We have the pleasure to announce that Dr. Nathan Wajsman, Chief Economist at OHIM will speak on November 25th within the Invited Speaker Series of the CEIPI-BETA Project in Law and Economics of IP.
Dr. Wajsman will give a lecture entitled “Intellectual Property Rights intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in Europe” in which he will present the results of a very recent study carried out jointly by the OHIM and the EPO on this topic. You are warmly invited to join on November 25th at 18:00 in Amphitheatre 29 at CEIPI.
Address: 11, rue du Maréchal Juin, Strasbourg (Escarpe building).
Dr. Nathan Wajsman
Born in Wroc?aw, Poland and thus a Polish national, Nathan Wajsman was educated at the University of Aarhus in Denmark and later undertook graduate studies in the USA, earning a PhD in Economics from the University of Florida and an MBA from Temple University in Philadelphia.
Dr. Wajsman was named Chief Economist of the OHIM in May 2011. He has been with the agency since 2007 and was previously in charge of the Quality Management Department.
Prior to joining OHIM, he spent 20 years working in the private sector. A stint as a forecasting analyst at an electric utility in Florida was followed by a career in telecommunications and finance industries in the USA and several European countries, including positions with AT&T in the USA and Belgium, Swiss Reinsurance Company in Zurich, and Claranet Benelux, a business ISP in the Netherlands.
For inquiries please contact Agnieszka Kupzok: kupzok[at]unistra.fr.
