We are pleased to announce that Petter Rindforth LLM, Member of FICPI’s Study & Work Committee and Managing partner at Fenix Legal in Sweden has been appointed to EUIPO’s Working Group 4 Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB): Criteria for suitability of cases for Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) as FICPI’s representative.The initiative is part of EUIPO’s Boards of Appeal Action Plan striving towards the implementation of a renewed Vision for the BoA as a high-quality, effective, efficient, coherent, and modern Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution Body.
The first meeting of the new Working Group will take place on 1 March 2022.
Get involved
Petter is actively seeking feedback from FICPI members on the draft “Checklist criteria for identifying cases more favourable for mediation” – click here to view the document, and please send your thoughts to Petter via email ([email protected]) by 25th February 2022.
FICPI’s view and involvement
FICPI uniquely combines education and advocacy on topics around patents and trade marks with a dual focus on legal and professional excellence.
If you'd like to find out more about FICPI's Study & Work Committees in areas from patents to designs and litigation, visit: https://ficpi.org/organisation/committees/studyandworkcommittee