The University of Bonn is holding a summer school on intellectual property in July 2015. An expert from the South-East Asia IPR SME Helpdesk will give a guest lecture on IP in South-East Asia and China.
Events
The China IPR SME Helpdesk has invited a design patent examiner from the China State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) to give a detailed introduction and practical tips on how to use design patents and how to correctly apply for a design patent.
The China IPR SME Helpdesk is partnering with Lancaster University for a seminar on the Lancaster China Catalyst Programme, which aims to create opportunities for UK-Chinese partnerships and provide support for UK firms to develop international collaborative R&D and commercialisation projects in the challenging Chinese market.
The EU-Japan Days will take place on 10-11 July during the EXPO. The theme of EXPO Milano 2015, which is taking place from 1 May to 31 October, is 'Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life'.
The conference will present the results of the awareness campaign and the steps ahead of the EU initiative on the Smart use of ICT and the integration of SMEs in global industrial value chains.
As part of the process to develop a new strategy for the internal market, the European Commission and the Bertelsmann Stiftung organised a conference entitled 'Making the EU services market an engine for growth' on 2 July 2015.
Catalonia Trade & Investment (ACCIÓ) are hosting a training session on trademark protection for Spanish SMEs in China.
The European Commission is holding a Standardisation Round Table on 1 July 2015 to build on the Independent Review report and look at further improvements to the European Standardisation System. All stakeholders are invited.
The China IPR SME Helpdesk is partnering with the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and the EU SME Centre for the fifth SME Conference in Beijing on 30 June.
On Monday, 29 June, EU small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can participate in a live chat with the China IPR SME Helpdesk Business Advisor Reinout van Malenstein.
As part of the process to develop a more ambitious circular economy package, the European Commission organised a circular economy conference in Brussels on 25 June 2015.
This workshop being held in Brussels in June will see the participation of 70 senior and youth tourism stakeholders.
The Directorate-General for Internal market, Industry, SMEs and Entrepreneurship organised a high-level conference on Learning from Failure – Bankruptcy and Second chance for Honest Bankrupt Entrepreneurs. The event will take place on 18 June 2015 at SQUARE conference centre in Brussels.
The Tourism, Creative and Emerging Industries Unit held a workshop to discuss the challenge of tourism seasonality, looking specifically at the senior and youth markets in the EU, and relevant international markets.
The South-East Asia IPR SME Helpdesk is partnering with the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce to participate in a workshop and conference during the Greater Region Business Days trade fair.
An expert from the China IPR SME Helpdesk will give a presentation on trademark protection in China - from definition, through the process of registration of a trade mark, to the procedures related to the protection of a trademark that has been infringed.
The fourth annual conference on public procurement is taking place on 12 June 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. The theme is smart public procurement.
Over 740 000 European citizens have now visited the European Space Expo, as it continues its tour of major European cities. The free exhibition highlights the many ways in which the EU space programme helps EU citizens 'on the ground' every day.
As part of EXPO Milano 2015, an event on creativity and innovation in the agro-food sector will take place on Friday 12 June with the participation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).