Save the date for the 11th edition of the Pan-European Intellectual Property Summit!
Created in 2004, the IP Summit is a high-level event to discuss the hot topics and last EU reforms in trademark, patent, trade secret, copyright and design Law.
It gathers more than 450 IP professionals from corporate, public, institutional and academic fields. This year is taking place on 1st and 2nd December at the World Customs Organization in Brussels.
The two-day conference will cover a wide range of hot topics such as legal aspects of hyperlinking and framing; the Trade Secrets Directive; the latest Unified Patent Court developments; 3D printing; FRAND development in the area of Internet of Things; unconventional trademarks; cross-border portability of content; challenges to combat online counterfeiting and piracy; Digital Single Market strategy; consequences of Brexit on Designs and Trademarks in the EU; among others.
Some featured speakers: Jackie Alway (Universal Music Publishing); Dimitris Botis (EUIPO); Cristiano Cori (GE Oil & Gas); Marina Cousté (Reed Smith); Christophe Depreter (SABAM & GESAC); Margot Fröhlinger (European Patent Office); Samuel Gebbett (Materialise); Patrick Hofkens (Ericsson); Basile Lamure (Microsoft); Ulf Marquardt (Nestlé S.A.); Jean-Jacques Sahel (ICAAN/BE); Carla Schoonderbeek, Fabienne Brison, Frank Eijsvogels and Tobias Hahn (Hoyng Rokh Monegier); David Segal (INTEL EMEA); and Cecilia Wikström (European Parliament).
The regular ticket fee is 1350€ until 30 November 2016, but Merpel purrs on happiness because there is a reduced entrance fee for IPKat readers! Register now!