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LAUNCH OF ‘EUROPE IP LAW SEARCH’ 09.00-12.00, 12 May 2010 Galileo Conference Room, EU Delegation to China, 15 Dongzhimenwai Dajie Beijing 100600 The EU Delegation to China and the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, in the framework of the EU-China Project on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR2), are pleased to invite you to the launch of the ‘Europe IP Law Search’ – a new addition to the widely-used legal search tool, ‘China IP Law Search‘. The China IP Law Search launched for the first time a comprehensive, free-of-charge and bilingual collection of legal references relevant to intellectual property protection in China. The tool is now being extended to EU IP legislation. In doing so, the IP Law Search aims to be a valuable source of information for everybody working, studying or simply interested in the legal IP environment in China and the EU. For more information visit /ipsearch. Consecutive interpretation will be provided (English and Chinese). You are invited to confirm your participation to info@ before 7 May 2010. AGENDA 09.00-09.30 Registration 09.30 Inauguration addresses Mr Serge Abou, Ambassador, EU Delegation to China Mr Koos Richelle, Director-General, EuropeAid Co-operation Office Mr Yang Guohua, Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Commerce of China 10.20 Presentation of IP Law Search - European pages Mr Carlo Pandolfi, Team Leader, EU-China IPR2 Project Ms Tamryn Barker, Visibility Officer, EU-China IPR2 Project China IP Litigation Analysis Mr Chris Bailey – Rouse Questions and Answers 11.30-12.00 Refreshments - Interactive access to the ‘IP Law Search’ The EU-China IPR2 Project is a partnership project between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China with joint funding of more than EUR 16 million over four years (2007-2011), aimed at strengthening the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in China. As part of its work on enhancing access to information on Chi