Prof. Willem Hoyng

Chairperson of the UPC Advisory Committee & Founding Member
Hoyng Rokh Monegier (Netherlands)

Prof. Willem Hoyng holds an LLM from Leiden University and obtained his PhD from Tilburg University, where he was appointed Professor of IP Law in 1988. He has been practising IP law since 1973 (HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER) and has been admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of The Netherlands. He has represented clients before all levels of the national courts of the Netherlands. He has regularly litigated before the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Patent Office and has advised on patent litigation strategy for both Dutch and foreign multinationals. He chairs the Advisory Committee of the UPC, participated in drafting the Rules of Proceedings for the UPC, and advises the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs on UPC matters.

Each week on Monday he publishes in writing and as podcast his Unfiltered in which he discusses all the UPC decisions of the previous week. He also published Caselaw of the Court of Appeal
2023/2024.