The Commissioners of the Patent Offices and representatives of Canada,
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States,
the European Commission, and the European Patent Office met in Newport
for the Second Informal Meeting of the Heads of Patent Offices in Certain
Developed Nations to discuss the role of industrial property offices
in knowledge management and the knowledge-based economy. Discussions
focussed in particular on patent protection for advanced technologies,
enforcement of intellectual property rights, convergence towards a global
patenting system, and national offices as innovation incubators.
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