Wine & the Law is an educational seminar that will focus on the legal and business issues faced by the wine industry.
The seminar is addressed to anyone involved in the wine business – indicatively:
Lawyers | Wine producers |Oenologists | Wine agents – distributors | Wine e-shops.
Agenda
09:00 – 09:30 Registrations
09:30 – 10:00 Welcome remarks
Alexandra Varla, Founder “Tailored: Law & Business in the Fashion & Luxury Industry”
Dimitris Anastasopoulos, Lawyer, President, eThemis
Marinos Skolarikos, Wine Blogger, www.allwinestories.com
10:00 – 10:50 The protection of wine products through IP and unfair competition. An Italian perspective
Elena Varese – Lawyer, DLA Piper Studio Legale Tributario Associato
10:50 – 11:20 Wine commerce and distribution Framework – Challenges – Opportunities
Yorgos Floudas, Trinity Wines
11:20 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 11:50 In vino veritas … in vino copyright.
Copyright issues in the wine industry
Maria G. Sinanidou – Int. IP LL.M., Certified Mediation Advocate, Lawyer (Sinanides and Sinanides Law Firm)
11:50 – 12:10 The Prespa Agreement. The next day for Greek wine
Maria Makridaki – Managing Director Trademark Companies Association
12:10 – 12:30 Agency and distribution agreements with wine makers.
Dr. Evangelos Margaritis, Lawyer, CIPP/E
12:30 – 13:30 The technology tools available in the wine production cycle
Angelos Iatridis – Winemaker, Co-founder and Managing Director Alpha Estate
13:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45 Wine and Digital Marketing – the legal issues
Mina Zoulovits – Lawyer, Partner Zoulovits – Kontogeorgou Law Firm
Penny Kontogeorgou – Lawyer, Partner Zoulovits – Kontogeorgou Law Firm
14:45 – 15:15 Protecting the grapevine as a vegetable variety
Maria-Daphne Papadopouou Lawyer, Of Counsel, Nikolinakos – Lardas & Partners, LL.P.
15:15 – 15:45 Enotourism, Folklore or development cooperations?
Meropi Papadopoulou – Journalist, Publication Consultant OINOXOOS, Kathimerini
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 19:00 Introduction to the magical world of wine – Basic principles of wine tasting and blind tasting
Vassilis Papadopoulos, Sommelier
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