Re: [Patents] US patent lawyers boast good connections to CEC

[Francois PELLEGRINI <pelegrin@labri.u-bordeaux.fr>]

Hello all:

PILCH Hartmut wrote:
>         http://www.oppenheimer.com/international/european_antitrust.shtml
> 
> we find:
> 
> "Our practice has allowed us to build up close contacts with key officials
> in the European Commission's Competition Directorate-General, including
> the case-handlers who administer the files and the policy makers at all
> levels of the administration. This enables us to ensure that policy
> decisions in individual cases are not taken without our clients' concerns
> having been expressed and considered at the appropriate level."

Which is to be put in relation to this other page of theirs:

http://www.oppenheimer.com/intprop/intprop.shtml

"The attorneys in our Brussels office provide clients with the most
up-to-date information on the policies and regulations of the European
Community with respect to intellectual property matters, including
standardization of practices among the EU nations."

Well, no lie, if they're so close to EC executives...    8^)



                                        f.p.