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Esther van Zimmeren

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Esther van Zimmeren is a researcher at the CIR

E-mail: esther.vanzimmeren@law.kuleuven.be

Tel 00 32 16 323751

Fax 00 32 16 323730

 

 

Curriculum vitae:

Esther VAN ZIMMEREN is a research fellow of the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO) at the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (October 2006-present). Her research covers patent law, trademark law, competition law, international trade law and governance issues. In 2008, she worked several months as a visiting scholar at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology (University of California, Berkeley) and the Institute of Intellectual Property (IIP) in Tokyo. Her PhD research project focuses on the interface between patent and competition law, in particular in the biomedical sector. It includes a comparison of the EU, US and Japanese legal system. In this framework she has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and contributions to books.
In 2004, she joined the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights as a research fellow in a research project called “Gene Patents and Public Health” supported by the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO). Before, she worked for two years as a legal assistant for Judge A.W.H. Meij at the General Court of the EU in Luxembourg in the area of European trademark and competition law.
Esther studied European & International Law, with a strong emphasis on European competition law (Master in Laws, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands, 2001), Dutch Private Law (Master in Laws, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands, 2001) and did an LL.M. in EU Law and Intellectual Property Law (Master of Laws, University of Leuven, Belgium, 2002).

Working Languages:

Dutch (mother tongue), English, French and German

Publications (selection):

Articles in International Peer-reviewed Journals

  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E. & VAN OVERWALLE, G. (2010), Compulsory License Regimes for Public Health in Europe: A Discussion of the Background, the International Framework and the Regimes in France, Belgium and Switzerland, IIC (accepted)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., VANNESTE, S., MATTHIJS, G., VANHAVERBEKE, W. & VAN OVERWALLE, G. (2010), ‘Opportunities for Open Innovation and Collaborative Patent Licensing in Medical Biotechnology’ (submitted)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., Jurisprudentie Hof van Justitie van de Europese Gemeenschappen - 25 januari 2007, zaak C-321/03, Dyson Ltd. t. Registrar of Trade Marks [Note to case C-231/03, Dyson Ltd. Vs. Registrar of Trade Marks of the European Court of Justice of the EC of January 25, 2007], SEW 2008;56;249
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., VERBEURE, B., VAN OVERWALLE, G. & MATTHIJS, G., ‘A clearinghouse for diagnostic testing: the solution to ensure access to and use of patented genetic inventions?' Bulletin of the World Health Organization IP Theme Issue 2006;84:352-359, available at http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/5/352.pdf
  • VERBEURE, B., VAN ZIMMEREN, E., MATTHIJS, G. & VAN OVERWALLE, G., ‘Patent Pools and Diagnostic testing', Trends in Biotechnology 2006;3:115-120
  • VAN OVERWALLE, G., VAN ZIMMEREN, E., VERBEURE, B. & MATTHIJS, G., ‘Models for facilitating access to patents on genetic inventions', Nature Reviews Genetics 2006;7:143-148
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Kroniek Merkenrecht - Jurisprudentie Hof van Justitie & Gerecht van eerste aanleg van de EG 2000-2004, Deel 1' [Review of Trademark Law – The Case-Law of the European Court of Justice and the Court of first instance of the EC 2000-2004, Part I], SEW 2005;53:256-277
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Kroniek Merkenrecht - Jurisprudentie Hof van Justitie & Gerecht van eerste aanleg van de EG 2000-2004, Deel 2' [Review of Trademark Law – The Case-Law of the European Court of Justice and the Court of first instance of the EC 2000-2004, Part II], SEW 2005;53:470-481

    Articles in Other Scientific Journals
  • VAN OVERWALLE, G. & VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Reshaping Belgian Patent Law: The Revision of the Research Exemption and the Introduction of a Compulsory License for Public Health', IIP Forum (Japanese journal) 2006;64:42-49

    Books (ed.)
  • MEIJ, A.W.H. & VAN ZIMMEREN, E. (eds.), Europocket: verdragsteksten EG-Europese Unie c.a.: de Europese Grondwet [Europocket: texts of the EC Treaty and the Treaty on the European Union, including the European Constitution], Deventer, Kluwer, 2004, 714 p.
  • MEIJ, A.W.H. & VAN ZIMMEREN, E. (eds.), Supplement Europocket: ontwerp-verdrag tot vaststelling van een Grondwet voor Europa [Supplement to the Europocket: Treaty-proposal establishing a Constitution for Europe], Deventer, Kluwer, 2003, 158 p.
  • MEIJ, A.W.H. & VAN ZIMMEREN, E. (eds.), Europocket: verdragsteksten EG-Europese Unie c.a.: de geconsolideerde teksten na ‘Nice’ [Europocket: texts of the EC Treaty and the Treaty on the European Union; the consolidated versions after the ‘Treaty of Nice’], Deventer, Kluwer, 2003, 580 p.

