Benoît Battistelli

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Benoît Battistelli is a French civil servant and current head [1] of the French National Intellectual Property Institute (INPI, standing for Institut national de la propriété industrielle in French), the French national intellectual property office, in charge of patents, trademarks and industrial design rights. [2] He has held this post since May 12, 2004. [3] [4] He is also current deputy chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation. [5] He was elected to this post on December 5, 2006 for a three-year term. [6]

He graduated from the École Nationale d'Administration (ÉNA). [4] Before holding the post of director of the French National Intellectual Property Institute (INPI), he was assistant director of staff of Nicole Fontaine.[4]

He has been named as one of the potential candidates to succeed Kamil Idris to lead the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). [7]

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ More precisely, directeur général, i.e. chief executive officer.
  2. ^ (French) INPI web site, Le Conseil d'administration. Consulted on March 23, 2008.
  3. ^ France names new patent office chief, Managing Intellectual Property, Weekly News, May 2004. Consulted on March 23, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c (French) Les forums du financement et de l’Innovation web site, Benoît Batistelli. Consulted on March 23, 2008.
  5. ^ European Patent Office (EPO) web site, Administrative Council, Composition. Consulted on March 23, 2008.
  6. ^ (French), INPI web site, Benoît Battistelli, Directeur général de l'INPI, est élu vice-président du conseil d'administration de l'Office européen des brevets (OEB), Communiqués de presse (Press release), December 6, 2006. Consulted on March 23, 2008.
  7. ^ Eklavya Gupte, Race to succeed Idris underway, Managing Intellectual Property, January 11, 2008. Consulted on March 23, 2008.

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