Mr António CAMPINOS is Elected for New President of EPO

On the 153rd meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation, held in Munich on 10 October 2017 under the chairmanship of Mr Christoph ERNST (DE), elected Mr António CAMPINOS to succeed Mr Benoît BATTISTELLI as President of the European Patent Office (EPO). Mr CAMPINOS’ 5-year term will start on 1 July 2018.

A Portuguese national, Mr CAMPINOS is currently Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). He is also a former President of the Portuguese Patent Institute (INPI). In the latter function, he has been for many years the Portuguese representative on the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation.