Litigation Committee
The Litigation Committee considers and discusses all questions, including inter-state agreements, related to the litigation of European and EP patents and patent applications, as well as representation in Court by European Patent Attorneys and the proposal to separate the Boards of Appeal from the European Patent Office.
The Committee shall consist of a maximum of one full member and one substitute member for each contracting state.
Terms of Reference of the Litigation Committee
| Country | Name |
|---|---|
| AL | Ela Panidha |
| AT | Michael Stadler Josef Mikota (subst.) |
| BE | Michaël Andries T. Beck Annemie Jaeken (subst.) |
| BG | Milena Lubenova Georgieva-Tabakova Radislava Andreeva Kosseva (subst.) |
| CH | Peter René Thomsen (Chair) Thomas Ottmar Körner (subst.) |
| CY | Christos A. Theodoulou |
| CZ | Michal Guttmann |
| DE | Tilman Pfrang Verena Clarita Töpert (subst.) |
| DK | Lars Pallisgaard Olsen Nicolai Kanved (subst.) |
| EE | Mart Enn Koppel |
| ES | Juan Arias Sanz Aurelio Hernandez Lehmann (subst.) |
| FI | Kim Larseman Finnilä Kirsikka Elina Etuaho (subst.) |
| FR | Laurent Nuss Pierre Gendraud (subst.) |
| GB | Stephen James Blake Stoyan Atanassov Radkov (subst.) |
| HR | Sanja Vukina Tomislav Strniscak (subst.) |
| HU | Ferenc Török (Vice-Chair) |
| IE | Triona Mary Walshe (Secretary) Jonathan Patrick White (subst.) |
| IS | Sigurdur Ingvarsson |
| IT | Giuseppe Colucci Antonella De Gregori (subst.) |
| LI | Bernd-Günther Harmann Christian Holzheu (subst.) |
| LT | Vilija Viesunaite |
| LU | Mathis Bruck Valérie Martine Mellet (subst.) |
| LV | Voldemars Osmans Jevgenijs Fortuna (subst.) |
| MC | Günther Schmalz Tum Thach (subst.) |
| MK | Jovan Joanidis |
| MT | Angelo Gerbino |
| NL | Paul Magnus Clarkson Gesina Visser-Luirink (subst.) |
| NO | Kari Helen Simonsen |
| PL | Katarzyna Dorota Lewicka Piotr Malcherek (subst.) |
| PT | Nuno Cruz António Corte-Real Cruz (subst.) |
| RO | Oana-Laura Boncea Dan Puscasu (subst.) |
| RS | Mihajlo Zatezalo |
| SE | Hao Li Peter Martinsson (subst.) |
| SI | Marjanca Golmajer Zima Damjan Hodzar (subst.) |
| SK | Vladimir Neuschl |
| SM | Stefano Baldi Davide Luigi Petraz (subst.) |
| TR | M.N. Aydin Deris Erkan Sevinç (subst.) |