Brussels, February 26, 2015

Brussels, February 26, 2015: Announcing the 2014 global patent filings figures – Shepard Fox organizes international press conference for the European Patent Office

The European Patent Office, Europe’s second largest public service institution, today announced the global 2014 patent filing figures. These figures, broken down by the number of patents filed per country, company and technology sector, are seen as an important indicator for the state of the global economy as they reflect corporate expenditures into R&D. Shepard Fox organized and managed the European Patent Office’s press conference in Brussels attended by 30 correspondents from all over world. Shepard Fox also created the press kits with press releases in 15 different languages, and distributed local press releases to media in Korea, Japan, China, the US, the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Poland.

2014 Annual Results of the European Patent Office