UPC judges: The complete overview

UPC Court of Appeal

First panel

• Klaus Grabinski – Germany; presiding judge and president of Court of Appeal
• Peter Blok – the Netherlands; presiding judge at The Hague Court of Appeal
• Emanuela Germano – Italy; judge at Turin IP Court of Appeal
• Emmanuel Gougé; France

Second panel

• Rian Kalden – the Netherlands; presiding judge
• Patricia Rombach – Germany; judge at Federal Court of Justice
• Ingeborg Simonsson – Sweden

UPC Central Division, Courts of First Instance

Central Division, Paris

• Florence Butin – France; president of the central division
• Paolo Catallozzi – Italy; judge at the Supreme Court
• Maximilian Haedicke – Germany; professor at University of Freiburg
• François Thomas – France; judge at the French Supreme Court
• Tatyana Zhilova – Bulgaria; judge at Administrative Court Sofia
• Marjolein Visser – Netherlands; judge at the District Court of The Hague

Central Division, Milan

• Anna-Lena Klein – Germany; judge Munich Regional Court
• Marije Knijff – the Netherlands; judge at District Court of The Hague
• Andrea Postiglione – Italy; presiding judge: deputy Advocate General at the Supreme Court of Cassation in Rome

Central Division, Munich

• Mélanie Bessaud – France; conseiller référendaire at the Supreme Court
• András Kupecz – Netherlands
• Ulrike Voß – Germany; presiding judge (also local divsion Munich)

UPC Local Divisions, Courts of First Instance

Local division, Brussels

• Samuel Granata – Belgium; presiding judge; judge at the Court of Appeal Antwerp

Local division, Copenhagen

• Peter Agergaard – Denmark; presiding judge; judge at the Maritime and Commercial High Court

Local division, Düsseldorf

• Jule Schumacher – Germany; judge at the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf
• Bérénice Thom – Germany
• Ronny Thomas – Germany; presiding judge

Local division, Hamburg

• Sabine Klepsch – Germany; presiding judge
• Stefan Schilling – Germany; judge at Hamburg Higher Regional Court

Local division, Helsinki

• Petri Rinkinen – Finland; presiding judge; judge at Market Court Helsinki

Local division, Lisbon

• Rute Lopes – Portugal; presiding judge; judge, Commerce Court of Sintra

Local division, Ljubljana

• Mojca Mlakar – Slovenia; presiding judge; judge at District Court Ljubljana

Local division, Mannheim

• Dirk Böttcher – Germany
• Tobias Sender – Germany
• Peter Tochtermann – Germany; presiding judge

Local division, Milan

• Pierluigi Perrotti – Italy; presiding judge; judge at District Court of Milan
• Alima Zana – Italy; judge at District Court of Milan

Local division, Munich

Panel 1

• Tobias Pichlmaier – Germany
• Matthias Zigann – Germany; presiding judge

Panel 2

• Daniel Voss – Germany; presiding judge at Düsseldorf Regional Court
• Ulrike Voß – Germany; presiding judge (also Central division Munich)

Local division, Paris

• Carine Gillet – France; judge at the Court of Appeal Douai
• Camille Lignières – France; presiding judge

Local division, The Hague

• Edger Brinkman – the Netherlands; presiding judge; presiding judge at District Court of The Hague
• Margot Kokke – the Netherlands; judge at District Court of The Hague

Local division, Vienna

• Walter Schober – Austria; presiding judge; judge at the Higher Regional Court of Vienna

Nordic-Baltic Regional Division (EE, LT, LV, SE)

• Kai Härmand – Estonia; judge at the Harju County Court, Tallinn
• Stefan Johansson – Sweden; presiding judge; senior judge at the Stockholm City Court

The full list of technically qualified judges

Biotechnology

• Arwed Andreas Burrichter – Germany; patent attorney at Cohausz & Florack
• Eric Enderlin – France; patent attorney at Novagraaf
• Rainer Friedrich – Germany; in-house patent attorney at CSL Behring
• Paolo Gerli – Italy; patent attorney at Botti & Ferrari
• Krister Karlsson – Finland; patent attorney at Kolster
• Cornelis Schüller – the Netherlands; consultant at IP-Portunity (also technically qualified judge at the District Court of The Hague)
• Oliver Werner – Germany; German Patent and Trademark Office

Chemistry and pharmaceutics

• Gabriele Alt – Germany; former technical judge at the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (and biotechnology)
• Michael Alt – Germany; patent attorney at Bird & Bird
• Xavier Dorland-Galliot – France; chairman of the opposition commissions at the French IP Office (INPI)
• Renaud Fulconis – France; patent attorney at Bandpay & Greuter
• Rudi Goedeweeck – Belgium; in-house patent attorney at AGFA-Gevaert
• Andreas Gustafsson – Sweden; judge at the Patent and Market Court, Stockholm District Court
• Anna Hedberg – Sweden; judge at the Patent and Market Court, Stockholm District Court
• Stefanie Parchmann – Germany; patent attorney at Maiwald
• John Meidahl Petersen – Denmark; in-house patent attorney at Lundbeck
• Stefanie Philipps – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court (not chemistry)
• Laure Sarlin – France; patent attorney at Beau de Loménie
• Martin Schmidt – France/Germany; patent attorney as single practitioner and at IXAS Conseil
• Casper Struve – Denmark; patent attorney at Zacco (also technically qualified judge at the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court)
• Steen Wadskov-Hansen – Denmark; patent attorney at Budde Schou
• Carola Wagner – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court
• Erwin Wismeth – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court (and physics)

