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Morning of day 1
The European Patent Forum kicked off Wednesday morning with a comprehensive look at how globalisation and other challenges might shape the intellectual property landscape over the next two decades. Professor Alain Pompidou, President of the European Patent Office (EPO), said the IP landscape had to gear up for a “rapid and robust adaptation to a changing environment," during his opening remarks. The EPO, Pompidou added, was “committed to reinventing itself so as to remain one of the key players in innovation in Europe.”
Afternoon of day 1
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday at the European Patent Forum that the European patent system “must be improved” to make it fit for the challenges of globalisation. To keep Europe’s technological edge in light of increasing competition from the world’s emerging economies, the European patent system, in a nutshell, had to be made “easier, more affordable and more legally secure,” Merkel said in her keynote address at the Forum, a two-day IP conference in Munich.
Morning of day 2
European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen said he expected the European Community patent would become reality “in the next five years” on Thursday. While acknowledging that this was an optimistic scenario, he vowed to put political pressure on those responsible for blocking a speedy reform of the European patent system.
Afternoon of day 2
The European Patent Forum wrapped up on Thursday with European Patent Office (EPO) President Alain Pompidou delivering an upbeat outlook on the future of the European patent system. The two-day forum and the findings of an extensive study on the future of intellectual property (IP) had “put the EPO in a position to react” to the challenges ahead, the President said.
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European Patent Forum: 18 April 2007
European Patent Forum: 19 April 2007