Bruno van Pottelsberghe

Bruno J. M. T. G. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie (born 17 August 1968 in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium)^[1] is a Belgian economist. He is a Full-Time Professor at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM), Brussels, Belgium, of which he was the Dean from 2011^[2] to 2017, and a Senior Fellow at the Bruegel think-tank in Brussels.

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. From November 2005 to December 2007 he was chief economist at the European Patent Office (EPO).^[3] In October 1999, he became Associate Professor at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management of the ULB, holding the Solvay Chair of Innovation, where he is now a Full-Time Professor since October 2008. He was also an honorary professor at the School of Business, Management and Economics of the University of Sussex from Jan. 2010 to Dec. 2012.^[4]

Bibliography[]

• The Economics of the European Patent System: IP Policy for Innovation and Competition, Oxford University Press, 2007, with Dominique Guellec, ISBN 0-19-929206-X
• Lost property: The European patent system and why it doesn't work, Bruegel Blueprint Series, Volume IX, 29 June 2009, ISBN 978-90-78910-12-1

See also[]

• Dominique Guellec

References[]

External links[]

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

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