Miriam Kiefer is founding partner of Kather Augenstein and has been active as a lawyer for over 15 years. She has conducted more than a hundred infringement proceedings, primarily for patents and utility models. A majority of these disputes were cross-border proceedings, so she is thus familiar with the coordination of multinational disputes.
Christine Kehrer-Bot is advocaat bij AKD en gespecialiseerd in de ‘zieke werknemer’. Zij adviseert en begeleidt (internationale) werkgevers in complexe poortwachter en WIA dossiers, inclusief alle sociaal verzekeringsrechtelijke aspecten. Zij is betrokken bij een aantal verenigingen en vakbladen en treedt regelmatig op als docent.
Eelco Bergsma is Director Assertion, IPR & Licensing at Ericsson and he will coordinate European litigation for the company. Before he was partner and Lawyer at Taylor Wessing.
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Wim Thijssen is advocaat bij Pensioenadvocaten.nl.
Alwin van Dijk is Universitair hoofddocent vakgroep Strafrecht en Criminologie aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, en docent bij de SSR en de Beroepsopleiding advocaten
Christophe Ronse is lawyer and partner at Altius Gent. He is a partner in the Intellectual Property and Dispute Resolution department of ALTIUS and leads the life sciences and patents practice group within the firm. He specialises in IP, with a particular focus on patent law and pharmaceutical law. Christophe assists and guides national and international clients in complex disputes.
Carlos van Staveren is partner in the Intellectual Property practice in Amsterdam and focuses on technology-related matters and patent law in particular. He litigates on a broad range of sectors and have been involved in numerous landmark patent proceedings in the Netherlands, the EPO and before the UPC. He has extensive experience handling and coordinating multijurisdictional and pan-European patent proceedings.
Tobias Hessel is partner at Clifford Chance in Düsseldorf and he advises and represents clients in national and multi-jurisdictional IP litigation cases.
He is very experienced in patent litigation cases predominantly in the fields of information technology, medical devices, telecommunications, and semiconductors. Tobias has significant experience in representing his clients in disputes relating to standard-essential patents (SEPs) including the antitrust related aspects (FRAND).
Ad van der Linden is oud (kinder)rechter en medewerker Universiteit Utrecht; voorzitter Beroepscollege Stichting Kwaliteitsregister Jeugd (SKJ) en van de Regionale Klachtencommissie Jeugd Eemland.
