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Caelia is recognised as one of the patent profession’s leading experts in contentious proceedings. IAM Patent 1000 describes her as “one of the finest European attorneys, a true credit to the profession”. Bringing 30 years’ experience in IP, Caelia specialises in complex, high-stakes contentious proceedings, including multi-jurisdictional cases, before the EPO and UP. Caelia’s physics degree and an award-winning doctorate from Oxford University provide a strong foundation for her passion, and expertise in a range of technical fields, particularly MedTech and healthcare. She works closely with CEOs, IP leaders, and investors, and is trusted for her strategic, commercially astute approach.

Caelia plays an active role in the wider profession. She is an elected Council Member of CIPA, a Chair of CIPA’s UPC Committee, Chair of its Professional Development Working Group, and is an Advisory Board Member for IP Inclusive. One of the founding members of the IP Ability Committee, Caelia champions inclusion with focus on neurodiversity, strengthened from both family, and profession contexts. She chairs Kilburn & Strode’s charity fund. In between IP, bringing up her family, and as much cycling as possible, she has run a small vineyard in Kent for several years.

Christopher is an experienced patent litigator, managing strategic, cross-border disputes around Europe and beyond, including oppositions and appeals before the European Patent Office as a legal practitioner and disputes before the Unified Patent Court as a UPC Representative. He has particular expertise in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices and telecommunications, and is well known for his work on the interface between IP, competition and regulatory law. Christopher also helps clients with other intellectual property, antitrust and pharmaceutical regulatory litigation, arbitration and mediation. He is a creative problem-solver who thinks laterally across the breadth of his practice and has been involved in patent disputes around the world.

Christopher is a Visiting Professor in Intellectual Property and Competition Law at University College London, where he has supervised doctoral students on patent and FRAND issues with Professor Sir Robin Jacob and Matt Fisher. He published the leading textbook “Parallel Trade in Europe: Intellectual Property. Competition and Regulatory Law”. He is also committed to pro bono matters, having taken cases and interventions involving (trans) gender, disability rights and human trafficking through the Tribunal system and up to the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, European Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights.

Ronny Thomas is the Presiding Judge of Panel 1 at the UPC Local Division in Düsseldorf. In this role, he has been involved in numerous landmark decisions of the UPC, including, Fujifilm v Kodak and Dolby v Beko. Furthermore, in his capacity as a Presiding Judge, he has played a key role in shaping UPC case law on orders for inspection and the preservation of evidence. The Düsseldorf Local Division has handed down a series of landmark rulings in this area. The same applies to the ordering of provisional measures, particularly with regard to trade fairs and the pharmaceutical sector.

Additionally, Ronny Thomas was a member of the UPC’s first Presidium, playing a key role in establishing the UPC’s organisational framework.

Prior to joining the UPC, he was a member of one of the panels dealing with patent law at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court for many years, most recently serving as Deputy Presiding Judge.

He is a regular speaker at conferences, where he discusses the latest developments in European patent law and at the UPC. He is also the co-author of several publications on UPC matters.

European Patent Attorney, Technically-Qualified Judge at the Unified Patent Court (Mechanics).

Elisabetta holds a Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Biomechanics.

She is V.P. of the Ordine dei Consulenti in P.I. (the Italian Institute of IP Consultants).

Elisabetta is enrolled with the Register of Court-Appointed Experts on Industrial Property of the Court of Rome.

Elisabetta teaches European Patent practice and strategies in courses leading up to European Patent Attorney qualification exams organised by the Centre d’Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Industrielle (R. Schuman University, Strasbourg) and in course leading to the European litigation certificate.

Recognitions

Managing Intellectual Property IP Star Italy 2014-2025.

Managing Intellectual Property Top 250 Women in IP 2020-2025.

Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2014-2023.

Before his appointment as judge, Samuel Granata was an IP-lawyer/mediator and university assistant at the Catholic University of Law (Louvain, Belgium).

