Sam GranataSam Granata(1970) is a judge at the Court of Appeal Antwerp (Belgium), Benelux Court of Justice (Luxembourg), external member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO, member of the Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Rights to the Fedeal Belgian Ministry of Economy and member of the of the Conseil Benelux de la Propriété Intellectuelle. He was a member of the Legal Framework Group UPC (Subgroup 1: Rules of Procedures of the Court and Subgroup 6: Rules on Mediation and Arbitration). Throughout his academic and professional career, Sam has proven to have a strong interest in patent law. He obtained a Master in Law at the Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain, Belgium), a Master in Intellectual Property Law at Franklin Pierce Law Center (now University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, US) and a Master of Arts in Interactive Multimedia at the University of London (London, UK). In his previous professional life, Sam was a research fellow at the Center for Intellectual Property of the Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain, Belgium), worked as an attorney-at-law specialising in intellectual property law and mediator in Brussels and Antwerp (Belgium) and was judge at the Commercial Court of Antwerp dealing with patent cases. He is a frequent speaker at IP related events. Read More Read Less