Carl Josefsson (judge)

Carl Josefsson (born 1965^[1]) is a former Swedish Judge at the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm, and currently President of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO), a new position created within the EPO.^[1][2][3][4] He took up his new position on 1 March 2017 for a period of five years.^[3][4] As President of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO, Josefsson also acts as President of the Enlarged Board of Appeal.^[2]

Josefsson was appointed judge at the Svea Court of Appeal in 2013.^[5] From 1998 to 2013, he worked at the Swedish Ministry of Justice.^[5]

See also

• Wim van der Eijk, head of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO and Chairman of the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal until 1 December 2016