Before being appointed as full time legally qualified judge at the UPC, Samuel acted as a judge on a national (Court of Appeal Antwerp/Belgium – IP and Distribution Law Chamber) and international level (Benelux Court of Justice). Further, Samuel acted as President of the Disciplinary Board of the Institute of Belgian Patent Agents.

He was an external legal member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EPO) between 2012 and 2023 and was a member of “EU Commission Expert Group on Licensing and Valuation of Standard Essential Patents” between 2018 and 2020.

Samuel is a member of the Conseil Benelux de la Propriété Intellectuelle, a permanent member of the Belgian Federal Advisory Board for Intellectual Property (industrial property section) and sits in the editorial board of an IP journal (IRDI – KLUWER).

He is a frequent speaker at legal events and wrote a number of articles in the IP field.

Hon. Paolo Catallozzi is currently a judge at the Supreme Court of Italy, assigned to the first civil chamber, and ordinarily deals with cases in the field of intellectual property and competition law, as well as banking, corporate and bankruptcy law.

Paolo has been appointed as legally qualified judge of Unified Patent Court, assigned to the Court of Appeal of Luxembourg.

Previously he has been a judge at the Enterprise Court of First Instance of Rome, where he dealt with intellectual property and competition law proceedings, as well as with other business law cases, and, earlier, at other district courts where he primary dealt with civil law proceedings; he also had a stint at legislative offices of Italian ministries (Cabinet of ministers) where he cooperated in government activities.

Paolo has been a member of Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office from 2021 to 2023.

He regularly cooperates with Italian School of Magistrates, ERA, EJTN and European Commission on judicial training programs.

Paolo has been a teacher at post graduated law schools, has several publications on intellectual property and enterprise law and has been a speaker at many conferences on those subjects, in Italy and abroad.

He is a regular participant at judges’ forums organized by World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and European Patent Office (EPO).

He is a member of the Circle of European Trademark Judges and of the Association of European Competition Law Judges.

Member of the Amsterdam bar and the bar of the Supreme Court of The Netherlands.

Co-founder of HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER.

50 plus years of international patent litigation experience.

Emeritus professor of IP law Tilburg University.

Member of the Drafting Committee of the UPC Rules of Procedure.

Since 2022 Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the UPC.

Prof. Hoyng publishes each week on Monday on his “Unfiltered” all decisions with his comments which are published during the previous week. On Tuesday a podcast is published with his comments. Since the start of the UPC he has commented more than 1200 decisions.
He is counsel at HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER.

Agathe represents clients in major UPC litigation as well as cross-border patent litigation. A UPC representative admitted to the German and French bars, she has litigated patents in France, the UK, and Germany, and has represented clients in EPO oppositions for over ten years. Drawing on that experience, Agathe understands the practicalities of a successful litigation strategy when it involves judges coming from multiple countries which is key at the UPC. She’s been leading cases from day 1 at the UPC and has experience in both LDs and CDs as well as at the Court of Appeal. Agathe is a partner in the Dispute Resolution practice group at Carpmaels.

Eden is an associate in the patent litigation team at Bristows. He has particular experience of UPC advocacy, including appearances before the Hague Local Division, the Paris Local Division and the UPC Court of Appeal. Before moving into litigation, he trained and qualified as a patent attorney in both Europe and the UK, and now draws on that background in contentious work before the English courts and the UPC.

His contentious practice focuses on high-tech patent disputes, with experience spanning telecommunications, medical devices, molecular diagnostics and AI.

Eden writes regularly on patent cases in the UK, EPO and UPC on behalf of CIPA, Kluwer and EPLAW, and is active in the wider profession through CIPA and the IP Federation, including involvement in organising the inaugural CIPA UPC Conference.

