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Special edition No. 1

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    Pages 205-208

    Citation: Special edition No. 1, OJ EPO 2011, 205

    Online publication date: 2.3.2011

    List of participants

    I. Judges and representatives to patent offices

    a) Contracting states to the EPC

    AL

    Albania

    Arjana Fullani
    Judge, Supreme Court of the Republic of Albania

    Flutura Skenderi
    Judge, Tirana Appeal Court

    AT

    Austria

    Irmgard Griss
    Präsidentin des Obersten Gerichtshofs

    Eva Fessler
    Vorsitzende der Rechtsmittel- und Nichtigkeitsabteilung, Österreichisches Patentamt

    Elisabeth Lager-Süß
    Stellvertretende Leiterin der Abteilung
    Internationale Beziehungen, Österreichisches
    Patentamt

     

    BE

    Belgium

    Martine Regout
    Conseiller, Cour de cassation

    Raf Van Ransbeeck
    Juge, Tribunal de commerce de Bruxelles

    CH

    Switzerland

    Dieter Brändle
    Ersatzoberrichter, Handelsgericht des Kantons
    Zürich

    Tobias Bremi
    Zweiter hauptamtlicher Richter am
    Schweizerischen Bundespatentgericht (im Aufbau)

    Bernard Corboz
    Juge fédéral, Tribunal Fédéral

    Kathrin Klett
    Bundesrichterin, Schweizerisches Bundesgericht

    CY

    Cyprus

    Despo Michaelidou
    President of District court, Limassol Judicial
    District Court

     

    CZ

    Czech Republic

    Hana Pipkova
    Judge, Court of Appeal in Prague

    Jan Ryba
    Judge, Court of Appeal in Prague

    DE

    Germany

    Klaus Grabinski
    Richter am Bundesgerichtshof

    Johannes Karcher
    Richter am Bundespatentgericht

    Thomas Kühnen
    Vorsitzender Richter am Oberlandesgericht

    Raimund Lutz
    Präsident des Bundespatentgerichts

    Peter Meier-Beck
    Vorsitzender Richter, Bundsgerichtshof

    Klaus Strößner
    Vizepräsident des Bundespatentgerichts

    Andreas Voß
    Vorsitzender Richter am Landgericht Mannheim

     

    DK

    Denmark

    Michael Dorn
    High Court Judge, Eastern High Court

    Henrik Rothe
    President of the Maritime and Commercial Court

    Hans Christian Thomsen
    High Court Judge, Eastern High Court

     

    EE

    Estonia

    Kai Härmand
    Judge, Harju Country Court

     

    FI

    Finland

    Tarja A. Honkanen
    Judge, District Court of Helsinki

    Eero Takkunen
    Chief Judge, District Court of Helsinki

    Ari Wirén
    Judge, District Court of Helsinki

     

    FR

    France

    Marie-Christine Courboulay
    Vice-présidente, Tribunal de Grande Instance
    de Paris

    Sophie Darbois
    Conseiller, Cour d'Appel de Paris

    Marie-Claude Hervé
    Vice-Présidente, Tribunal de Grande Instance
    de Paris

    Sylvie Mandel
    Conseiller, Cour de Cassation

    GB

    United Kingdom

    Richard Arnold
    Judge, High Court Judge

    Julyan Elbro
    Divisional Director, Patents Property Office, UK-IPO

    Christopher David Floyd
    Judge, Patents Court, London

    Robin Jacob
    Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal of England and
    Wales

    David Kitchin
    Senior judge of the Patents Court of the High Court

     

    GR

    Greece

    Christos Choutopoulos Judge, Administrative Court of Appeal in Larissa

     

    IE

    Ireland

    Frank Clarke
    Judge of the High Court, Judicial Studies Institute

    Roderick Murphy
    Judge of the High Court, Judicial Studies Institute

    IT

    Italy

    Gabriella Muscolo
    Judge, Court of Rome (IP Section)

