Patent Information Conference 2013
An event
for patent information professionals
EPO Patent
Information Conference,
22-24 October 2013, Bologna, Italy
"Many actors of the patent system focus their attention on the patent
granting process. At the EPO, however, we treat patent information with an
equal level of priority"
EPO President, Benoît Battistelli, at the opening of the Patent Information
Conference on 6 October 2012.
On the programme in 2013
- discussions on the unitary patent from an information perspective, the new federated patent register for Europe, and the importance of understanding database coverage in legal status searching
- best practice presentations on legal status searching
- using legal status data for patent analysis and competitor watch
- a special focus on retrieving data from Italy
- presentations by leading patent searchers from industry on legal status data and its use in decision-making processes
- and much more
The EPO Patent Information Conference 2013 will be organised in co-operation with the Directorate General for the Fight against Counterfeiting - Italian Patent and Trademark Office.
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Previous events
Patent information Conference 2012
Patent information Conference 2011