This site was used to keep track of events interesting for FFII members.
The FFII uses now for that the web page grical.org/ffii
If you know of interesting events, please add them to grical.org or send an email to calendar at ffii dot org
March 2009
- 3rd Annual Global Intellectual Property Forum, London, 31.3.2009
September 2008
11-12 2nd Annual Reinforcing Your Intellectual Property Portfolio in Emerging Markets, CZ-Prague
18-19 KnowRight08, PL-Krakow
19 Management-Forum: Patent protection for software-related and business related inventions, UK-London
October 2008
13 IBC: Standards and Patents, UK-London
13-14 Management-Forum: Successful patent litigation in Europe, UK-London
Past events
March 2006
01-03 WIPO SPLT Open Forum (CH-Geneve)
05-09 International Patent Information (GR-Athens)
20-21 TACD - The Politics and Ideology of Intellectual Property (BE-Brussels)
23-24 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) workshop (UK-London)
24-27 WSFII Community Weekend (DE-Berlin)
29 Seminar of Austrian Patent Office - Rechtsschutz von computerimplementierten Erfindungen in Österreich (AU-Vienna)
29-31 MPG Open Access (DE-Golm)
29-30 European Spectrum Management Conference 2006, (BE-Brussels)
30 Interrecherche Seminar on IT European Projects - Transfer of Knowledge into Growth (BE-Brussels)
- 30-01 FFII Board meeting (GR-Athens)
April 2006
03-04 Freedom to Connect Conference, USA
07 British Computer Society Software patens talk by Ciaran O'Riordan, London
10-12 WIPO Informal Session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) (SCP/IM/GE/06) (CH-Geneve)
11 Patev: Softwarepatente, Chancen und Risiken, DE-Karlsruhe
21-23 Access to Knowledge Conference (US-Yale)
- 24-26 AFCO - Committee on Constitutional Affairs European Forum for the civil society on the future of the European Union
27-28 TACD IP Disputes of the Future , Washington, USA
May 2006
02-05 CFP2006 The Sixteenth Conference on Computers, Freedom & Privacy Washington, USA
03 USPTO Business Methods Partnership Meeting
06 European Union OpenDay
13 Datenspuren 2006 de-Dresden
15-17 WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement/3/1
17 Federalist Society: Intellectual Property - Back to Basics Conference(US-Washington)
- 18-19 Internationale Konferenz Madrid
24-26 Corporate Counsel's Guide to Software Patents
June 2006
- 01 EPO peer patent project: prior art research in software source code
08-10 OSS2006 - The Second International Conference on Open Source Systems, IT-Como
26 Paris Capitale du Libre, FR-Paris
25-26 FrOScon, DE-St.Augustin-Bonn
27-28 Birbeck AHRC 2006 - Annual Conference on New Directions in Copyright, UK-London
July 2006
04-08 7th edition of RMLL, FR-Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy
12 Commission to hold public hearing on future patent policy, BE-Brussels
21-23 Next Hope conference, US-New York
September 2006
04-08 VI Computer Law World Conference, UK-Edinburgh
07-08 EPIP: Policy, Law and Economics of Intellectual Property, DE-Munich
07-08 Worldwide Patent System: Current State and Trends for Future Development, RU-Moscow
13-17 Wizards of OS, DE-Berlin
18-21 EuroOSCON2006: Open and Connected, BE-Brussels
21 IPR protection of software: copyright, patent, and/or Open Source?, FI-Helsinki
28 Economic Impact of FLOSS on Innovation and Competitiveness in Europe, BE-Brussels
29 Patents and Diversity in Innovation, US-Michigan
October 2006
04-06 European Intellectual Property Seminar 2006, DE-Munich
08-12 40th AIPPI World Intellectual Property Congress, SE-Gothenburg
12-13 Governing the Knowledge Society, DE-Hamburg
16 World Standard Day, BE-Brussels
16 IHK: Rechtsschutz in der Europäischen Union, DE-Würzburg
23-24 Conference on Patents Statistics for Policy Decision Making, AT-Vienna
30-02 Internet Governance Forum Greece 2006, GR-Athens
November 2006
01-02 WSFII, IN-Goa
03 What's Ahead on Highway 101 at George Washington, US-Washington
09 Tekno: Policy options for the European patent system, BE-Brussels
