FICPI, 11th Open Forum, Florence.

The 11^th annual IP Open Forum hosted by Federation Internationale des Conseils en Propriete Industrielle took place on October 8-11, 2008 in Florence, Italy. Nina Vasilieva, Valeriy Vasiliev, George Beliaev and Serge Beliaev on the delegation of our company assisted in the work of Forum.

Two plenary sessions and three parallel streams dealing with practical topics were presented by experts in their field The Forum gave an opportunity to listen to and debate with the experts recent international developments in international property protection and their impact on day-to-day practice. Link to organizer: www.ficpi.org/