Magda Teppey

Magda Teppey has served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Slovenia since 2022 and, since 2026, has been Head of the Commercial Department and President of the Commercial Panel of the Supreme Court of Slovenia. She graduated in law from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ljubljana in 1986 and from the University of Trieste, Italy, in 1988. From 1988 to 1993, she worked as a legal adviser in the business sector. In 1993, she joined the Chamber of Commerce of Slovenia as a legal adviser and Secretary General of the Court of Arbitration attached to the Chamber. From 1998 to 2008, she served as a judge at the District Court of Ljubljana, where she handled cases concerning intellectual property, competition law, insolvency and company law. From 2008 to 2022, she was a judge at the Court of Appeal of Ljubljana and served on a specialised panel dealing with intellectual property and unfair competition matters. She has also served as a mediator and has been included on the lists of mediators of the District Court of Ljubljana and the Court of Appeal of Ljubljana. Over a period of more than five years since 2004, she conducted dozens of mediation proceedings. She is a member of the Quality Assurance and Legal Practice Panel initiative of the European Union Intellectual Property Office Boards of Appeal. Since 2021, she has served as a member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office and as a member (alternate) of the Advisory Committee of the Unified Patent Court. She regularly contributes to legal education and professional conferences and is the author of several academic articles.