13-17 IP Enforcement week, DE-Munich
14 PFF: 'Measure IT and Innovate'- Launching the Stockholm Network's IP Index for the IT sector, BE-Brussels
16-17 Software Patents: A Time for Change?, US-Boston
21 4ème Salon juridique de l’Internet et du numérique 2006: Co-existence Brevet et Logiciels libres, FR-Paris
22-24 Summit European on Interoperability in the iGovernment, ES-Valencia
24 Software and Business Method Patenting in Europe: the inconsistencies and problems, UK-London
25 FFII General Assembly, DE-Munich
27-28 Conference "The European legal framework for E-Business and Innovation", BE-Brussels
28 Public Sector and OSS: OSS Impact International Workshop, BE-Brussels
December 2006
04-05 Greens-EFA: Intellectual property and knowledge commons: The impact of TRIPS and other legal systems on economy, innovation and knowledge flows
07-08 Brussels IP Summit 2006, BE-Brussels
07-08 eBSN workshop on "eBusiness solutions for SMEs", FI-Oulu
13 Patentability of software related inventions: does the English court of appeal save the situation? (Aerotel/Telco & Macrossan) NL-Utrecht
14 Leuven.Inc: Seminarie - Software: to patent or not?, BE-Leuven
15-16 WSFII, IN-Kerala
20 Le rendez-vous de l'INRIA, BE-Brussels
27-30 Chaos Computer Club Congress, DE-Berlin
January 2007
22 Biicl: The Future of International Patent Litigation in Europe, UK-London
24 Eupaco: Towards a New European Patent System, BE-Brussels
February 2007
16 WIPO: Colloquia on Selected Patent Issues: Flexibilities in the Patent System, CH-Geneva
24-25 Fosdem: Free and Open Source Software Developers European Meeting, BE-Brussels
27 EIF: Digital Rights Management Systems and Copyright Levies: Challenges and Opportunities for Content in Europe, BE-Brussels
27 EPO: Esp@cenet Information Day, BE-Brussels
27 BSA: European Security Awareness Day, BE-Brussels
27 UCL: La bataille de la brevetabilité des logiciels, annonciateur d'enjeux de civilisation?, BE-Louvain-la-neuve
28 IDABC: Workshop on Open Document Exchange Formats (ODEF), DE-Berlin
March 2007
01 MI: Conference Advancing eGovernment, DE-Berlin
02 ULB: International litigation in intellectual property and information technology, BE-Brussels
07 GRUR: GRUR meets Brussels, BE-Brussels
14 WIPO: Technology and Policy Information Available in the Patent System, CH-Geneve
15-16 European Business Summit, BE-Brussels
17 FFII.fr: INSA Rouen : Conférence et Assemblée Générale 2007, FR-Rouen
22 UCL: La propriété intellectuelle dans le secteur public, BE-Brussels
26 German Presidency: European Competition Day, DE-Munich
26 FriendsOfEurope: Europe's innovation-driven future - do we have a road-map?, BE-Brussels
27 TheLawyer: Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2007, UK, London
26-27 German Presidency: Innovation and Market Access through Standards, DE-Berlin
29-30 BMJ: Conference on patent law: A Europe of Innovation – Fit for the Future?, DE-Berlin
30 Reperes: Thème: Le brevet logiciel, FR-Paris
April 2007
18-19 EPO: European Inventor of the Year, European Patent Forum, Patinnova 07, DE-Munich
26 WIPO: World Intellectual Property Day, WWW-World
May 2007
10-11 Flossworld: International workshop: Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Worldwide impact study, BE-Brussels
15-16 Eupaco: Towards a New European Patent System, BE-Brussels
20-23 CIPForum: Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship, SE-Goteburg
June 2007
11-12 COE: Conference on Cybercrime, FR-Strasbourg
13 GI-ACM: Thema Softwarepatente, DE-Stuttgart
13-14 I-Expo: Salon information numerique veille intelligence economique, FR-Paris
14 STOA: Policy options for the improvement of the European patent system, BE-Brussels
20 Eupaco: Reception and briefing for the European Parliament, FR-Strasbourg
25 ManagementCircle: Legal Protection for Software, DE-Frankfurt
25-26 GermanPresidency: Patent Litigation System in the European Union, DE-Munich
26-28 IQPC: High-Tech Patents 2007: Core Considerations for Co-ordinating Patent Litigation in Multiple Jurisdictions, UK-London
