Public hearing: Speeches and PPT presentations

1. Welcome address by Thierry STOLL, Acting Director General, DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission: PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
 

2. Presentation of Preliminary Findings of the consultation by Erik NOOTEBOOM, Head of Unit, Industrial Property, European Commission:

 

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3. Speech of Giuseppe Gargani, President of the Legal Affairs Committee, European Parliament:

 

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4. Speech of Professor Michal du Vall, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Cracow Poland:

 

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5. Debate n° 1 Basic Principles of the patent system: 6 interventions

 
MEDEF: Mr Thierry Sueur PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglishFrançais

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CARE FOR EUROPE: Mr David Fieldsend PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglishEnglish
ACT: Mr Jonathan Zuck PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
CEFIC: Mr Mike Barlow PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Polish Patent Office: Ms Alicja Adamczak PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
ProTon: Mr Gilles Capart PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglishEnglish

6. Debate n°2 Harmonisation and MR: 6 interventions

 
LEEM / Sanofi – Aventis: Mme Elisabeth Thouret-Lemaître PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Volvo: Mr Werner Frohling PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Bosch: Mr Bertram Huber PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Qualcomm: Mr Phil Wadsworth PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Romanian Patent Office: Mr Alexandru Cristian Strenc PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
GRUR: Mr Thomas Reimann PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish

7. Debate n° 3 Community Patent: 12 interventions

 
UEAPME: Ms Maria Cimaglia - no document supplied  
EADS: Mr Michel Herouf - Publication not authorized  
BDI: Mr Lothar Steiling PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Fraunhofer Institute: Mr Helmut Schubert PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
CPTech: Ms Michelle Childs PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Italian Patent Office: Ms Maria Ludovica Agro PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Permanent Representation of France: Mr Fabien Raynaud - no document supplied  
PIMEC: Mr Marcelino Currel – Suñol PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
CCI Paris: Ms Catherine Druez – Marie PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
ECIS: Mr Thomas Vinje PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Permanent Representation of Belgium: Mr Patrick Herman PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
MERCK: Mr Charles Bouchard - no document supplied  
Ms Marja-Leena Rinkineva (Deputy Director General, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finland, Finnish Presidency) PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Mr Scordamaglia, Honorary Director General of the Council of the European Union - no document supplied yet  

10. Debate n°4 Jurisdiction: 15 interventions

 
THOMSON: Mr Didier Huck PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
ICC: Mr Urs Furrer PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Eurochambers: Mr Vincent Tilman PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglishEnglish
German Federal Patent Court: Mr Raimund Lutz PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Patentanwaltskammer: Mr Eugen Popp PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
NOKIA: Mr Tim Frain PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
BASF (on behalf of UNICE): Mr Klaus-Dieter Langfinger PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
FICPI: Mr Daniel Alge PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
FFII: Mr Pieter Hintjens English
AIPPI: Mr Luis – Alfonso Duran PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
FEMIPI: Mr Paul Georg Maué PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglishEnglish
Deutscher Anwaltsverein: Ms Anne Weber - no document supplied  
Software Developers Community: Mr Florian Müller PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
IIPTC: Mr Allen Dixon PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
C.E.A.: Mr Gustaaf Daemen PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
 

11. Speech of Professor Alain Pompidou, President of the European Patent Office

 

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12. Presentation of preliminary results: Study on the "Economic and Social Value of Patents within the European Union" by Alfonso Gambardella – University Bocconi, Milan, Italy, member of Fondazione C.E.R.M.:

 

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13. Open debate:

 
Mr Kristof ROOX (Crowell & Moring, IP Partner) - no document supplied  
Mr Hugo LUEDERS (CompTia, Public Policy Director) - no document supplied  
Dr GEIGER (European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association) PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Mr Chris MERCER (EPI, President) - no document supplied  
Mr Joachim BADER (AEI - Association Européenne des Inventeurs, President) - no document supplied  
Mr Francesco MACCHETTA (Bracco Spa, AICIPI, Confindustria) PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Mr Victor GIL-VEGA ( AGESORPI - Association of Spanish Patent Attorneys before International Industrial and Intellectual Property Organizations, Secretary): PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Ms Eva Lichtenberger (MEP) - no document supplied  
Mr Enrique ARMIJO (COAPI – Colegio Ofical de Agentes de la Propriedad Industrial) PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Mr François BASTY (SUEPO - Staff Union of the European Patent Office, Central Chairman) - no document supplied  
Mr Leonardus Johannes STEENBEEK (Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Principal IP Counsel) PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Mr Pierre ROGER (Limagrain, IP Manager) PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Mr Marco Schulze (patentfrei.de) - no document supplied  
Mr Uwe SCHRIEK (ZVEI - Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e. V.) - no document supplied  
Mr Jochen PAGENBERG (IBA - International Bar Association) PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Andras VEDRES (IFIA – International Federation of Inventors' Associations, President) PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Mr Basil COUSINS (Open Forum Europe) PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Mr Jean-Bruno THEVENET (Compagnie Nationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle) PDF - 23 - 30 KBEnglish
Mr Jonas HEITTO (EICA, Alcatel) - no document supplied   
Mr Ciaron O'Riordan (Free Software Foundation Europe) - no document supplied  
Mr Kevin Mooney (EPLA – European Patent Lawyers Association) - no document supplied  
Mr Jacques BAUVIR (Michelin) - no document supplied  

Closing speech of Commissioner McCreevy

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Last update: 01-09-2008