SPCs, .eu and WIPO’s copyright committee: what’s on this week

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SPCs, .eu and WIPO’s copyright committee: what’s on this week

Managing IP lists the IP-related decisions and events taking place this week

Monday July 16

WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights: Twenty-Fourth Session, held in Geneva until July 25.

Overlapping IP Rights, hosted by the IP Academy of Singapore.

The Fair Basis and Sufficiency Raising the Bar Reforms, hosted by the IP Research Institute of Australia in Sydney.

Branding – Your Best Strategy, hosted by the Association of Small & Medium Enterprises in Singapore.

INTA's US Roundtable on Expanding Your Brand – Global Clearance and Protection Issues, in various US cities (from July 9 to 20).

The USPTO will have a booth at the Special Libraries Association 2012 Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO in Chicago, IL (July 15 – July 1).

Wednesday July 18

Seminar on Patent Prosecution, International Patent System and the Patent Cooperation Treaty, hosted by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines in Cebu

Thursday July 19

Court of Justice of the EU rules in Neurim Pharmaceuticals (relating to supplementary protection certificates) and in Pie Optiek (relating to registration of .eu gTLDs).

The Rise of Innovative China: Implications for the Region,hosted by the IP Research Institute of Australia in Sydney

Seminar on Patent Prosecution, International Patent System and the Patent Cooperation Treaty, hosted by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines in Cebu

11th Meeting of Guangdong/Hong Kong Expert Group on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and cocktail reception for the 10th Anniversary of Guangdong/Hong Kong Co-operation hosted by the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department in Hong Kong.

Friday July 20

The Rise of Innovative China: Implications for the Region,hosted by the IP Research Institute of Australia in Melbourne.

Seminar on Patent Prosecution, International Patent System and the Patent Cooperation Treaty, hosted by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines in Cebu.

INTA’s In-House Practitioners Luncheon in Bangalore, India.









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