PETOŠEVIĆ Professionals Re-Elected EPI Council Members

PETOŠEVIĆ Regional Manager for the Western Balkans Mihajlo Zatezalo, PETOŠEVIĆ Albania Head of Office Vladimir Nika and PETOŠEVIĆ Group Executive Chairman and CEO Slobodan Petošević were recently elected as members of the 19th Council of the European Patent Institute (EPI) for the term 2020-2023.

Additionally, five PETOŠEVIĆ practitioners are EPI committee members for the term 2020-2023:

• Nada Herak – Serbia – European Patent Practice Committee
• Melina Nika – Albania – Disciplinary Committee
• Vladimir Nika – Albania – European Patent Practice Committee
• Slobodan Petošević – Serbia – Professional Conduct Committee
• Mihajlo Zatezalo – Serbia – Litigation Committee

EPI, also called the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office, is the professional body representing all registered European Patent Attorneys and currently has about 12,300 members from each of the 38 European Patent Convention contracting states. The EPI’s governing body is the Council, which is elected once every three years. All Council members do their council work voluntarily.