15 May 2018Patents

A man of the people: can Campinos revitalise the EPO?

Benoît Battistelli’s reign at the helm of the European Patent Office (EPO) has, at times, been beleaguered by low staff morale. Does new president Antonio Campinos have what it takes to galvanise the office? That’s the question on the minds of patent attorneys across Europe.

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