11.04.2014 – Conference – How we make your ideas happen

On 11th of April 2014, Joint Research Center, the European Commissions in-house science service, organized conference How we make your ideas happen. The meeting was dedicated to intellectual property rights. Please find below materials from the conference.
The attached presentations contain well-structured information about patents, trademarks, copyrights and highlight differences in the level of protection and requirements that needs to be fulfilled in order to obtain protection of inventions. You will also find herein interesting news about policy of the EPO and stages of a patent application procedure before national and European bodies.

• Understanding Intellectual Property Rights
• Food for thought!