Mathias Karlhuber is an IP expert with more than 25 years of experience in the field of medical devices, electronic programme guides (EPGs), software and data security, semiconductor lithography systems, micromechanics, railway technology, crash safety, aerodynamics and general mechanical engineering. Studying in Munich, Hamburg and Chicago, Mathias obtained a masters degree in mechanical engineering in 1995 before qualifying as a German and European patent attorney in 1999. As an equity partner of COHAUSZ & FLORACK, Mathias is primarily concerned with obtaining, attacking and defending IP rights in these areas, strategic counseling and portfolio development. Mathias particularly specialises in patent opposition and nullity procedures.

Conor is an Associate with 9 years’ experience in Dehns’ Tech, Software, and Engineering (TSE) department. With a background in physics, Conor advises clients in a range of fields such as aeronautics, green tech, and medical devices.

In the UPC, Conor has defended clients in several actions at several Divisions, including the first action to be heard at the Paris CD, Bitzer v Carrier. Conor’s experience has enabled him to give up-to-date practical advice to clients and colleagues.

In addition to their case work, Conor is a regular contributor to the CIPA Journal on UPC case law developments. Conor has also given several talks and presentations on aspects of the UPC, written for Landslide, the American Bar Association’s trade magazine, and received a Highly Commended Award from AIPPI.

Richard Davis KC has over 20 years’ experience litigating before the English Patents Court as well as oppositions and appeals before the EPO and is equally familiar with both jurisdictions. In March 2025 he became the first UK barrister to appear before the Unified Patent Court.

Richard’s practice encompasses a diverse range of technologies. He has particular expertise in the electronics / telecommunications sector having advised many of the major players in the field such as LG Electronics, Samsung, Nokia, Motorola and Symbian. Although by training an electrical engineer, he is active in the pharmaceutical sector including SPCs. He acted for the Secretary of State for Health in the ground breaking second medical indication litigation concerning pregabalin.

Before commencing practice at the Bar, Richard qualified as a European Patent Attorney and this dual qualification has resulted in him appearing frequently before the European Patent Office often in cases of concurrent UK litigation. He has audience rights before the Unified Patents Court.

Richard is equally at home with the other intellectual property rights and has carved a niche in designs and ‘difficult’ copyright cases including Temple Island v New English Teas (the red bus case). He is one of the few counsel to have appeared before the CJEU on a designs matter and one of the very few to have appeared before the UK Registered Designs Appeal Tribunal (as it then was). He has been involved in a number of cases which have pushed the boundaries of what it protectable under the law of copyright and database rights.

Richard was one of the inaugural tutors at Nottingham Law School on its LLM in Advanced IP litigation and has been a visiting lecturer of CEIPI on the European patent litigation diploma. He is currently one of the two General Editors of the CIPA Guide to the Patents Acts (the Black Book).

In 2019 Richard was appointed as a criminal Recorder giving him a very different and judicial insight into the conduct of proceedings. He has presided over jury trials involving including inflicting grievous bodily harm, child cruelty, aggravated arson and burglary.

Richard spends much of his spare time flying his ‘home-build’ aeroplane which first took to the skies in 2020.

Ronny Thomas is the Presiding Judge of Panel 1 at the UPC Local Division in Düsseldorf. In this role, he has been involved in numerous landmark decisions of the UPC, including, Fujifilm v Kodak and Dolby v Beko. Furthermore, in his capacity as a Presiding Judge, he has played a key role in shaping UPC case law on orders for inspection and the preservation of evidence. The Düsseldorf Local Division has handed down a series of landmark rulings in this area. The same applies to the ordering of provisional measures, particularly with regard to trade fairs and the pharmaceutical sector.

Additionally, Ronny Thomas was a member of the UPC’s first Presidium, playing a key role in establishing the UPC’s organisational framework.

Prior to joining the UPC, he was a member of one of the panels dealing with patent law at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court for many years, most recently serving as Deputy Presiding Judge.

He is a regular speaker at conferences, where he discusses the latest developments in European patent law and at the UPC. He is also the co-author of several publications on UPC matters.

