Subcommittees

The Litigation Committee has set up a number of sub-committees to concentrate on key areas of its responsibilities.

Litigation Committee – UPC

UPC Sub-Committee remits:

Receives input from the Executive Group on discussions at the UPC Registrar & IT Team and UPC Administrative Committee meetings;
Monitors the secondary legislation of the UPC (e.g. UPC Rules of Procedure (RoP) and PMAC Rules on Mediation and Arbitration);
Monitors developments of the UPC CMS;
Studies and reports on UPC case-law; and
Studies, discusses and reports on enforcement of UPC decisions and orders (Art. 82 UPCA, Rule 352 & 354 RoP) in cooperation with the National Litigation Matters Sub-committee.

Committee Members
Country	Name
CH	Körner Thomas Ottmar
CZ	Slavík Jiri
DK	Thorsen Jesper
ES	Arias Sanz Juan
	Sáez Granero Francisco Javier
FI	Nielsen Michael Jon
HU	Grof Palma
LT	Viesunaite Vilija
NO	Read Howard Graham
PL	Przyluski Michal Wiktor
RO	Georgescu Cristina
SE	Presland Torbjörn
SI	Bakirci Utkan Bahri
SM	Perronace Andrea (Chair)

National Litigation Matters Sub-Committee remits:

Studies, discusses and reports on enforcement of national decisions;
Studies, discusses and reports on developments in national patent litigation related legislation;
Carries out surveys regarding national practice in patent litigation, e.g. costs/cost recovery in national revocation proceedings; limited revocation attacks on individual claims only;
Studies, discusses and reports on interplay between national proceedings and UPC proceedings, e.g. national inspection proceedings as basis for UPC infringement action; and
Studies, discusses and reports on enforcement of UPC decisions and orders (Art. 82 UPCA, Rule 352 & 354 RoP) in cooperation with the UPC Sub-committee.

Committee Members
Country	Name
AT	Gehring Andreas
DE	Töpert Verena Clarita
FR	Le Roy Gwennhaël
HR	Vukina Sanja
HU	Grof Palma
LU	Bruck Mathis
MK	Pepeljugoski Valentin
NL	Hesselink Dinah Elisabeth (Chair)
NO	Simonsen Kari Helen
RO	Petculescu Ana-Maria
SK	Neuschl Vladimir
TR	Tas Emrah
	Alpayim Anil Bugra

EU and International Matters Sub-committee remits:

Receives input from the Executive Group on international discussions on Client-Patent attorney privilege before Group B+ and the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP);
Monitors developments on EU and international patent litigation matters;

including policy developments and interstate agreements in so far as they impact patent litigation topics;

Monitors developments on the practical frameworks for conducting patent litigation in EU and internationally;
Studies, discusses and reports on relevant EU and international patent litigation topics; and
Cooperates with other epi committees to discuss and prepare position papers on behalf of epi on matters concerning patent litigation.

Committee Members
Country	Name
CH	Hoffmann Jürgen Gerhard
FR	Nuss Laurent
GB	Radkov Stoyan Atanassov (Chair)
IE	Walsh Marie Goretti
IT	Colucci Giuseppe
IS	Ingvarsson Sigurdur
MC	Thach Tum