Rute Lopes

Rute Lopes

Role: UPC Judge - Court of First Instance

Organisation: Lisbon (PT)

Since 1997: Judge

From 2009 to 2014: Commerce Court judge with jurisdiction over Intellectual Property cases.

From 2014 to 2020: Head of the Court of North Lisbon.

From 2020 to 2022: judge at the Intellectual Property in Lisbon with national jurisdiction (created in 2012).

Since September of 2022: judge at the Appeal Court, in Lisbon - Intellectual Property and Competition division.