SUEPO Interviews
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the EPO and in order to contribute to the debate on strategic renewal, SUEPO has decided to ask historical personalities in the EPO as well as leading personalities in Intellectual Property what they consider the strengths and weaknesses of the EPO to be, how they see the relation between the EPO and the EU and what they think of the EPN.
Interview with Prof. Paul Seabright (29/09/08)
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Interview mit Dr. Heiner Flocke, Vorstand des patentverein.de e.V. (10/09/08)
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Interview mit Dr. Lothar Steiling (18/04/08)
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Interview mit Dr. Klaus Langfinger (13/03/08)
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Interview mit Prof. Dr. Joseph Straus (27/02/08)
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Interview with Francis Hagel (11/02/08)
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Interview mit Alfons Schäfers (10/01/08)
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Interview with Dominique Guellec (20/12/07)
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- Recommended further reading: See his latest book, "The economics of the European patent system" and further references in wikipedia.
Interview mit dem Münchner Innovationsforscher und Patentexperten Professor Dietmar Harhoff (6/12/07)
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- Recommended further reading: Stellungnahme des wissenschaftlichen Beirat beim Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technology zum Thema "Patentschutz und Innovation".
Interview mit Dr. Ulrich Schatz, "The first lawyer of the EPO" (14/11/07)
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