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This Kat is looking to a post-COVID future


As another week of miscellany comes around, this Kat is wondering where the time goes. 

Conferences & Events

FIDE’s 5th Global Digital Encounter is taking place on 25th September,  on the topic of ‘Artificial Intelligence, Software and Patents: Towards a Post-COVID Changing Game’. Registration is available here.

WIPO’s next roving webinar will be held in French on 1 October, covering a variety of topics:
  • International intellectual property registration systems, including patents, trademarks, geographical indications and industrial designs
  • WIPO PROOF – trusted digital evidence service
  • Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms for IP/technology disputes and domain names
  • IP and technology databases
On peut s’inscrire ici.

The 18th Annual Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium (WIPIP) is being held online on February 11-13, 2021 and February 18-20, 2021, providing a forum for junior and senior scholars alike to present and discuss their work. The submission deadline is November 6, 2020, with further information available here.
Jobs & Opportunities

BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation, is seeking a research assistant for its Legal and Economic Department, to assist in particular with competition law and regulation in the digital economy matters. To apply and for further details, see here.

The European Patent Office is seeking to appoint technically qualified members of the judicial Boards of Appeal (3.3.03 & 3.3.09 – Chemistry), with a deadline of 1 October. Further details are available here.

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