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18 November 2020Patents

EUIPO appoints João Negrão as Boards of Appeal president

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has named João Negrão as the incoming president of the EUIPO Boards of Appeal, effective from April 1, 2021.

The decision of the Council of the European Union to appoint Negrão, dated November 10, was published on Monday, November 16.

Negrão, who is Portuguese, is currently the director of the EUIPO’s international cooperation and legal affairs department. He has held this position since 2011. For a year prior to this, he headed up the president’s cabinet at the EUIPO.

Under Negrão’s direction, the EUIPO expanded its cooperation with the national and regional IP offices in the EU. During this period, the EUIPO also created the EU IP network and invested in more advanced IT tools to modernise the EU’s IP landscape.

Additionally, Negrão led the EUIPO’s creation of the convergence programme, which seeks to harmonise practices at EU level, and he oversaw the expansion of the EUIPO’s international cooperation activities.

Before joining the EUIPO, Negrão served as director of international relations, legal affairs and promotion of innovation at the Portuguese Office of Intellectual Property (INPI).

Negrão succeeds Greek national Théophile Margellos, who was appointed to the position in 2013.

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