- Benoît Battistelli
Benoît Battistelli is a
French civil servant and current head [ More precisely, "directeur général", i.e.chief executive officer . ] of theFrench National Intellectual Property Institute (INPI, standing for "Institut national de la propriété industrielle" in French), the French nationalintellectual property office , in charge ofpatent s,trademark s andindustrial design rights . [ fr icon INPI web site, [http://www.inpi.fr/fr/l-inpi/qui-sommes-nous/notre-organisation/le-conseil-d-administration.html "Le Conseil d'administration"] . Consulted on March 23, 2008. ] He has held this post since May 12, 2004. [ [http://www.managingip.com/Article/1325762/France-names-new-patent-office-chief.html "France names new patent office chief"] ,Managing Intellectual Property , Weekly News, May 2004. Consulted on March 23, 2008. ] fr icon "Les forums du financement et de l’Innovation" web site, [http://www.forum-financement.com/paris/popup_partenaires.php3?id_article=344 "Benoît Batistelli"] . Consulted on March 23, 2008. ] He is also current deputy chairman of theAdministrative Council of the European Patent Organisation . [ European Patent Office (EPO) web site, [http://www.epo.org/about-us/epo/administrative-council/composition.html "Administrative Council, Composition"] . Consulted on March 23, 2008. ] He was elected to this post on December 5, 2006 for a three-year term. [ fr icon, INPI web site, [http://www.inpi.fr/fr/presse/espace-presse/communiques-de-presse/detail-communique/article/benoit-battistelli-directeur-general-de-linpi-est-elu-vice-president-du-conseil-dadministra.html?tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1136070000&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=31535999&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2016&cHash=1907a2dfdd "Benoît Battistelli, Directeur général de l'INPI, est élu vice-président du conseil d'administration de l'Office européen des brevets (OEB)] , Communiqués de presse (Press release), December 6, 2006. Consulted on March 23, 2008. ]He graduated from the "
École Nationale d'Administration " (ÉNA). Before holding the post of director of the French National Intellectual Property Institute (INPI), he was assistant director of staff ofNicole Fontaine .In 2008, he had been named as one of the potential candidates to succeed
Kamil Idris to lead theWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). [ Eklavya Gupte, [http://www.managingip.com/Article/1852796/Race-to-succeed-Idris-underway.html "Race to succeed Idris underway"] ,Managing Intellectual Property , January 11, 2008. Consulted on March 23, 2008. ]References and notes
External links
* [http://www.whoswho.fr/biographie-BATTISTELLI-Beno%EEt_320291.html Benoît Battistelli] at Who's Who in France
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/cluster/news/official/tag/Beno%C3%AEt/video/x3nm3x_benoit-battistelli_news Interview] (dailymotion.com) (JoCIF)
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