Michel Abello

He is a Technically Qualified Judge (TQJ) in mechanical engineering at UPC since June 1st 2023. He is also lawyer at the Paris Bar since 2003 and a European patent attorney since 1997. He holds 34 years of experience in the patent field. He is the managing partner and co-founder of an IP law firm of about 30 professionals He was involved in more than 150 decisions in first instance, appeal and cassation in Europe (in particular, France, Italy and UK) and about 15 cases before the UPC (as a judge). He participated to more than 30 mediations/conciliations involving EP patents since 2003. He was also appointed as financial IP expert in several cases. He also participated to more than 100 out-of-court dispute settlements. He is a certified mediator on inter-company mediation at CMAP. He holds the specialisation of the Paris Bar in Intellectual Property since 2006 and from 2026 he is president of the Jury of the Paris Bar for the specialization in Intellectual Property. He was an appointed expert in licensing for WIPO from 2006 to 2008. He has been teaching patent law, as a part-time Professor at Ecole Centrale Paris (France) and at Centrale Pekin in Beihang University (China) from 1996 to 2018. He was instructor in charge of workshops in drafting patent claims for CEIPI from 1999 to 2014. He was also an instructor in civil proceedings and electronic communication (CMS) for the Paris bar from 2012 to 2014. He was a member of the Jury for French patent attorneys (INPI) from 2001 to 2006. He is also author of numerous publications in the field of IP law.