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Bruno J. M. T. G. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie (born August 17, 1968, Uccle, Brussels, Belgium) is a Belgian economist. From November 2005 to December 2007 he was chief economist at the European Patent Office (EPO).^[1] He is also professor at the Solvay Business School, Brussels, Belgium.

Education

He graduated in economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in 1995 and obtained a Master (DEA) in Econometrics at the ULB in 1994. In 1998, he obtained a PhD in Economics at the ULB.

Career

From September 1996 to September 1997, he was a research fellow at the ULB. Since October 1999, he is Associate Professor at the Solvay Business School of the ULB, holding the Solvay Chair of Innovation.

Bibliography

• The Economics of the European Patent System: IP Policy for Innovation and Competition, Oxford University Press, 2007, with Dominique Guellec, ISBN 019929206X
• Lost property: The European patent system and why it doesn't work, Bruegel Blueprint Series, Volume IX, 29 June 2009, ISBN 978-9-078910-12-1

References

See also

• Dominique Guellec

External links

• Personal page on the Solvay Business School web site
• Interview with Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Staff Union of the European Patent Office (SUEPO), Interview conducted by Cynthia Matuszewski