Pierre VERON

Pierre Véron is a French attorney-at-law, member of the Paris Bar, specializing in patent litigation.
A former president of the EPLAW (European Patent Lawyers Association), which he founded in 2001, and of the AAPI (French association of patent litigators), Pierre Véron has taught European patent litigation at the CEIPI (International Centre of Industrial Property Studies) in Strasbourg for many years.
Between 2007 and 2012 he served as an expert with the European Commission for the creation of the Unified Patent Court in Europe. He has then been a member of the Drafting Committee of the Rules of Procedure of this court. He now serves as an expert in the Expert panel advising the Administrative Committee of the Unified Patent Court.
A former president of an arbitration centre and a former associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, he has been involved in dozens of arbitration proceedings, either as counsel, arbitrator or chairman of the arbitration panel.
He is the author of several books and over 90 articles in English and French on patent litigation and arbitration.