Electricity

• Pascal Attali – France; in-house patent attorney at Bose Corp
• Eric Augarde – France; patent attorney at Brevalex
• Bertrand Cochet – France; in-house patent attorney at Orange
• Torsten Duhme – Germany; patent attorney at Witte Weller (and physics)
• Alain Dumont – Belgium; technical judges at the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
• Guillaume Faget – France; examiner at the French IP Office (and physics)
• Hergen Kapels – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court (and physics)
• Christian Keller – Germany; German Patent and Trademark Office (and physics)
• Steven Richard Kitchen – Denmark; patent attorney at Copa (and physics)
• Dennis Kretschmann – Germany; patent attorney at Boehmert & Boehmert
• Addick A.G. Land – the Netherlands
• Klaus Loibner– Austria; examiner at the Austrian Patent Office (and physics)
• Udo Matter – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court (and physics)
• Johannes Mesa Pascasio – Austria; Austrian Patent Office (also part time judge at the Higher Regional Court Vienna; and physics)
• Christoph Norrenbrock – Germany; patent attorney at Pavant (and physics)
• Michael Quittkat – Germany; German Patent and Trademark Office
• Wiem Samoud – France; examiner at the French IP Office (and physics)
• Alessandro Sanchini – Italy; patent attorney at Modiano & Partners
• Alessandra Sani – Italy/Germany; examiner at the German Patent and Trademark Office (and physics)
• Andrea Scilletta – Italy; patent attorney at IP Sextant
• Anthony Soledade – France; examiner at the French IP Office (and physics)
• Jochen Thomas – Germany; German Patent and Trademark Office
• Simon Walker – Finland; in-house patent attorney at Nokia

Mechanical engineering

• Michel Abello – France; patent attorney at Loyer & Abello
• Graham Ashley – Germany/UK; former technical judge at the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
• Uwe Ausfelder – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court
• Marc van der Burg – the Netherlands; judge at the Court of Appeal The Hague
• Koen Callewaert – Belgium; patent attorney at Bureau Callewaert
• Giorgio Checcacci – Italy; patent attorney at Checcacci & Partner
• Paolo Ernesto Crippa – Italy; patent attorney at Jacobacci & Partner
• Claus Elmeros – Denmark; patent attorney at Plougmann Vingtoft (also technically qualified judge at the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court)
• Frédéric Gaillarde – France; patent attorney at Cabinet FGPI
• Nicolai Geier – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court (and physics)
• Merja Annikki Heikkinen-Keinänen – Finland; technical judge at the Market Court of Finland
• Bernard Christiaan Ledeboer – the Netherlands; patent attorney at V.O.
• Jeroen Meewisse – the Netherlands; examiner at the Dutch Patent Office
• Elisabetta Papa – Italy; patent attorney at Società Italiana Brevetti
• Kerstin Roselinger – Sweden; judge at the Patent and Market Court, Stockholm District Court
• Beate Schenk – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court
• Uwe Schwengelbeck – Germany; judge at the Federal Patent Court
• Max Tilmann – Germany; formerly patent attorney at König Szynka Tilmann von Renesse, now own firm
• Marie-Paule Vandeberg – Belgium; patent attorney at MPV Patent
• Patrice Vidon – France; patent attorney at Vidon
• Pascal Lucien Pierre Weber – France; former judge at the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
• Stefan Wilhelm – Germany; in-house patent attorney at 3M

Physics

• Christian Daniel – Germany; former examiner at the European Patent Office
• Michael Fleuchaus – Germany; patent attorney at Fleuchaus & Gallo
• Anders Hansson – Sweden; patent attorney at Kransell & Wennborg (also part time judge Patent and Market Court Stockholm)
• Dorothea Hofer – Germany; patent attorney at Prüfer & Partner
• Ulrike Keltsch – Germany; in-house patent attorney at Airbus
• Simon Stephan Michels – Germany; patent attorney at Stellbrink & Partner
• Gérard Myon – France; patent attorney at Lavoix
• Dörte Otten-Dünnweber – Germany; judge at German Federal Patent Court
• Lorenzo Parrini – Italy; in-house patent attorney at Philip Morris (also technical judge at the Swiss Federal Patent Court)
• Andrea Perronace – Italy; patent attorney at Jacobacci & Partners
• Patrik Rydman – Sweden; judge at the Swedish Patent and Market Court, Stockholm
• Christoph Dominik Schober – Germany; patent attorney at Flügel Preissner Schober Seidel
• Kristian Jauregui Urbahn – France; in-house patent attorney at Valeo