Sam Granata

Sam Granata (1970) is a Judge at the Commercial Court of Antwerp (Belgium), external member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO and member of the Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Rights to the Federal Belgian Ministry of Economy. Thoughout his academic and professional career, Sam has proven to have a strong interest in patent law. He obtained a Master in Law at the Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain, Belgium), a Master in Intellectual Property Law at Franklin Pierce Law Center (now University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, US) and a Master of Arts in Interactive Multimedia at the University of London (London, UK).

In his previous professional life, Sam was a research fellow at the Center for Intellectual Property of the Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain, Belgium) and has worked as an attorney-at-law specialising in intellectual property law and mediator in Brussels and Antwerp (Belgium). He is a frequent speaker at IP related events.