Advising on legal issues related to trade policy in the trade department of the European Commission

Working on Intellectual Property Rights protection in the widest sense in China for European right holders.

Dealing with market access for pharmaceutical products, medical devices, cosmetics, and agricultural products, as well as customs cooperation. www.eu-in-china.com

Dealing with intellectual property issues in EU trade relations. Focusing on the pharmaceutical and ICT sector.Currently working on free trade agreements with Canada, India and Thailand.

Ensuring no State aid distorting competition is granted in the area of energy and environment. Drafting new Guidelines identifying where aid can be given to improve the quality of the environment. Under the current 2008 rules public funds can for example support sustainable development by financing renewable energy. Developments in policy and technology impacted on the market requiring rethinking the rules. Several changes occurred. New policy such as the EU 2020 strategy and… Show more Ensuring no State aid distorting competition is granted in the area of energy and environment. Drafting new Guidelines identifying where aid can be given to improve the quality of the environment. Under the current 2008 rules public funds can for example support sustainable development by financing renewable energy. Developments in policy and technology impacted on the market requiring rethinking the rules. Several changes occurred. New policy such as the EU 2020 strategy and resource-efficient Europe initiative changed market conditions. Renewables underwent technological and market developments. We will propose revised draft guidelines in 2013. As a first step a public consultation on the Guidelines was launched this is available at:http://ec.europa.eu/competition/consultations/2012_state_aid_environment/index_en.html Show less

Working on horizontal issues in Antitrust and Merger Cases, ensuring a consistent approach across different antitrust cases. I am specialised in dealing with intellectual property rights under competition law. I consult for example on cases in the Internet and ICT industries and in the pharmaceutical sector.I also advise in merger cases such as Cisco/Tandberg (M.5669) and Intel/Mc Afee (M.5984) on issues related to intellectual property rights. For more information on these… Show more Working on horizontal issues in Antitrust and Merger Cases, ensuring a consistent approach across different antitrust cases. I am specialised in dealing with intellectual property rights under competition law. I consult for example on cases in the Internet and ICT industries and in the pharmaceutical sector.I also advise in merger cases such as Cisco/Tandberg (M.5669) and Intel/Mc Afee (M.5984) on issues related to intellectual property rights. For more information on these cases see: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/ I also follow standard-setting issues with regards to intellectual property rights. I worked on redrafting the European Guidelines on intellectual property rights and standard setting. http://ec.europa.eu/competition/antitrust/legislation/horizontal.html. See also my article on standard setting and IPR at http://ec.europa.eu/competition/publications/cpn/2007_3_36.pdf Show less

Handling cases in the ICT sector, such as the Rambus "patent ambush" case http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/antitrust/cases. See also my article at http://ec.europa.eu/competition/publications/cpn/2010_1_11.pdfFollowing standard-setting issues, with regards to intellectual property rights, and especially working on the revision of the European Commission's Guidelines on standardisation.

In the Enterprise Department I worked on Innovation Policy Development, focusing on improving IPR-knowledge and usage by businesses. I supported for example programmes to raise awareness of the contribution design can make to innovation. See Http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/policy/intellectual-property/index_en.htm I also supported public authorities in stimulating innovation. For this purpose I wrote the Commission's "Guide on dealing with innovative solutions in… Show more In the Enterprise Department I worked on Innovation Policy Development, focusing on improving IPR-knowledge and usage by businesses. I supported for example programmes to raise awareness of the contribution design can make to innovation. See Http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/policy/intellectual-property/index_en.htm I also supported public authorities in stimulating innovation. For this purpose I wrote the Commission's "Guide on dealing with innovative solutions in public procurement." The Guide outlines how public purchasers can become “intelligent customers”, who plan what to buy, how to buy it and who will buy it. In this way demand for innovation can be stimulated, while allowing public authorities to acquire higher quality products and services. The Guide is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/invest-in-research/policy/pub_procurement_en.htm Show less

Writing position papers and press releases and advocating the viewpoints of the Global Entertainment Retailers Association-Europe (www.gera-europe.org) with the music industry, the Commission and the European Parliament. Set up a campaign with the rest of the music industry to realise a reduction of VAT on CDs and developed the association by bringing in new members. Set up the Global Video Association of video rentailers and wrote position papers and press releases in the field… Show more Writing position papers and press releases and advocating the viewpoints of the Global Entertainment Retailers Association-Europe (www.gera-europe.org) with the music industry, the Commission and the European Parliament. Set up a campaign with the rest of the music industry to realise a reduction of VAT on CDs and developed the association by bringing in new members. Set up the Global Video Association of video rentailers and wrote position papers and press releases in the field of copyright. (www.gva-online.eu) Show less

Evaluated the impact of new beef labelling rules on the intra-EU market. Organised an introduction programme for the 600 new trainees.