Leading IP professionals to share best practice at CPA Global European Conference

CPA Global, the world’s leading provider of intellectual property (IP) management and outsourced legal support services, is bringing together IP experts from around the world to share best practice and discuss key industry issues at its annual European Conference this autumn. With high level speakers being lined up from leading corporations and law firms, the three-day conference in Paris from 4-7 October is one of the most important industry events of the season.

Development of the programme has benefited from the insights and experience of a senior advisory board of IP professionals from prominent companies and law firms, including Marks & Clerk, Carpmaels & Ransford, JA Kemp & Co, Keltie and Canon Europe Limited. Sessions have been carefully selected with the primary aim of increasing the IP knowledge of attendees.

CPA Global Director Thomas Wuennemann said: "The CPA Global European Conference attracts a wide range of industry specialists who welcome the opportunity to participate in high-level strategic discussion of the IP issues facing organisations today and place value on professional development. I am confident that every delegate will come away from our time together in Paris with information and knowledge that directly impacts their work."

Key features of the 2009 conference are:

• Speakers drawn from thought leaders across the IP community
• Business solutions sessions – high-level IP industry discussions offering insights into current and future industry trends
• Software best practice sessions – looking at how leading organisations have taken on new business processes and have used software to streamline their workflow
• Software Lab - this facility offers participants one-on-one time with CPA Global support staff and consultants
• Comprehensive training sessions addressing all levels of software users, from beginner to intermediate to advanced
• Solution Showcase - an exhibit area showcasing CPA Global’s full range of IP solutions capabilities
• An update on CPA Global in its 40th year from Chief Executive Officer Peter Sewell

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Industry professionals interested in attending the CPA Global European Conference should visit: www.cpaglobal.com/paris2009 for further information.

About CPA Global

With clients in over 100 countries, CPA Global is one of the world’s leading legal process outsourcing (LPO) firms, providing a full range of legal support services and intellectual property management services. Now celebrating its 40th year of operations, CPA Global is a key player in the growing market for outsourced document review, contract management and litigation support services, helping law firms and corporations to realize value by managing risk, cost and capacity. CPA Global is also the market leader in lifecycle management services for intellectual property such as patent, design and trademark searching, watching, renewals, and portfolio strategy. Founded in Jersey, Channel Islands in 1969, CPA Global today employs more than 1,200 people in 16 offices in eight countries. 

CPA Global’s leadership position is underlined by its ranking as the world’s top intellectual property outsourcing provider and its second place overall for core legal services outsourcing in the Brown-Wilson Group’s Black Book of Outsourcing 2009.  CPA Global also achieved more first place ‘quality’ ratings in the prestigious industry survey than any other LPO provider. This follows CPA Global’s success in the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals 2009 Global Outsourcing 100 list, in which it achieved the highest position of any pure-play LPO provider.

For further information, please visit: www.cpaglobal.com

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