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 Alexander Gernot Hedenetz (subst.) |
| BE | Annemie Jaeken Sophie Christiane Carol Racine (subst.) |
| BG | Milena Lubenova Georgieva-Tabakova Valentina Velikova Nesheva (subst.) |
| CH | Peter René Thomsen (Chair) Thomas Ottmar Körner (subst.) |
| CY | Christos A. Theodoulou |
| CZ | Eva Halaxová Michal Guttmann (subst.) |
| DE | Tilman Pfrang Verena Clarita Töpert (subst.) |
| DK | Jesper Thorsen |
| EE | Mart Enn Koppel |
| ES | Juan Arias Sanz |
| FI | Kim Larseman Finnilä (Vice-Chair) Krister Karlsson (subst.) |
| FR | Laurent Nuss Valérie Martine Mellet (subst.) |
| GB | Stoyan Atanassov Radkov |
| GR | Konstantinos Vavekis |
| HR | Sanja Vukina Albina Dlacic (subst.) |
| HU | Ferenc Török |
| 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 Jérôme Pierre Peeters (subst.) |
| LV | Voldemars Osmans Jevgenijs Fortuna (subst.) |
| MC | Günther Schmalz |
| MK | Valentin Pepeljugoski |
| MT | Angelo Gerbino |
| NL | Addick Adrianus Gosling Land |
| NO | Kari Helen Simonsen |
| PL | Katarzyna Dorota Lewicka Joanna Dargiewicz (subst.) |
| PT | Nuno Cruz Luís Humberto Silvestre de Almeida Ferreira (subst.) |
| RO | Dan Puscasu |
| RS | Mihajlo Zatezalo |
| SE | Torbjörn Presland |
| SI | Renata Osolnik |
| SK | Vladimir Neuschl |
| SM | Stefano Baldi Davide Luigi Petraz (subst.) |
| TR | Emrah Tas M.N. Aydin Deris (subst.) |