Darren Smyth to speak at CIPA Congress 2013

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01 October 2013
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Partner Darren Smyth will be a speaker at the 18th annual CIPA Congress in a session entitled ‘Taking a Broad View of Designs’.

The 2013 CIPA Congress takes place on 3-4 October at the Lancaster London Hotel. The theme of this year’s event is ‘All change in IP – optimising IP strategies in times of uncertainty’.

Darren’s fellow speakers are Eva Blum from Swedish law firm Vinge, and Dr Henning Hartwig from German IP law firm Bardehle Pagenberg. Chairing the session will be Dr Michael Jewess of Research in IP.

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