    Contributions to Books
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Clearinghouse mechanisms in genetic diagnostics. Conceptual framework’, in: VAN OVERWALLE, G. (ed.), Gene Patents and Collaborative Licensing Models: Patent Pools, Clearinghouses, Open Source Models and Liability Regimes, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (2009), 63-119
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E. & AVAU, D. &, ‘Case 4. BirchBob. an example of a technology exchange clearing house’, in: VAN OVERWALLE, G. (ed.), in: VAN OVERWALLE, G. (ed.), Gene Patents and Collaborative Licensing Models: Patent Pools, Clearinghouses, Open Source Models and Liability Regimes, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (2009)
  • VAN OVERWALLE, G. & VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Functions and Limits of Patent Law’ in: CLAES, E., DEVROE, W. & KEIRSBILCK, B. (eds.), Facing the Limits of the Law, Berlin/Heidelberg, Springer Verlag (2009)
  • VAN OVERWALLE, G. & VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Reshaping Belgian Patent Law: The Revision of the Research Exemption and the Introduction of a Compulsory License for Public Health’, in: JAYANTHI REDDY, P.L. (ed.), Compulsory Licensing – Developing Countries, Hyderabad (India), Amicus Books/Icfai University Press (2008), 168-181
    VAN ZIMMEREN, E. & REQUENA, G., ‘Ex-officio Licensing in the Medical Sector: The French Model’, in: VAN OVERWALLE, G. (ed.), Gene Patents and Public Health, Brussels, Bruylant (2007), 123-147

    Reports
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., VANNESTE, S. & VAN OVERWALLE, G., Patent Licensing in Medical Biotechnology in Europe: A Role for Collaborative Licensing Strategies?, Leuven, Acco (in press)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., Patent Thickets and Refusals to License in the Life Sciences in Japan - Legal Remedies at the Interface between Patent and Competition Law, Institute of Intellectual Property, Tokyo (2009) (in English and Japanese)

    Theses (not published)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., Rights of Defence in EC Antitrust Law, An assessment of the actual situation regarding the Rights of Defence in EC Antitrust Law and some considerations in the light of two recent developments: the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the Modernisation of the procedure for Antitrust-cases, Leuven, University of Leuven, June 17, 2002, Advisors: Prof. J. Steenbergen and Prof. J. Stuyck (Grade: 18/20, Magna cum laude)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., Misbruik van voorwetenschap en het materiële IPR, Een beoordeling in hoeverre het huidige IPR mogelijkheden biedt bij de bepaling van het toepasselijke recht ingeval van misbruik van voorwetenschap [Applicable law in cases of insider trading], Tilburg, University of Tilburg, November 25, 2002, Advisors Prof. L.Th.L.G. Pellis and N. Lavrijssen (Grade: 8,5/10, Cum laude)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., Het EU-Handvest: een vervolg…wordt vervolgd?, Een beoordeling in het licht van de constitutionalisering, het milieu en de privacybescherming in het Digitale Tijdperk [An evaluation of the effects of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the light of the constitutionalisation, the environment, and privacy protection in the Digital Era], Tilburg, University of Tilburg, August 21, 2001, Advisors: Prof. W.J.M. van Genugten and Prof. S. Prechal (Grade: 9/10, Cum laude)

    On-line publications (peer-reviewed)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E. & VAN OVERWALLE, G., ‘Compulsory License Regimes for Public Health in Europe’, in the Encyclopedia for Life Support Systems (EOLSS), DOELLE, H.W. and ROKEM, J. S. (eds.) (see http://www.eolss.net - Theme Biotechnology – Topic Medical Biotechnology) (in press)
  • VAN OVERWALLE, G., VAN ZIMMEREN, E. & VERBEURE, B., ‘Dealing with Patent Fragmentation in ICT and Genetics: Patent Pools and Clearing Houses’, First Monday 2007, available at http://outreach.lib.uic.edu/www/issues/issue12_6/vanoverwalle/

    Other
  • HUYS, I., VAN ZIMMEREN, E., MATTHIJS, G. & VAN OVERWALLE, G., Response from the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights to the Public Consultation Draft Report on Gene Patents and Licensing Practices and Their Impact on Patient Access to Genetic Tests, of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS), Leuven, 14 May 2009

