Roland Grossenbacher
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Dr. Roland Edouart Grossenbacher is a Swiss attorney at law currently serving as chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation. He was appointed at this post for a first three-year term on 5 March 2000. [1] He was then reelected in 2002 for a second term, beginning on 5 March 2003. [2] In December 2005, he was again re-elected as Chairman of the Council from a third term from 5 March 2006 to 4 March 2009. [3]
He is also the current Director of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, which he joined in 1976. [4] His first contact with patents was when he was involved "in a lawsuit while working as an attorney at law for a very small law firm." [4] He originally came "from the copyright area" and wrote his PhD on copyright. [4] He studied at the Zurich University from 1969 to 1974. [4]
[edit] Publications
- Roland Edouard Grossenbacher, Die Entwicklung des Welturheberrechtsabkommens im Hinblick auf den Beitritt der Sowjetunion, Diss. Zürich 1977
[edit] References
- ^ Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property web site, EPO: victory for Switzerland, Berne, October 15, 1999. Consulted on March 24, 2008.
- ^ EPO web site, Roland Grossenbacher reappointed to chair the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation, Press release, 29 October 2002. Consulted on March 24, 2008.
- ^ Official Journal of the European Patent Office (OJ EPO) 1/2006, Report on the 104th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (13 to 15 December 2005), p. 1.
- ^ a b c d Managing Intellectual Property, Fees may rise as EPO stresses quality (Interview: Roland Grossenbacher), February 1, 2008
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| Preceded by Sean Fitzpatrick |
Chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation 2000 – present |
Incumbent |
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