This made me LOL. An invitation to a seminar on how to endorse software-patents sent to PP-MEP Christian Engström and Green-Group advisor Erik Josefsson.
The European Parliament's Scientific Technology Options Assessment Panel would like to invite you to a
STOA Workshop during the events of the 1st European Innovation Summit
Towards an Intellectual Property Rights Strategy for Innovation in Europe
Organised by Technopolis Limited and Knowledge4Innovation on behalf of STOA
Chair:
Dr. Paul Rübig, MEP, STOA
The European Parliament
Room 3 A 5 G-
60, Rue Wiertz, B-1047 Brussels, Belgium
13 October 2009, from 14:00 to 18:30
Background
Effective protection and use of IPRs is seen as fundamental to maintain Europe’s future global competitiveness. The workshop is expected to develop suggestions for a roadmap and timeline “Towards An Intellectual Property Rights Strategy for Innovation in Europe” and debate how the IPR system can support innovation, R&D investment, access to global markets and more generally contribute to the future quality of life of Europe’s citizens.
In the attachment you will find the workshop programme and the draft STOA report that constitutes the base for discussion.
Should you have any questions regarding the workshop feel free to contact the STOA Secretariat (Mr. Miklós Györffi, Policy Department A: Economic and Scientific Policy, Directorate General for Internal Policies, European Parliament, Rue Wiertz 60, ATR 00K076, B-1047 Brussels; e-mail: miklos.gyoerffi@europarl.europa.eu) .
STOA: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/default_en.htm, ETAG: http://www.itas.fzk.de/etag/
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