What’s on this week




Managing IP lists the IP decisions, meetings and events taking place this week

Tuesday May 29

WIPO meeting on the Roles of Compulsory Licensing and Price Controls in Ensuring Access to Foreign Patented Goods in Geneva

Start of a four-day meeting of WIPO’s Independent Advisory Oversight Committee (25th meeting) in Geneva.

Start of a four-day meeting of the PCT Union’s Patent Cooperation Treaty Working Group (5th Session) in Geneva.

Wednesday May 30

The China IPR helpdesk is running a Webinar on Using Intellectual Property as a Business Asset in China for SMEs from the EU.

Video conference on Examiner Interviews 101 - Strategies for how to make the best of your USPTO interview and get the patent issued, presented by the AIPLA, Iplac and Bpla.

EPO’s Board of the Administrative Council meets in Munich.

Anti-Counterfeiting Group holds its conference in London.




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