Due to Haseltine Lake's great relationship with the European
Patent Office we were asked to arrange a trip to Shanghai for
several experts from the EPO. From the 31st October to 1st November
Haseltine Lake's Senior Partner (Chemistry and Life Sciences)
David Brown and our Chief Representative for China, Li Min (Ellie)
accompanied several senior members of the EPO on their trip. We
assisted them in introducing the EPO as well as collecting
questions and advice from local companies who are applicants in the
European Patent Convention. Representing the EPO were Peter
Albrecht, Principal Director of Operations (Healthcare,
Biotechnology and Chemistry), Thomas Eijkenboom, Director
(Healthcare, Biotechnology and Chemistry) and Francisco Fernandez
Brañas, Director (Healthcare, Biotechnology and
Chemistry).
During the course of the two days David Brown and Li Min (Ellie),
accompanied the EPO experts as they met with many Chinese
companies, research institutes and agencies. These meetings and
seminars helped to promote the understanding of the European Patent
Office for Chinese intellectual property practitioners and
delivered a forum to conduct active discussions on application
practices. They also provided an important platform to enhance the
EPO experts' understanding of Chinese companies.
In the afternoon of November 1st, the Pudong Intellectual Property
Association and Ding & Associates hosted the "2018
European Patent Procurement Forum", which was a tremendous
success. The participants were mainly the heads of intellectual
property departments of high-tech companies and scientific research
institutions. The conference drew an audience of more than 90
intellectual property practitioners.
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