The UPC is an international organisation with the following governing bodies: the Administrative Committee, the Budget Committee and the Advisory Committee. The Administrative Committee, amongst other things, adopts the secondary legislation of the Court;amends inter alia the Rules of Procedure of the Court, the Financial Regulations, and the court fees;appoints the judges.The Administrative Committee comprises as members representatives from each state in which the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) is in force as well as observers, including the European Commission. A list of all the representatives can be found below.Each state that is a member of the Committee has one vote. The Administrative Committee generally adopts its decisions by a majority of three quarters of the states represented and voting.A chairperson is elected from amongst the members for a renewable term of three years. The Chairperson of the Administrative Committee is currently Mr Johannes Karcher (DE) and the Deputy Chairperson is Mr Paul van Beukering (NL).The Administrative Committee has its own Rules of Procedure. COMPOSITION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE Chairperson/ Deputy Chairperson Chairperson:Mr Johannes Karcher (DE)Deputy Chairperson:Mr Paul van Beukering (NL) Administrative Committee Representatives AT: AustriaMember:Ms Raphaela TiefenbacherBE: BelgiumMember:Mr Geoffrey BailleuxAlternate memberMr Gunther AelbrechtBG: BulgariaMember:Ms Vladia BorissovaAlternate memberMs Iveta IstiliyanovaDK: DenmarkMember:Ms Laila LindemarkAlternate memberMr Asbjørn Hæstrup HansenEE: EstoniaMember:Mr Margus ViherFI: FinlandMember:Mr Antti LeinonenAlternate memberMs Maija LönnqvistFR: FranceMember:Mr Max BrunnerAlternate memberMs Indira Lemont-SpireDE: GermanyMember:Mr Christian WichardAlternate memberMr Johannes KarcherIT: ItalyMember:Mr Sem FabriziAlternate memberMr Tommaso AndriaLU: LuxembourgMember:Mr Jean OlingerAlternate memberMr Nicola SchreinerNL: NetherlandsMember:Mr Paul van BeukeringAlternate memberMr Thijs van den HeuvelSI: SloveniaMember:Ms Daša Vidmar MikšićAlternate memberMs Tanja TrtnikSE: SwedenMember:Ms Louise Petrelius Observer Member States Czech Republic (CZ)Hungary (HU)Ireland (IE)Latvia (LV)Lithuania (LT)Poland (PL)Portugal (PT)Slovakia (SK)Spain (ES) Other participants Unified Patent Court:President of the Court of Appeal and President of the Court of First Instance, assisted by other members of the Presidium and by officials and staff of the Unified Patent Court.Chairperson of the Budget Committee:Mr Bruno Leboullenger (FR)Chairperson of the Advisory Committee:Mr Willem Hoyng Observer intergovernmental organisations European Commission;European Patent Office; Observer user organisations European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW);European Patent Litigators Association (EPLIT);The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi) ;BusinessEurope.
The UPC is an international organisation with the following governing bodies: the Administrative Committee, the Budget Committee and the Advisory Committee. The Administrative Committee, amongst other things, adopts the secondary legislation of the Court;amends inter alia the Rules of Procedure of the Court, the Financial Regulations, and the court fees;appoints the judges.The Administrative Committee comprises as members representatives from each state in which the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) is in force as well as observers, including the European Commission. A list of all the representatives can be found below.Each state that is a member of the Committee has one vote. The Administrative Committee generally adopts its decisions by a majority of three quarters of the states represented and voting.A chairperson is elected from amongst the members for a renewable term of three years. The Chairperson of the Administrative Committee is currently Mr Johannes Karcher (DE) and the Deputy Chairperson is Mr Paul van Beukering (NL).The Administrative Committee has its own Rules of Procedure. COMPOSITION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE Chairperson/ Deputy Chairperson Chairperson:Mr Johannes Karcher (DE)Deputy Chairperson:Mr Paul van Beukering (NL) Administrative Committee Representatives AT: AustriaMember:Ms Raphaela TiefenbacherBE: BelgiumMember:Mr Geoffrey BailleuxAlternate memberMr Gunther AelbrechtBG: BulgariaMember:Ms Vladia BorissovaAlternate memberMs Iveta IstiliyanovaDK: DenmarkMember:Ms Laila LindemarkAlternate memberMr Asbjørn Hæstrup HansenEE: EstoniaMember:Mr Margus ViherFI: FinlandMember:Mr Antti LeinonenAlternate memberMs Maija LönnqvistFR: FranceMember:Mr Max BrunnerAlternate memberMs Indira Lemont-SpireDE: GermanyMember:Mr Christian WichardAlternate memberMr Johannes KarcherIT: ItalyMember:Mr Sem FabriziAlternate memberMr Tommaso AndriaLU: LuxembourgMember:Mr Jean OlingerAlternate memberMr Nicola SchreinerNL: NetherlandsMember:Mr Paul van BeukeringAlternate memberMr Thijs van den HeuvelSI: SloveniaMember:Ms Daša Vidmar MikšićAlternate memberMs Tanja TrtnikSE: SwedenMember:Ms Louise Petrelius Observer Member States Czech Republic (CZ)Hungary (HU)Ireland (IE)Latvia (LV)Lithuania (LT)Poland (PL)Portugal (PT)Slovakia (SK)Spain (ES) Other participants Unified Patent Court:President of the Court of Appeal and President of the Court of First Instance, assisted by other members of the Presidium and by officials and staff of the Unified Patent Court.Chairperson of the Budget Committee:Mr Bruno Leboullenger (FR)Chairperson of the Advisory Committee:Mr Willem Hoyng Observer intergovernmental organisations European Commission;European Patent Office; Observer user organisations European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW);European Patent Litigators Association (EPLIT);The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi) ;BusinessEurope.
The UPC is an international organisation with the following governing bodies: the Administrative Committee, the Budget Committee and the Advisory Committee. The Administrative Committee, amongst other things, adopts the secondary legislation of the Court;amends inter alia the Rules of Procedure of the Court, the Financial Regulations, and the court fees;appoints the judges.The Administrative Committee comprises as members representatives from each state in which the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) is in force as well as observers, including the European Commission. A list of all the representatives can be found below.Each state that is a member of the Committee has one vote. The Administrative Committee generally adopts its decisions by a majority of three quarters of the states represented and voting.A chairperson is elected from amongst the members for a renewable term of three years. The Chairperson of the Administrative Committee is currently Mr Johannes Karcher (DE) and the Deputy Chairperson is Mr Paul van Beukering (NL).The Administrative Committee has its own Rules of Procedure.