13 October 2021 // Focus 45 Webinar // Demo session on IT Cooperation with the EPO

View the first of our new webinar and podcast series "FICPI Focus 45", featuring Simon White of the European Patent Office in conversation with moderator Louis-Pierre Gravelle of IP firm Bereskin & Parr in Canada. 

Simon White is Director, IT Cooperation at the European Patent Office.

Programme Manager with senior level public and private sector experience. Leading, programming, financing, negotiating and monitoring projects at national and European level up to €1000 million. Programme and Project management from “setting the framework” to hands-on site leadership. Proven record of international coordination and coalition-building skills on diverse and controversial issues. Open, friendly problem-solving approach.

Simon has been with the EPO since June 2019; prior to that he was at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) for almost 8 years, latterly as Head of Service, European Cooperation.

Specialities: Programme management, public policy, Central Europe...

Louis-Pierre Gravelle is Partner at Bereskin & Parr in Canada and Vice President of FICPI's Professional Excellence Committee

Louis-Pierre Gravelle of Bereskin & Parr specialises in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications and providing patentability, validity, infringement and right to manufacture opinions in the fields of electricity, telecommunications, mechanical and information technology. He is a registered patent agent in Canada and in the United States (1998).

Louis-Pierre is involved in due diligence matters and managing patent portfolios. He is also involved in strategic counselling for start-ups, small, medium and large-sized businesses.

A member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Louis-Pierre was called to the Québec Bar in 1995. He is also a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ). Louis-Pierre Gravelle is past-chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) and past co-president of the Joint Liaison Committee – Patents between the Patent office and IPIC. He is a Councillor for FICPI Canada.

He is listed in the IAM Patents 1000, and has been since 2012. Louis-Pierre is often called upon to speak on a variety of IP-related topics, at local and international conferences and events.