Peter Messerli

Peter Messerli is the current 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) since 1996. He will retire at the end of November 2011.^[1]

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

1. ^ "Wim Van der Eijk appointed Vice-President of the EPO". News. European Patent Office. 9 November 2011. http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2011/20111109a.html. Retrieved 17 November 2011. 

Further reading

• Managing IP honours Peter Messerli, EPO web site, 7 April 2011. Consulted on April 22, 2011.

Preceded by Paolo Gori

Vice-President of the European Patent Office, head of the DG 3 (Appeals) 1996-2011

Succeeded by Wim Van der Eijk (as from December 1, 2011)

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