    Vittorio Ragonesi
    Judge at the Italian Supreme Court, Rome

    Massimo Scuffi
    Judge at the Italian Supreme Court, Rome

     

    LI

    Liechtenstein

    Gerhard Mislik
    Senatsvorsitzender, Fürstliches Obergericht

     

    LT

    Lithuania

    Arturas Driukas
    Chairman of the Civil Division of the Lithuanian
    Court of Appeal

    Kazys Kailiunas
    Judge of the Civil Cases Division of the Lithuanian
    Court of Appeal

    Sigita Rudenaite
    Judge of the Civil Division of the Lithuanian Court of
    Appeal

    Asta Virbickiene
    Head of Appeals Division, State Patent Bureau of
    the Republic of Lithuania

    LU

    Luxembourg

    Pierre Gehlen
    Vice-président du Tribunal d'Arrondissement de
    Luxembourg

     

    LV

    Latvia

    Skaidrīte Buivide
    Chairperson of the Civil Cases Collegium, Riga
    Regional Court

    Zane Pētersone
    Judge at the Civil Cases Collegium, Riga Regional
    Court

    MC

    Monaco

    Stéphanie Vikström
    Juge au Tribunal de première instance

     

    MT

    Malta

    Geoffrey Valenzia
    Judge, Law Courts Malta

     

    NL

    Netherlands

    Josine C. Fasseur-van Santen
    Vice-President, Court of Appeal of The Hague

    Roel Grootoonk
    Patent Examiner of NIPO; Deputy Judge,
    Court of Appeal of The Hague

    Rian Kalden
    Vice-President, District Court of The Hague

    Robert van Peursem
    Vice President, District Court of The Hague

    NO

    Norway

    John Asland
    Associate Professor,
    University of Oslo, Department of Private Law

    Are Stenvik
    Vice Chairman Norwegian Industrial Property Office
    Appeal Board University of Oslo

    PL

    Poland

    Boleslaw Bialkowicz
    Expert, member of the Adjudicative Board of the
    Patent Office of the Republic of Poland,
    Judicial Affairs

    Jerzy Czapiliński
    Expert, member of the Adjudicative Board of the
    Patent Office of the Republic of Poland,
    Examining Department

    PT

    Portugal

    Carla Albuquerque
    Executive Officer INPI Portugal

    Graça Amaral
    Judge, Court of Appeals of Lisbon

    Maria Luisa Araújo
    Head of International Relations Department, INPI

    Márcia Baptista
    Judge, Tribunal de Familia de Menores de Braga

    João Bernardo
    Consultant, Supreme Court of Justice

    José António Cabral
    Personal Assistant, INPI

    Luís Miguel Caldas
    Consultant, Supreme Court of Justice

    Antonio Campinos
    President of the Directive Council of the INPI

    Ana Paula Carreira da Conceição
    Consultant, Supreme court of Justice

    Maria José de Almeida Costeira
    Judge, 2nd Chamber, Lisbon Commercial Court

    Maria de Fátima Barata Pinto Galante
    Judge, Court of Appeals of Lisbon

    Maria de Fátima dos Reis Silva
    Judge, 3rd Chamber, Lisbon commercial court

    Maria de Jesus Augusto
    Executive Officer of International Relations
    Department, INPI

    Elisabete de Jesus Ribeiro Assunção
    Judge, Court of Appeals of Lisbon

    Marco Dinis
    Head of Department, INPI

    Ana Maria Fernandes Grácio
    Judge, Lisbon Commercial Court

    Maria de Fátima Freitas
    Consultant, Supreme Court of Justice

    Cidália Conçalves
    Executive Officer of International Relations
    Department, INPI

    Chandra Gracias
    Consultant, Supreme Court of Justice

    Ana Paula Lopes Martins Boularot
    Judge, Court of Appeals of Lisbon

    Nuno Luís Lopes Ribeiro
    Judge, 4th Civil Court, Lisbon, 2nd Section

    José Magalhães
    Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice Portugal