European Patent Attorney, Technically-Qualified Judge at the Unified Patent Court (Mechanics).

Elisabetta holds a Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Biomechanics.

She is V.P. of the Ordine dei Consulenti in P.I. (the Italian Institute of IP Consultants).

Elisabetta is enrolled with the Register of Court-Appointed Experts on Industrial Property of the Court of Rome.

Elisabetta teaches European Patent practice and strategies in courses leading up to European Patent Attorney qualification exams organised by the Centre d’Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Industrielle (R. Schuman University, Strasbourg) and in course leading to the European litigation certificate.

Recognitions

Managing Intellectual Property IP Star Italy 2014-2025.

Managing Intellectual Property Top 250 Women in IP 2020-2025.

Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2014-2023.

Before his appointment as judge, Samuel Granata was an IP-lawyer/mediator and university assistant at the Catholic University of Law (Louvain, Belgium).

Before being appointed as full time legally qualified judge at the UPC, Samuel acted as a judge on a national (Court of Appeal Antwerp/Belgium – IP and Distribution Law Chamber) and international level (Benelux Court of Justice). Further, Samuel acted as President of the Disciplinary Board of the Institute of Belgian Patent Agents.

He was an external legal member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EPO) between 2012 and 2023 and was a member of “EU Commission Expert Group on Licensing and Valuation of Standard Essential Patents” between 2018 and 2020.

Samuel is a member of the Conseil Benelux de la Propriété Intellectuelle, a permanent member of the Belgian Federal Advisory Board for Intellectual Property (industrial property section) and sits in the editorial board of an IP journal (IRDI – KLUWER).

He is a frequent speaker at legal events and wrote a number of articles in the IP field.

Hon. Paolo Catallozzi is currently a judge at the Supreme Court of Italy, assigned to the first civil chamber, and ordinarily deals with cases in the field of intellectual property and competition law, as well as banking, corporate and bankruptcy law.

Paolo has been appointed as legally qualified judge of Unified Patent Court, assigned to the Court of Appeal of Luxembourg.

Previously he has been a judge at the Enterprise Court of First Instance of Rome, where he dealt with intellectual property and competition law proceedings, as well as with other business law cases, and, earlier, at other district courts where he primary dealt with civil law proceedings; he also had a stint at legislative offices of Italian ministries (Cabinet of ministers) where he cooperated in government activities.

Paolo has been a member of Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office from 2021 to 2023.

He regularly cooperates with Italian School of Magistrates, ERA, EJTN and European Commission on judicial training programs.

Paolo has been a teacher at post graduated law schools, has several publications on intellectual property and enterprise law and has been a speaker at many conferences on those subjects, in Italy and abroad.

He is a regular participant at judges’ forums organized by World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and European Patent Office (EPO).

He is a member of the Circle of European Trademark Judges and of the Association of European Competition Law Judges.

Alex Wilson is a founding partner of Powell Gilbert www.powellgilbert.com, a specialist European IP law firm with offices in London, Dusseldorf, and Dublin.

He is a UK Solicitor Advocate, Irish Solicitor and UPC Representative. He guides clients from a wide range of industries on strategies for exploiting and enforcing of patents in national and UPC courts across Europe as well other major markets. He has handled a number of the leading SEP cases in the UPC and is on the PMAC FRAND Guidelines Working Group.

He is joint editor of an international commentary: Unified Patent Court Procedure, Beck 2025 and was actively involved in teaching legal and technical Judges for the Court. Alex is a Vice President of the European Patent Lawyers’ Association (EPLAW) and chairs its Japan and Korea Outreach and ADR committees.

Dr Clemens-August Heusch LL.M is VP and Head of Global Litigation and Disputes at Nokia, responsible for arbitration, mediation and multi-national litigation.

Registered at the Cologne Bar and a certified IP lawyer, Clemens studied at the Universities of Freiburg, Bonn and Cologne, Germany and Maastricht, Netherlands. He joined Nokia in 2008 from Bird & Bird LLP.

