Philippe de Jong

Philippe de Jong (LL.M., University College London) is a partner at Altius law firm in Brussels, Belgium and a member of the Brussels bar since 2002. He specializes in contentious, advisory and transactional EU intellectual property law, with a particular focus on patents and plant variety rights. Philippe also has extensive experience in EU regulatory matters concerning the agri-food and broader life sciences industries. He has published several articles in various leading European legal journals on specific topics of intellectual property and EU regulated products. He worked as a consultant for the Community Plant Variety Office, is a regular speaker at international seminars and has represented a large number of innovating companies and industry associations before the Belgian and European civil and administrative courts. Philippe is also a UPC representative.