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.
Kristof Neefs is lawyer and partner at Inteo Mechelen, Belgium and a registered representative at the Unified Patent Court. His practice focuses on intellectual property and technology disputes. He represents clients in a wide array of industries, including life sciences, pharmaceuticals, software, automotive, media and food.
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. E.C.C. Klarus-Blomjous
Eveline Klarus-Blomjous is als advocaat verbonden aan SmeetsGijbels en gespecialiseerd in het familie- en erfrecht. Zij is werkzaam als advocaat en scheidingsmediator en lid van de VEAN en de vFAS. Daarnaast is zij redactielid van Jerf Actueel en hoofdredacteur van SDU Commentaar Erfrecht.
Liesbeth de Beij is Raadsheer bij het Hof Den Bosch.
prof. dr. K.A.M. van der Zon
Kartica van der Zon is bijzonder hoogleraar Personen-, familie- en jeugdrecht aan Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
mr. D.F. de Lange
Daan de Lange, partner at Brinkhof, specialises in international patent disputes. His practice focuses primarily on pharmaceutical and biotech cases, in which Daan acts for both innovative and generic parties. He also specialises in international FRAND proceedings.
Sebastien Versaevel is Partner and European patent litigator at Winston Taylor Benelux. He focuses on European patent litigation, with an emphasis on the Unified Patent Court (UPC), and has experience before the Dutch patent courts.