Both a patent attorney and a solicitor, Andrew is head of the UK litigation team at EIP and has been responsible for litigation ranging from IPEC to the Supreme Court, and the co-ordination of multi-national litigation campaigns. In particular, he is an expert on the complexities of FRAND, having represented clients in the leading UK FRAND cases, including Unwired Planet and PanOptis v Apple, as well as advising clients on their European and international FRAND strategies.

Matt Dixon is the Immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) and Executive Chair at Beck Greener LLP.

Passionate about building motivated teams backed by efficient systems to grow successful businesses, Matt has held significant leadership positions in several notable UK patent and trade mark firms. For over 15 years, he has been a prominent member of the Council of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, the UK’s largest membership organisation in the field of intellectual property, serving as CIPA’s elected President in 2024. On behalf of CIPA he has actively promoted the capability of UK patent attorneys to represent before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and has provided evidence to UK Government regarding support for innovative SME businesses.

Matt’s technical expertise covers the broad fields of physics, engineering, electronics and software, working with companies in sectors as diverse as medical devices, wind turbines, robotic vehicles, online gambling, telecommunications security and air conditioning systems. In addition to providing commercially focused IP strategy advice, he has also represented major multi-national corporations in multi-party Opposition and Appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office, particularly in the field of medical devices, such as absorbent products, negative pressure wound therapy, auto-injectors and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy. Recently, Matt has represented clients before the Central Division of the UPC in Paris.

Prior to joining Beck Greener, Matt worked Of Counsel for an Aberdeen-based start-up patent practice, supporting the founder with the growth of the business. He has led the London office and the Engineering team of one of the UK’s largest IP firms. He founded the London office of a new IP practice with an innovative business model based entirely on fixed fees. He trained and qualified at one of the UK’s most respected patent and trade mark practices, becoming a partner in that firm’s Munich office.

Chloe is a UK and European Patent Attorney and UPC representative at Mewburn Ellis LLP, specialising in medical devices and energy storage, with particular expertise in opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office and in supporting litigation before the UPC and UK courts.

She works at the interface of chemistry, materials science and engineering, advising multinational clients on European patent strategy across technologies including surgical devices, glucose monitoring systems and batteries.

Chloe’s current role includes representing clients at the EPO, including in opposition matters with co-pending UPC litigation, and representing clients at the UPC alongside patent litigator specialists. She has supported cases before the UPC involving technologies such as sugar processing and continuous glucose monitoring systems and has experience handling expert evidence in that forum. Her broader contentious work informs her strategic approach to both disputes and portfolio management.

Chloe serves on the Women in IP Careers Guidance committee and is the editor of the European Patents Handbook Chapter on the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal.

Conor is an Associate with 9 years’ experience in Dehns’ Tech, Software, and Engineering (TSE) department. With a background in physics, Conor advises clients in a range of fields such as aeronautics, green tech, and medical devices.

In the UPC, Conor has defended clients in several actions at several Divisions, including the first action to be heard at the Paris CD, Bitzer v Carrier. Conor’s experience has enabled him to give up-to-date practical advice to clients and colleagues.

In addition to their case work, Conor is a regular contributor to the CIPA Journal on UPC case law developments. Conor has also given several talks and presentations on aspects of the UPC, written for Landslide, the American Bar Association’s trade magazine, and received a Highly Commended Award from AIPPI.

Rob is a Chartered and European Patent Attorney. He is a Patent Attorney Litigator, having acted before IPEC and the Patents Court, and a UPC Representative.

Rob formed and chairs CIPA’s UPC Committee, and has appeared before the UPC, including the Oral Hearing of the first case to be filed at the Paris Central Division, and before its Court of Appeal. Rob’s background is in physics and he is also experienced in patent prosecution and contentious matters before both the IPO and EPO.