Peter Messerli was Vice-President of the European Patent Office (EPO) and head of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO known as DG3 (Directorate-General, 3, Appeals) from 1996 until his retirement at the end of November 2011.
He was head of the Patent Division at the Swiss Federal Institute for Intellectual Property before joining the EPO.
Publications
- Peter Messerli, Resolving the conflict between discovery in American courts and the protection of secrecy under the laws of Switzerland, May 1, 1985, OCLC 22672046
References
- "Wim Van der Eijk appointed Vice-President of the EPO". News. European Patent Office. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
Further reading
- Managing IP honours Peter Messerli, EPO web site, 7 April 2011. Consulted on April 22, 2011.
- Röttger, Michelle (December 10, 2010). "Porträt Peter Messerli, Der Mann, der den Brokkoli vor Patentjägern schützte" [Portrait Peter Messerli, The man, who protected the broccoli from the patent hunters]. Financial Times Deutschland (in German). Hamburg. Archived from the original on December 11, 2010. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
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| Preceded byPaolo Gori | Vice-President of the European Patent Office, head of the DG 3 (Appeals) 1996-2011 |
Succeeded byWim van der Eijk |
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