The Preparatory Committee announced last week that a new expert panel had been set up “on an informal basis and will advise the Chairman and his working group coordinators” (UPC website). This new panel is invited to share its expert knowledge on various different work streams. The Preparatory Committee Chairman is however eager to highlight in the news published on the UPC website that the experts’ work “will not in any way affect or impede the structure that is already in place on formal consultations or the decision-making function of the Preparatory Committee itself.”
The panel is made of 14 members representing lawyers, judges, patent attorneys, and business representatives from France, Germany, Italy, UK and the Netherlands. Their names can be found here.
The Expert Panel’s first meeting will be on 26 September 2014 in London.