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Event Details
Institute of Brand and Innovation Law presents
How can Europe be a key player at a global level in the patent field? What is the role of the EPO?
with Benoît Battistelli, President of the EPO
Monday 8 November from 6 - 7.30pm
To include a panel discussion with the speaker and:
- John Alty, Chief Executive, IPO
- Alasdair Poore, President, CIPA (tbc)
The chair will be taken by The Rt Hon Lord Justice Jacob
Programme:
| 17:30 |
Registration
Foyer, Cruciform Building, Gower Street |
| 18:00 |
Welcome
Professor Dame Hazel Genn DBE QC
Dean, UCL Laws |
Speaker:
Benoît Battistelli
President, EPO |
| 19:00 |
Discussion and Questions
Benoît Battistelli, EPO
John Alty, IPO
Alasdair Poore, CIPA (tbc) |
| 19:30 |
Closing Remarks
|
Drinks Reception
UCL North Cloisters |
This course is accredited with 1.5 CPD hours by the SRA and BSB. Our course provider reference is IU/UCL.
About Benoît Battistelli
Benoît Battistelli took up his duties as President of the European Patent Office on 1 July 2010 following his election in March.
A law graduate and former student at the Paris Institute of Political Science (IEP) and the National School of Administration (ENA), Mr Battistelli began his career as a senior civil servant in the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance, where he was principally responsible for devising, implementing and evaluating public policy in the various ministries and public administrative institutions. There followed various positions at the Directorate-General for Competition and Consumer Affairs and the Directorate of External Economic Relations at the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, where he was involved, in particular, as Trade Commissioner to Poland, Italy, India and Turkey.
In 1997, Mr Battistelli was appointed Regional Director for Foreign Trade for the Paris-Ile-de-France region. In 1999, he became director with responsibility for innovation, competitiveness and industrial property policy at the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry. Mr Battistelli served as Chief Advisor to Nicole Fontaine (President of the European Parliament from July 1999 to January 2002 and Junior Minister for Industry) before being appointed Director General of the French National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI) in May 2004.
Mr Battistelli also served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the European Patent Academy from July 2005 to July 2008 and was elected Chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation in March 2009, after serving as Vice-Chairman of the Council from December 2006 onwards
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Where
UCL Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1
Cruciform Building
Gower Street
WC1E 6AE London
United Kingdom
Hosted By
UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL)
The Institute of Brand and Innovation Law was established in 2007, by the late Sir Hugh Laddie, to reflect UCL’s strategy of expanding its activity in the field of intellectual property law. IBIL is based in the UCL Faculty of Laws. IBIL's Director, from April 2011, will be The Rt Hon Lord Justice Jacob who has been appointed to the Sir Hugh Laddie Chair in IP Law.
IBIL is sponsored by
(Global Partner) Baker & McKenzie;
(Major Professional Partners) 8 New Square, GlaxoSmithKline, and Rouse; and
(Professional Partners) 3 New Square, Arnold & Porter, Bird & Bird, Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Marks & Clerk, McDermott Will & Emery and Powell Gilbert.
For information about the Institute please see their website at:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/ibil
