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.
Ian Sumner is Rechter bij de Rechtbank Zeeland-West-Brabant en Voorzitter van de Landelijke Expertgroep IPR bij de rechtspraak. Tevens is hij Hoogleraar Familierecht en IPR aan de Tilburg University.
mr. ir. R. Broekstra
Rien Broekstra is advocaat en partner bij Brinkhof advocaten en onder andere gespecialiseerd in octrooirecht.
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).
Jules Fabre heads Taylor Wessing's patent department in Paris. He specialises in intellectual property, with a particular focus on patent and regulatory matters in the Life Sciences and pharmaceutical sector.
He has extensive experience handling complex French and cross border patent and SPC litigations, both in private practice and inhouse.
Christophe Ronse is partner at ALTIUS Brussels in the Intellectual Property and Dispute Resolution department 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.
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K. Roox
Kristof Roox is lawyer and partner at Crowell&Moring Brussels. Pharmaceutical and life sciences companies often have to deal with complex patent litigation. They require help from someone with a pragmatic, creative approach, and this is Kristof Roox’s particular strength. Clients reach out to him for his tenacity in the courtroom as well as his to-the-point counseling on every aspect of intellectual property law.
