PATINFO2016
Welcome to PATINFO2016 "Big Data – Chances and Challenges". Venue: 8 - 10 June in Ilmenau, Germany
“Big Data” will play an important role in the field of Intellectual Property such as patents, trademarks or design protection. We discuss the chances and challenges arising from the combination of data sets from different sources and the combination of IP data with market data. Information retrieval and analysis using big data need software tools and methods like semantics analysis and data visualization to reveal new insights. With this in mind we present various topics related to information retrieval, patent valuation and evaluation, trademarks and design as well as legal issues.
In the key notes the President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), a representative of the European Patent Office (EPO) and a representative of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will present their views on the role of “Big Data” in the field of intellectual property rights.
In the main part, patent and trademark experts from industry, patent offices, information providers and academic institutions as well as patent attorneys will give their expertise on this subject.
In the accompanying exhibition and a series of short lectures, software providers and information service providers will present their latest developments.
A free workshop program will complete the event. The PATINFO2016, organized by the Thuringia patent Center PATON, will remain the forum for the exchange of experiences between patent attorneys, patent specialists, engineers, scientists, service and information providers and information brokers, offices and agencies of intellectual property rights.
The patent agency will present current technology offers of Thuringian universities and scientific institutions.
To facilitate the informal exchange and networking the conference will start on the 8th of June with a Welcome Reception sponsored this year by the UNYCOM and the PATON.
We kindly advise you that the conference language is German.