Munich, Germany (ots) - With a view to fostering the development and harmonisation of patent-related intellectual property law and practice within its member states, the European Patent Organisation has adopted regulations setting up a European Patent Academy. The new institution will be managed by the European Patent Office (EPO) and will have its seat in Munich. In close co-operation with national, European and ...
Munich, Germany (ots) - At its 94th meeting, held in Munich and chaired by Mr Mogens Kring (DK), the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation decided on 29 October 2003 to elect: - Mr Alain Pompidou (FR) to serve as President of the European Patent Office for a three-year term beginning on 1 July 2004 - Ms Alison Brimelow (GB) to serve as President of the European Patent Office for a ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Osnabrueck, Germany (ots) - Europe's best-endowed environmental award, the Deutscher Umweltpreis, worth EUR 500,000, was awarded for the eleventh time today. Federal President Johannes Rau presented it to the Head of the Biomechanics Department at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Professor Dr. Claus Mattheck ...
Munich (ots) - The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation, gathering in Munich for its 93rd meeting, unanimously decided to extend the term of office of Ingo Kober, President of the European Patent Office, to 30 June 2004, and expressed its thanks to him. Mr Kober, who has been in charge of the Office since 1996, agreed to this extension after the failure of the procedure for electing ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Osnabrueck, Germany (ots) - DBU honours international commitment and development of biological products - Awarding ceremony on 27 October in Magdeburg The new prizewinners of the German Environmental Award have been nominated. Presented by Federal President Johannes Rau the Executive Director of the ...
Gütersloh (ots) - The international media company Bertelsmann, which does a third of its business in the US, has pledged its financial support to the families of policemen and firefighters killed and still trapped in the Twin Towers. Speaking at an event on Wednesday in Gütersloh, Bertelsmann Chairman & CEO Thomas Middelhoff announced that the company will be ...
