On the 2nd of March 2020 in Vienna, Austria, the KnowING IPR partners organized event Patenting and IPR management.

The event was opened by Barbara Besek and Martin Leitner from H&S. The Project Manager Tamara B. Valič from FIS also addressed the audience. 

The topics presented at the event were:

• EPO tools for patent knowledge, From Espacenet to PATSTAT – patent searching and statistical analyses presented by Johannes Schaaf (European Patent Office)
• Linking innovation data IPLOD, presented by Dolores Modic (Nord University Business School, Norway)
• Technology Transfer landscapes in Austria and experiences of selected Tech Offer platforms, presented by Bernhard Koch (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria).

The next day on the 3rd of March 2020, the 4th Steering Committee Meeting of the KnowING IPR project was held. Work package leaders presented the work done, current work in progress and future tasks.