Jan Vleck Council Member

Vice-Chairman of the Designs & Copyright Committee, Constitutional Committee, Press and Public Relations Committee and European Liaison Committee.

Reddie & Grose, 16 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8PL.

MA (Oxon), CPA, EPA, MITMA, OHIM Professional Representative. Registered 29 October 1996.

Professional career: Search Examiner at EPO 1990-1992; Reddie & Grose 1992 to present; partner at Reddie & Grose 1999 to date.

Papers or articles: number of papers and articles on various subjects including: Practice before the EPO, Designs Law and Practice in Europe, Trade Mark Case law in Europe, Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in Europe.

Services to Institute: Council Member since 2001; Vice-Chairman of CIPA Designs Committee; member of CIPA Press & Public Relations and European Liaison Committees; CIPA representative on Patent Office Designs Registry and Trade Mark Registry Working Groups; Tutor for Informals.

Services to Profession outside the Institute: Tutor since 1998 at CEIPI (Strasbourg) for European Qualifying exam.

Other relevant information: Strode Prize winner.