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Conference on "patents: realising and securing value": Summary report

To assess critically the challenges facing the financial sector in coping with the emerging opportunities and risks in valuing, trading and securing patents, more than 150 participants from public and private organisations gathered at the international conference on “Patents: Realising and Securing Value”, jointly organised by the European Patent Office (EPO), the OECD, and the UK Patent Office, in London on 21 November 2007.