Presidential candidates set out their vision for the EPO
01 October 2009
The four candidates contesting the election for EPO president this month tell Emma Barraclough why they are the right person for the job
Alison Brimelow's decision not to stand for re-election as president of the EPO when her term expires at the end of June next year opened the race for her successor. Four candidates will stand – all of them are the heads of their respective national IP offices and have the support of their governments.
The candidates will be heard by the Administrative Council at its meeting this month. The successful candidate requires a majority of three-quarters of the votes cast in the Council.
Once elected, the new president will take office for a period of five years. The UK's Brimelow and her French predecessor Alain Pompidou each served a term of three years in a deal that was regarded by many as a necessary but unsatisfactory compromise after member states failed to agree on one candidate for the EPO job.
Roland Grossenbacher
Director, Federal Institute for Intellectual Property, Switzerland
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