Activities

11th December 2008: IP Management and Enforcement "Good practices for SMEs"
The main objective of the event is to raise awareness of the participants, in particular SMEs, of the basic concepts and ideas to adequately integrate, manage and enforce their intellectual property rights.
www.ipr-helpdesk.org

Search Matters - EPO, The Hague - 30 & 31 March 2009
This two day seminar will give experienced patent search professionals from industry unrivalled access to the know-how and expertise of many EPO staff, including patent examiners working in a variety of technical fields.
application.epo.org
Intellectual Property (IP) Teaching Workshops
New enterprises and SMEs rely upon technology transfer professionals and business advisors like you to advise them on how to protect and commercialise their new ideas. Their routes to market depend upon a solid understanding of strategic uses for patents, trademarks and copyright. Would you know how to advise them?
The workshops will be run on the following dates at EPO premises in:
Vienna - 28 & 29 September 2009
The Hague - 5 & 6 October 2009
Munich - 26 & 27 October 2009.