Carl Josefsson (judge)

Carl Josefsson (born 1965[1]) is a former Swedish Judge at the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm, and currently President of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO), a new position created within the EPO.[2][3][4][1] He took up his new position on 1 March 2017 for a period of five years.[3][4] As President of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO, Josefsson also acts as President of the Enlarged Board of Appeal.[2]

Josefsson was appointed judge at the Svea Court of Appeal in 2013.[5] From 1998 to 2013, he worked at the Swedish Ministry of Justice.[5]

See also

References
  1. Schulze, Christina (26 July 2019). ""We have a challenge with the case backlog at the Boards of Appeal"". JUVE. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. Klos, Mathieu (15 December 2016). "Europäisches Patentamt: Präsident der Beschwerdekammern steht fest" [European Patent Office: The President of the Boards of Appeal has been named]. JUVE (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  3. "Carl Josefsson appointed President of the EPO's Boards of Appeal". European Patent Office. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  4. "First Boards of Appeal President takes up his post". European Patent Office. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. Wahlberg, Stefan (16 December 2016). "Svenskt hovrättsråd blir president för den europeiska "besvärskammaren" för patent" [Swedish appeal judge becomes president of the European "Boards of Appeal" for patents]. Dagens Juridik (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 December 2016.
Positions in intergovernmental organisations
Preceded by
Gunnar Eliasson (as acting Vice-President of the EPO, head of the DG 3 (Appeals))		 President of the EPO Boards of Appeal (BoA)
March 1, 2017–present		 Incumbent
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