11/10/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 11 October, the executive board of the European Patents Office (EPO) elected António Campinos from Portugal to the presidency of the body for a period of five years beginning on 1 July 2018. His election was welcomed by the current president, Benoît Battistelli, from France, who emphasised, on this occasion, that it was the first time that a national from a southern European member state had been appointed head of the EPO. According to the...