27 EPO: Working Party on Litigation, DE-Munich
28-29 AEA: Patent and innovation, econometric studies, FR-Strasbourg
29 IP-Institute: The Future of Patent Litigation in Europe, UK-London
July 2007
02 WIPO: National Strategies and Policies for Innovation, CH-Geneve
03 CIPA: Macrossan: Prospects and Problems, UK-London
05 EPO: Computer-implemented inventions: where do we stand in the debate on "software patents"?, BE-Brussels
06-07 Forum-Institut: IP Gipfel 2007, DE-Heidelberg
09 CIPA: Workshop for Newly-qualified Attorneys - Electronics and Computer Technology: Part 2, UK-London
August 2007
08-12 CCC: Chaos Communication Camp 2007, DE-Finowfurt
September 2007
19-21 Berlin 5 Open Access, DE-Berlin
20-21 EPIP: 2nd Annual Conference of the EPIP Association, SE-Lund
21 ULYS: Conference Brevet logiciel, BE-Brussels
October 2007
02 Eureka: a new ERA for SME research and innovation, BE-Brussels
08-10 Kuhnen&Wacker: European Intellectual Property Seminar 2007, DE-Freising
09-10 Alter-EU: Ending corporate privileges and lobbying secrecy in the EU: Challenges & strategies for future campaigning, BE-Brussels
10-11 EgovInterop: eGovernment Interoperability Campus 2007, BE-Brussels
16-18 EPO: PIC 2007 Patent Information, LV-Riga
17 Commission: World Standards Day 2007: Standards and the citizen: contributing to society, BE-Brussels
November 2007
01 FES: Der effektive Schutz geistigen Eigentums, DE-Berlin
05 Institut Für Management: Open Source Software - Rechtliche Risiken und Vermeidung von Fallstricken, DE-Munich
30-02 FFII General Assembly, BE-Brussels
December 2007
04-05 IQPC: Global IP Summit, BE-Brussels
07 IBC: Patent Trolls 2007, UK-London
19 EPO: Roving workshops on changes to Chinese Patent Law, BE-Brussels
27-30 CCC: 24th Chaos Communication Congress 2007, DE-Berlin
January 2008
16-17 Qualipso: Boosting innovation and growth by fostering Open Source Software trust and quality, IT-Rome
22-24 Heise: Open Source Meets Business, DE-Nurnberg
25 IDABC: One year European Union Public Licence (EUPL v.1.0), BE-Brussels
30 EGA: 4th EGA Legal Affairs Forum, BE-Brussels
February 2008
11 TACD: Technical Meeting on Interoperability and Open Standards, BE-Brussels
12 European Commission: European ICT standardisation policy at a crossroads: A new direction for global success, BE-Brussels
12-13 European eGovernment Services Conference: IDABC and beyond, SI-Srdo
19 CEN: CEN/ISSS open meeting – Final report on eGovernment standards, BE-Brussels
April 2008
07 Knowledge4innovation: Europe and the global knowledge economy, BE-Brussels
17 OpenForumEurope: “Locked in” at the European Parliament - IT monopolies, open standards, open source and EU procurement policy, BE-Brussels
25 BDI: Tag des geistigen Eigentums 2008, DE-Berlin
May 2008
06-07 European Patent Forum and European Inventor of the Year, SI-Ljubljana
28 INRIA: Innovating for competitiveness in ICT: towards an EU framework for technology transfer, BE-Brussels
28 ScienceBusiness: An open discussion of new ideas for reforming the IP system in Europe, BE-Brussels
June 2008
03 EUPACO-3: EU vs EPO and Patent Litigation, BE-Brussels
12 SMEday: Microsoft’s 4th EU SME Day, BE-Brussels
17 IDABC: Launch conference of the Semantic Interoperability Centre Europe, BE-Brussels
18 IPI: IP and small firms in the UK: who’s doing what, and does IP help?, UK-London
23 CGPME: 23 juin, journée d'échange CGPME à Bruxelles, BE-Brussels
23 Commission: Negotiation of a plurilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: meeting, BE-Brussels
25 IDABC: IDABC EIF Info Day 2008, BE-Brussels
25-26 IPBusinessCongress: The annual event for global IP leaders, NL-Amsterdam
26 Europarl: ICT & Media Industries in the Times of Web 2.0, BE-Brussels
26 Europarl: Workshop on the State of Implementation of Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Member States, BE-Brussels
30 IPI: lecture by Jon Dudas, head of the USPTO: "Future of IP", UK-London