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Munich, 2 July 2018
António Campinos took up
office today as President of the European Patent Office (EPO). With a strong
record of 20 years of executive leadership experience in the Intellectual
Property field, the Portuguese national was elected President in October 2017 by
the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation, the EPO’s
legislative body, for a five-year term.
In his first statement as EPO President, Mr
Campinos said: “I’m delighted to start my role as President of the EPO, an
organisation already respected greatly for the services that it offers. The EPO
is undoubtedly a success story and we want to build upon that by assessing with
our staff and stakeholders if improvements can be made. That means working to
ensure that the Office will not only be efficient, but also effective in
delivering high quality patents to our users to support Europe’s innovation
sector.”
The new President brings an extensive IP background to the
post and has dedicated his professional career to the protection of intellectual
property. Prior to the appointment as President of the EPO, António Campinos
was the Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office
(EUIPO) in Alicante/Spain from 2010 until June 2018. He joined the Portuguese
IP Office, INPI, in 2000 as Trademark Director and in 2005 was elected its
President. From 2005 to 2007 he headed the Portuguese Delegation on the
Administrative Board of the EUIPO, and was Chairman of this board from 2008 to
2010.
In parallel (from 2005 to 2010) Mr Campinos was head of the
Portuguese Delegation at the Administrative Council of the EPO, Chairman of the
Working Group on Industrial Property at the Council of the European Union
during the Portuguese Presidency (July to December 2007), Chairman of the Ad
Hoc Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the
International Registration of Marks, and Head of the Portuguese Delegation at
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) General Assemblies.
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