Ankündigungen

Cardiff, Wales, October 15-18, 2001

The largest gathering of intellectual property rights professionals in Europe is expected at the EPIDOS and PATINNOVA annual conferences, taking place jointly in Cardiff, Wales, 15 to 18 October.

The event represents a joint effort by the European Commission and European patent office (EPO). PATTINOVA 2001 will cover two central themes: 

• Patents in the digital era:
  • what is the state of play as regards software patentability?
  • which socio-economic issues are at stake in the current reforms?
  • how will intellectual property rights be effected by new technologies? 
• Intellectual property serving entrepreneurship:
  • which factors encourage business creation based on patented technologies?
  • which new tools or legal reforms will best serve innovation in Europe?

The EPIDOS annual conference will focus on the retrieval of patent information, the Internet and other tools available on the market. A cybercafé will also be on hand for anyone wishing to test some of the tools available.

Representatives from the European Commission, the European Patent Office and a number of research institutes and Universities will give presentations during the joint event.

An exhibition will be open to the general public at the event, where experts will be available to answer questions on the topics relating to intellectual property rights.

(Source: CORDIS focus)

For further information, please contact:

Viktoria Sacher
Tel.: +43-1-52126408
Fax: +43-1-521264192
e-mail: infowienUex4∂epo org
Internet: http://www.european-patent-office.org/epidos/conf/pat_eac01/programme/