Munich, October 17, 2013: Shepard Fox supports 40th anniversary of the European Patent Convention with pan-European press activities
At a celebration attended by Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, the European Patent Office today marked the 40th anniversary of the European Patent Convention (EPC). On 5 October 1973, the EPC was signed in Munich, establishing a legal framework for the transnational grant of patents in Europe. Shepard Fox Communications was in charge of the pan-European press activities for the anniversary: drafting and distributing the European press release as well as 9 local press releases for France, Italy, Spain, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Germany, and Austria. Shepard Fox was also in charge of organizing the press conference held by the President of the European Patent Office, Benoît Battistelli, and a press trip, bringing some 20 journalists from across Europe to Munich for the anniversary celebrations and the press conference.