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Friday 20 March 2015

SPCs for first-timers and old hands: a couple of forthcoming events

From Rechtsassessor Jean-Claude Alexandre Ho (Conference Manager Intellectual Property, FORUM Institut für Management GmbH) comes news of two more SPC seminars. They are:
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1. 'Supplementary Protection Certificates', the sixth edition of FORUM's English SPC seminar with Dr Christopher Brückner, the author of the SPC commentary (participants will receive the latest edition on top of course documentation). Date: 7 and 8 May 2015; venue: Frankfurt. More information is available here. SPC Blog readers are entitled to a 10% discount against the registration fee (€ 1,200 instead of € 1,340).

2. 'SPC for Beginners', the fourth edition of FORUM'S basic SPC seminar in English, once again with Dr Christopher Brückner. Date: 6 May 2015; Venue: Frankfurt. More information is available here. SPC Blog readers are entitled to a 10% discount against the registration fee (€ 880 down from € 980). 
To register and gain the benefit of your reduced fee (valid only for registrations until 8 April 2015), just forward this blogpost to Jean-Claude himself at jc.alexandreho@forum-institut.de, or call him, quoting "The SPC Blog" (+49 6211 500-675) and specifying which event(s) you would like to attend.

This blog is always pleased to learn of events for which discounts are available for its readers.

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