay).
The reports and materials of the speakers are available on the UIA website www.uianet.org in the “Events” section “seminars”.
Jean-Philippe ARROYO and Clémence COLIN were speakers at the AIJA half year Conference in Luxembourg from 20 to 23 November 2013, on the following topics: Restrictions of sales on the internet in French intellectual property law, and Collective consultation in French labour law.
During the AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) Congress held from 17 to 21 September 2013 in Buenos Aires, Jean-Philippe ARROYO, acting as co-general spoken, organized a conference on the geographical indicators.
Jean-Philippe ARROYO was a speaker at the seminar jointly organized by AIJA and UIA in New York from 14 to 16 February 2013 on intellectual property and distribution law issues relating fashion.
The program of the seminar is available on our website.
Martine KARSENTY-RICARD was the International Rapporteur on question B which was discussed during the LIDC congress which took place in Prague from October 11th to October 14th 2012 : « Should or could an undertaking obtain protection against the usage by non-competing undertakings of their trademark, distinctive signs and other components of their image and identity ? »
The international report including the final resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the Ligue is accessible on our website.
During the AIJA annual Congress which took place in Barcelona from August 28th to September 1st 2012, Jean-Philippe ARROYO was a speaker on the issue of Ambush Marketing.
Moreover, he was awarded, by the AIJA past presidents, the price of the best national report of the Congress !
Jean-Philippe ARROYO was a speaker at the Competition Law Forum on May 5th 2012 in Ghent (Belgium), a seminar co-organized by LIDC (Ligue Internationale du Droit de la Concurrence), AIJA (Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats) et l’UIA (Union Internationale des Avocats), on the issue of distribution on the internet.
Jean-Philippe ARROYO’s presentation and the program of the seminar are accessible on our website.
Jean-Philippe ARROYO was a speaker at the seminar organized by AIJA from 16 to 18 February 2012 in Vienna on the issue of data protection and new technologies.
The program of the seminar and Jean-Philippe ARROYO’s presentation are accessible on our website.
During the AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) Congress held on 23 to 27 August 2011 in Amsterdam, Jean-Philippe ARROYO acting as general Rapporteur organised the conference on “New competition rules on vertical restrictions: What’s new? “
Many contributors notably from the European Commission, the luxury goods sector and the United States participated in this conference.
The presentations are now available on AIJA’s->http://www.aija.org/modules/publications/index.php?&id=155&sel_lang=en] website.
2 December 2010. Time for an inventory: three years in application of the law of 29 October 2007 on the fight against industrial and intellectual property rights infringements – French Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Association of Industrial Property Lawyers (A.A.P.I.)
2009. Judicial procedures for rights infringements: Is the balance between the parties’ rights respected? – French Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Union of European Lawyers (U.A.E.).
2008. Advertising, competition and intellectual property – International Chamber of Commerce
2007. Transposing Directive 2004/48/EC of 29 April 2004 on Intellectual Property Rights– Law of 29 October 2007 – French Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Association of Industrial Property Lawyers (A.A.P.I.).
2005. Protection of Intellectual Property on Internet – French Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the French IT Law Group (ADIJ).
March 2004. Arbitration and Intellectual Property – ICC France
2003. Changes in the Law of Trademarks – the influence of European case law
2002. The New European Regulations on Designs and Models (colloquium organised by the French Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce)
2000. Distribution contracts (University of Lille FRANCE)
1999. Trademarks and the Wine Industry (Montpellier FRANCE)
For many years J.P. Karsenty & Associés has organised and participated in colloquia, conferences and seminars.
Martine Karsenty, President of the Intellectual Property Commission of the French Section of the International Chamber of Commerce is organising a colloquium on the theme of “Intellectual Property and Customs Law” on 23 November 2011, in conjunction with the Customs and Commercial Regulations Commission of the French section of the ICC.
