International speakers assemble to discuss the European Patent System
May 5th, 2007
Brussels, 4 May 2007 — Over thirty renowned international speakers assemble on 15 and 16 May in Brussels’ Metropole Hotel to discuss the future of the European Patent System. Among the topics being discussed are the recently published plans of the EU Commission for a new European patent system, and recent important decisions in the US Supreme Court, and new data and research from the USA about the impact of the patent system on the high-tech sector. A wide and interesting array of speakers will attend including Ron Marchant, former Chief Executive, UK Patent Office, who is a keynote speaker.
FFII President Pieter Hintjens, who launched the EUPACO forum, explains: “everyone agrees that patents can have a big economic impact. Everyone agrees that getting the patent system ‘right’ is essential to Europe’s growth and prosperity. So we’re very happy to see so many important experts in the patent system stepping forwards to take part in this forum.”
Journalists, and staff of the European institutions, are invited to attend the conference for free.
Joff Wild, editor of IAM Magazine, usually a critic of the FFII’s policies, sums up his view of the EUPACO-2 event:
“When you are face-to-face and talking it is much harder to maintain entrenched positions and to ignore what other people are saying. It is hugely encouraging to see that representatives from industry, the FFII, the EPO and national patent offices, and the Commission will be sharing platforms at this event. The FFII deserves to be congratulated for this initiative which, hopefully, will get the support it deserves.”
The conference will take place on 15 and 16 May 2007, at the Metropole Hotel in Brussels. An online registration form and more information can be found at http://www.eupaco.org/
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