Vítor Palmela Fidalgo appointed Portuguese representative to the UPC Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre

Vítor Palmela Fidalgo, Legal Director of Inventa, Lawyer, and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, has been appointed by the Unified Patent Court (UPC) as the Portuguese representative on the court's Mediation and Arbitration Center.

This position is exclusive to one expert per country, with only 12 experts selected across Europe, serving a six-year term. During this period, Vítor Palmela Fidalgo will contribute to the establishment of the UPC Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC), in Lisbon (Portugal) and Ljubljana (Slovenia). The appointment was made following a nomination by the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) and a curriculum review.

The official announcement of the nomination can be accessed here.