AIDB 2015 Membership Drive

Registration for AIDB for the 2015 calendar year is now open. Starting this year, the registration form will be reserved exclusively for new members, while those who wish to renew their membership will only be required to pay the membership fee (more information is available in the members-only area). To register, please fill out the […]

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EPO – Search Matters 2015

Event for patent search professionals 5-6 March 2015 Munich, Germany Search Matters is an annual event that not only showcases the EPO’s patent search strategies and techniques, but also offers an unrivalled look behind the scenes at the Office. According to participants – many of whom are repeat attendees – it is more a “must-have” […]

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October 2–3, 2014 AIDB 2014 General Assembly and Conference “PATENT VALUATION: BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY, FINANCE, AND LEGAL ISSUES. COMBINING TOOLS, DATABASES, AND EXPERTISE”

The annual conference of the Italian Association of Patent Documentalists (AIDB) is the leading national event in the field of technical, scientific, and legal information—represented by the millions of patents that make up a vast, yet still underutilized, international archive. The 2014 edition, organized in collaboration with the Science and Technology Park of the Naples […]

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AIDB 2014 Membership Drive

Registration for AIDB for the 2014 calendar year is now open; applications can be submitted exclusively by filling out the appropriate online form. Membership dues remain unchanged from 2013 and amount to: Regular Member: 90.00 euros Observer Member: 225.00 euros Second Member of the same administration (Regular or Observer): 75.00 euros. In order to give […]

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AIDB 2013 General Assembly and Conference, Bologna

The 9th National Conference on Patent Information will be held in Bologna on the topic “The Role of the Patent Information Specialist and the Evolution of Patent Searches—Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.” The 2013 edition is being organized in conjunction with the EPO’s patent information conference—EPOPIC 2013 —which this year will take place in Italy at the […]

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AIDB at the Second Annual Industrial Property Fair in Parma

The second Industrial Property Exhibition will be held on September 30, 2012, at the Palacassa Congress Center at the Parma Fairgrounds. AIDB, one of the event’s sponsors, will be present with its own information booth.

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Seminar: “Classifying with the Cooperative Patent Classification”

The European Patent Academy of the EPO (European Patent Office) organized a two-day seminar at the EPO headquarters in The Hague on June 17–18, 2013, with the aim of providing an overview of the objectives, characteristics, operation, and tools related to the new CPC classification. The Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) is a new global classification […]

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Conference on “E-Commerce and Online Counterfeiting”

Paradigma srl of Turin, in collaboration with AIDB, invites you to attend the conference on the topic“E-commerce and Online Counterfeiting — Prevention and Defense Techniques and Strategies,” to be held in Milan at the Hilton Hotel on March 25 and 26, 2013. AIDB members who have paid their 2013 membership dues and wish to participate […]

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EPO Patent Information

Materials related to the “EPO Patent Information and Procedures” course—organized in collaboration with AICIPI (Italian Association of Industrial Property Consultants and Experts for Institutions and Companies) and the Center of Excellence for Systematic Innovation. The course took place on February 6–7, 2013 (9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. / 2:00 PM–5:00 PM) at the Polytechnic University of Milan.

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EPO Patent Information

AIDB and AICIPI (Italian Association of Industrial Property Consultants and Experts for Public Bodies and Companies), in collaboration with the Center of Excellence for Systematic Innovation, as a follow-up to the course on “Asian Patent Information” held in February 2012, are organizing a course on“EPO Patent Information,” to be held on February 6–7, 2013 (9:30 […]

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