AIDB Webinar: “Espacenet: New Opportunities for Analyzing Patent Publications and Their Challenges”

AIDB Webinar: “Espacenet: New Opportunities for Analyzing Patent Publications and Their Challenges”

AIDB has organized a webinar for March 28, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. on the new analytical capabilities offered by the European Patent Office’s Espacenet database. The event is accreditedby the Order of Industrial Property Consultants; participants will receive one continuing education credit in the field of patents upon submission of the certificate.

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WIPO IP Information Roundtable 2023

WIPO IP Information Roundtable 2023

The documentation for the WIPO IP Information Roundtable 2023, the roundtable on WIPO’s patent information services held on November 30, 2023, is now available.

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WIPO IP Information Roundtable

WIPO IP Information Roundtable

On November 30, 2023, starting at 1:00 p.m., the annual IP Information Roundtable—WIPO’s roundtable on patent information services—will be held.

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CEPIUG Conference, 17/19 September, Milan

CEPIUG Conference, 17/19 September, Milan

The Confederacy of European Patent Information User Groups (CEPIUG) thanks all the participants, sponsors, exhibitors that joined at Politecnico di Milano to celebrate the 15th anniversary of CEPIUG, an event held in collaboration with Fondazione Politecnico di Milano on September 17-19, 2023.

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Bernardo Nobile Award, 18th Edition

The awards ceremony for the winners of the 18th edition of the Bernardo Nobile Prize, sponsored by AIDB, will be held on May 25, 2023, at the AREA Science Park in Trieste.

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AIDB Conference, June 19–20, Florence

AIDB Conference, June 19–20, Florence

After a few years on hiatus due to the pandemic, the National Conference of the Italian Association of Patent Documentalists (AIDB) is finally returning; it will be held at and in collaboration with the University of Florence. The AIDB Conference is free and open to everyone, upon registration.

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AIDB Participates in the Senate’s 9th Committee Hearing on Bill No. 411

AIDB Participates in the Senate’s 9th Committee Hearing on Bill No. 411

On Tuesday, February 7, the Senate’s 9th Committee (Industry, Commerce, Tourism, Agriculture, and Agri-Food Production) held the first day of informal hearings via videoconferenceto review Bill No. 411, “Amendments to the Industrial Property Code” (CPI) submitted by various organizations, which also participated in the discussion on the Strategic Action Plan for Industrial Property for the […]

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2022 Bernardo Nobile Award

2022 Bernardo Nobile Award

Area Science Park is announcing its annual award for bachelor’s or doctoral theses that have effectively utilizedpatent documentation andinformation, as well as data analytics methodologies and techniques, to extract valuable content from bibliographic sources.

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WIPO IP Information Roundtable

WIPO IP Information Roundtable

The next meeting will be held on November 14 and 15, 2022 WIPO IP Information Round Table, the roundtable on WIPO’s patent information services, will be held on November 14 and 15, 2022.

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AIDB Webinar: “Prior Art for the EPO and USPTO: The State of the Art Is Not the Same Everywhere”

AIDB Webinar: “Prior Art for the EPO and USPTO: The State of the Art Is Not the Same Everywhere”

Accurately identifying the state of the art is the fundamental step in determining the novelty and inventive step of a patent. However, the definition of “state of the art” is not harmonized between the European Patent Convention and U.S. law.

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