Wim van der Eijk Vice-President a.i. DG5 European Patent Office (EPO) Munich

Mr. Wim van der Eijk is since 1 January 2009 acting Vice-President Legal and International Affairs and , since 1 March 2009, Principal Director European and International Affairs at the EPO. He started his career at the EPO in 2005 as Principal Director International Legal Affairs & Patent Law. Before joining the EPO he was manager of the Patent Division and chief legal officer of the Netherlands Patent Office. He also worked in the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands in a variety of legal posts. Mr. van der Eijk was chairman of the Patent Law Committee of the European Patent Organisation and chairman of a working group that drafted the European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA). He assisted as a honorary judge the District Court of The Hague in dealing with patent cases.