Conferences, seminars and workshops


Organization

Workshop on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Research and Development Collaborations, Leuven, November 13, 2009 (co-organized with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, EARTO, EIRMA, LES Benelux and ProTon-Europe)

Leuven Ius Commune Masterclass 2009, Leuven, Law Faculty, May 28-29, 2009

Workshop Survey Patent Licensing in Medical Biotechnology in Europe, Leuven, Law Faculty, February 6, 2009

Leuven Ius Commune Masterclass 2008, Leuven, Law Faculty, May 23, 2008

Leuven Ius Commune Masterclass 2007, Leuven, Law Faculty, May 14, 2007


Presentations

  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘“Revisiting Japanese Exceptionalism” at the Interface between IP and Competition Law’, Fourth International Seminar on the Dynamics of Law and Society in Europe and Japan: Legal Reform and the Role of the Judiciary: Revisiting Japanese Exceptionalism from a European Perspective, Leuven, March 19-20, 2010 (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., 'New Ways of R&D Collaboration: Open Innovation & Collaborative Licensing', Workshop European Commission, Brussels, December 11, 2009 (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘The Interface between Patent & Competition Law Revisited from the Perspective of the Life Sciences’, Lecture LL.M. in European Competition and IP Law, Université de Liège,  December 1, 2009 (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E. & VANHAVERBEKE, W., ‘New Ways of R&D Collaboration: Open Innovation, Collaborative Licensing and How to Prevent and Resolve Disputes’, Workshop ADR in R&D Collaborations, Leuven, November 13, 2009
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Patent Governance in a Comparative Perspective: Japan, the US and Europe’, Japan and the EU in Transition: Legal Reforms in a Globalized World, Leuven, November 3-4, 2009 (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., VANNESTE, E. & VAN OVERWALLE, E., ‘Presentation Results Survey Patent Licensing in Medical Biotechnology in Europe’, Workshop Survey Patent Licensing in Medical Biotechnology in Europe, Leuven, February 6, 2009
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Collaborative Licensing Models in Medical Biotechnology:
    A Perspective from Competition Law’, GRIPS (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies), Tokyo, December 16, 2008  (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Patent Thickets and Refusals to License in the Life Sciences in Japan: Legal Remedies at the Interface between Patent and Competition Law’, IIP (Institute of Intellectual Property), Tokyo, December 15, 2008 (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Open Innovation in Medical Biotechnology in Europe’, Innovation Forum, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, December 5, 2008 (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E. & VANNESTE, S., ‘Survey Patent Licensing in Medical Biotechnology in Europe’, LES (Licensing Executives Society) Benelux Pan European Conference, Amsterdam, September 30, 2008 (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Patent Reforms in the US and Europe’, University of California, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, Berkeley, June 26, 2008 (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Collaborative Licensing Models: Patent Pools and Clearinghouses’, Graduate Program in Intellectual Property Law and Policy,  University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, May 19, 2008 (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Reforms at the Intersection between Patent & Competition Law: A Comparative Perspective’, Third International Seminar on the Dynamics of Law and Society in Europe and Japan, University of Leuven, Leuven, March 21-22, 2008 (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Empirical Research in Patent Law’, Ius Commune Conference, IP Workshop, Université de Liège, Liège, November 30, 2007
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Platforms for Collective IP Management: The Legal Perspective’, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, July 2, 2007 (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Limits of Patent Law’, ENDOTRACK, Innovation-related Training Course on Intellectual Property, Gent, June 27, 2007 (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Patent Pooling’, Workshop ‘Patent Pooling’ European Commission, DG Research, Brussels, June 13, 2007 (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Clearinghouse Mechanisms in Genetic Diagnostics’, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Gent, December 15, 2006 (Invited Speaker)
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Patent Law & Governance’, Ius Commune Conference, IP Workshop, Utrecht University, Utrecht, December 1, 2006
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Patent Pools & Clearinghouses in Genetic Diagnostics: From One-Stop to One-Stop-Shop’, Intellectual Property Scholars Conference 2006, University of California, Berkeley, August 11, 2006
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘Clearinghouse mechanisms in genetic diagnostics: conceptual framework’, International Workshop Gene Patents and Clearing Models: From Concepts to Cases, University of Leuven, Leuven, June 8, 2006
  • VAN ZIMMEREN, E., ‘The Balance between Patent & Competition Law Revisited in the Light of Public Health’, Ius Commune Conference, IP Workshop, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, December 2, 2005