Brussels, November 13, 2014: European-Chinese Conference on Patents – Shepard Fox organizes International Press Conference
The European Union and China are planning to enforce their cooperation to handle the growing number of patent applications from China in Europe. At a press conference arranged by Shepard Fox Communications, the Commissioner of the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Shen Changyu, and European Patent Office (EPO) President Benoît Battistelli said that the current situation requires a closer cooperation between the two patent offices. In an interview with Radio France Benoît Battistelli said that the European Patent Office has been cooperating with China for 30 years and supporting China in developing an efficient patent system. – Shepard Fox invited journalists from Chinese media as well as International correspondents and local Belgian journalists, organized the press briefing and arranged and managed the interviews with the Chinese Commissioner and the EPO President on-site in Brussels.