Miklós Bendzsel

Miklós Bendzsel (born June 23, 1953, in Budapest) is a mechanical engineer, engineer-economist and former president of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO).

Career Bendzsel graduated as a mechanical engineer from Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 1976 and as an engineer-economist from Corvinus University of Budapest in 1983. Between 1976 and 1980 he was a research engineer at Gépipari Tudományos Intézet.

From 1980 he worked at Szellemi Tulajdon Nemzeti Hivatal. Bendzsel was president of the Office Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO).

He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Academic career Bendzsel is professor emeritus at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest. At the 126th meeting of the Administrative Council, held in The Hague on December 15, 2010, he was unanimously elected as vice-chairman of the Administrative Council. His term of office was for three years. At its meeting on October 16, 2013, the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organization re-elected Miklós Bendzsel as vice-chairman for a further three-year term.

He is a member of several governmental and inter-ministerial committees.

Bendzsel is vice-chairman of the National Anti-Counterfeiting Board and vice-president of the Assembly of the Berne Union of the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization.

He is also a member of the European Design Leadership Board.

Personal life Bendzsel's grandfather, László Kazinczy, was a mechanical engineer at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and former chief designer of Gamma Optikail Művek, a Hungarian camera maker.

Awards Bendzsel was awarded the Hungarian Order of Merit in 2003