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.
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.
Milie Franck is werkzaam in haar eigen praktijk als GZ-psycholoog, systeemtherapeut, coach overlegscheiding, EMDR-, en EFT- practitioner en werkt tevens voor Justitie bij de Penitentiaire instelling in Middelburg.
Kartica van der Zon is bijzonder hoogleraar Personen-, familie- en jeugdrecht aan Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
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Willem Hoyng is lid van the drafting committee of the Rules of Proceedings and of the Advisory Committee of the Preparatory Committee. Teven gekozen tot Chairman of the Advisory Committee van de UPC.
Julia is advocaat, mediator en coach in het familierecht. Zij is daarnaast zenmeester. Zij volgde de coachingsopleiding bij Move a Mountain van 2008-2010. Zij rondde een minor filosofie aan de VU van 2009-2010. Zij volgde in 2015 een opleiding bij Diane Musho Hamilton (zenleraar, mediator en facilitator, alsmede auteur van het boek “everything is workable”). Zij volgde in 2023 een training big mind facilitator. Haar praktijk (DuurzaamScheiden B.V.) bestaat voor 80% uit mediation en collaborative divorce.
Iris Arts werkt sinds 2023 als advocaat bij La Gro in het team Intellectueel Eigendom & Technologie en is lid van de sectorgroep Healthcare & Life Sciences. Iris is gespecialiseerd in octrooirecht met een focus op de Farma & Life Sciences praktijk.
Wim Maas is partner and a trial attorney at Winston Taylor with over 20 years of experience in high-stakes patent litigation in the telecom, IT and life sciences sector. He is recognized as a leading advocate before the Unified Patent Court and frequently speaks and publishes on European patent law and patent enforcement.
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.