    Joana Marques Cleto
    Executive Officer of International Relations
    Department, INPI

    Eurico José Marques dos Reis
    Judge, Court of Appeals of Lisbon

    Alberto Martins
    Minister of Justice, Ministry of Justice Portugal

    José Mauricio
    Director, INPI

    João Negrão
    Director, INPI

    Luis Noronha Nascimento
    President, Supreme Court of Justice Portugal

    Joana Oliveira
    Executive Officer of International Relations
    Department, INPI

    Ana Maria Pereira de Moura Resende
    Judge, Court of Appeals of Lisbon

    Maria do Rosário Pita Pegado Conçalves
    Judge, Court of Appeals of Lisbon

    Maria João Ramos
    Executive Office, INPI

    Paulo Rijo Ferreira
    Judge, Court of Appeals of Lisbon

    Pedro Santos
    Director, INPI

    Ana Luisa Sival Geraldes
    Director of Centro de Estudos Judiciários

    José Mario Sousa
    Head of Department, INPI

    Leonor Trindade
    Member of the Board, INPI

    Eleonora Viegas
    Judge, Lisbon Commercial court

    Inês Vieira Lopes
    Head of Department, INPI

     

    RO

    Romania

    Camelia Bogdan
    Judge, Second Penal Section, Bucharest Tribunal

    Mihaela Limita Ciocea
    Judge, IP and Civil Section, Court of Appeal of
    Bucharest

    Constanta Moisescu
    Judge, Third Civil Section, Regional Bucharest
    Tribunal

    Petre Ohan
    Director, Appeals and Policy Making Directorate,
    State Office for Inventions and Trademarks

    Adriana Popescu
    Judge, Court of Appeals of Bucharest

     

    SE

    Sweden

    Per Carlsson
    President, Court of Patent Appeals

    Tomas Norström
    Judge, Stockholm City Court

    Ulrika Stenbeck Gustavson
    Judge of Appeal, Svea Court of Appeal

     

    SI

    Slovenia

    Dunja Jadek Pensa
    Judge Supreme Court of Slovenia

     

    b) Extension states

    BA

    Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Ljiljana Lalović
    Judge, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina

     

    ME

    Montenegro

    Vesna Begovic
    Judge of the Supreme Court of Montenegro

    Mirjana Bobicic
    Advisor of the President for international cooperation

    Vesna Medenica
    President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro

    Thomir Vujadinovic
    Ministry of Interior

    c) Other countries

    JP

    Japan

    Abe Masayuki
    Judge, Tokyo District Court, IP Division

     

    US

    United States of America

    Randall R. Rader
    Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

     

    d) European Commission

     

     

    Margot Fröhlinger
    Director; European Commission, DG Market, Directorate D – Knowledge-based Economy

     

    e) European Patent Office

     

     

    Benoît Battistelli
    Président, Office européen des brevets

    Gilles Requena
    Membre du cabinet du Président Office européen des brevets

    f) EPO boards of appeal

     

     

    Pieter-Paul Bracke
    Chairman of a Technical Board of Appeal

    Brigitte Günzel
    Chairperson of the Legal Board of Appeal

     

     

    Peter Messerli
    Vice-President Directorate General 3 – Appeals and Chairman of the Enlarged Board of Appeal

    Rainer Moufang
    Member of the Legal Board of Appeal

     

     

    Yvonne Podbielski
    Lawyer, Directorate Legal Research/Library

    Giovanni Pricolo
    Member of a technical board of appeal

     

     

    Dai Rees
    Chairman of a technical board of appeal

     

    II. Guest of honour

     

     

    Dieter Stauder
    Ancien Professeur associé, Université Strasbourg

     

    III. European Patent Academy

     

     

    Marielle Piana
    Administrator, European Patent Academy

     

    IV. EPO Secretariat

     

     

    Fabienne Gauye
    Lawyer, International Legal Affairs, DG 5

    Ulrich Joos
    Lawyer, International Legal Affairs, DG 5

     

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