Trainers belong to ERA’s and UM’s pool international of experts composed of high-profile academics, lawyers in private practice with extensive experience in intellectual property litigation, patent attorneys entitled to represent parties before EPO and national courts, judges, and representatives of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Among confirmed trainers:
the Rt Hon Lord Justice Richard Arnold,
Judge, Court of Appeal of England and Wales, London
Kemal Bengi,
Chair, Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.05 (electricity), European Patent Office (EPO), Haar
Peter Blok,
Judge, Court of Appeal, The Hague, Part time-Judge, Court of Appeal, Unified Patent Court (UPC), Luxembourg
Pieter Callens,
Partner, Eubelius, Brussels
Philippe Campolini,
Partner, Patent and IP litigator, Stibbe, Brussels
Kirian Claeyé,
Partner, Altius, Brussels
Dick van Engelen,
Patent litigator, Partner, Ventoux, Utrecht, Professor of Intellectual Property Litigation and Transaction Practice, Advanced Master Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge Management, University of Maastricht
Alexandre Geulette,
Legal Secretary, Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg
Sam Granata,
Judge, Court of Appeal, Antwerp; Benelux Court of Justice, Luxembourg, Part Time Judge, Unified Patent Court Local Division, Brussels
Christopher Heath,
Extraordinary Professor, International and European Law, Faculty of Law, University of Maastricht; Judge, Boards of Appeal, European Patent Office, Munich
Robin Jacob,
Former Judge, Court of Appeal of England & Wales, London
Stefan Luginbuehl,
Lawyer, Directorate of International Legal Affairs, PCT, European Patent Office (EPO), Munich
Anselm Kamperman Sanders,
Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Director, Advanced Master Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge Management, University of Maastricht; Deputy-judge, Court of Appeal, The Hague
Juliane Kotzur,
Lawyer, European & International Legal Affairs Directorate, PCT, European Patent Office, Munich
Elisabetta Papa,
Technically Qualified Judge, Unified Patent Court, Munich
Jan Phillip Rektorschek,
Partner, Patent and IP litigator, Taylor Wessing, Munich
Ingeborg Simonsson,
Member of the Presidium, Court of Appeal, Unified Patent Court, Luxembourg
Christopher Stothers,
Honorary Professor of Practice, University College London, Partner, Patent Litigator, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, London
Marina Wehler,
Partner, Patent litigator, Arnold Ruess, Düsseldorf