Peter Messerli
Peter Messerli was Vice-President of the European Patent Office (EPO) and head of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO known as DG3 (Directorate-General, 3, Appeals) from 1996 until his retirement at the end of November 2011.[1]
He was head of the Patent Division at the Swiss Federal Institute for Intellectual Property before joining the EPO.
Publications
- Peter Messerli, Resolving the conflict between discovery in American courts and the protection of secrecy under the laws of Switzerland, May 1, 1985, OCLC 22672046
References
- ↑ "Wim Van der Eijk appointed Vice-President of the EPO". News. European Patent Office. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
Further reading
- Managing IP honours Peter Messerli, EPO web site, 7 April 2011. Consulted on April 22, 2011.
- Röttger, Michelle (December 10, 2010). "Porträt Peter Messerli, Der Mann, der den Brokkoli vor Patentjägern schützte" [Portrait Peter Messerli, The man, who protected the broccoli from the patent hunters]. Financial Times Deutschland (in German) (Hamburg). Retrieved July 29, 2012.
| Positions in intergovernmental organisations | ||
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| Preceded by Paolo Gori |
Vice-President of the European Patent Office, head of the DG 3 (Appeals) 1996-2011 |
Succeeded by Wim van der Eijk |