2007-04-18..19 EPO hosts 2 day “European Patent Forum” in order “to prepare the ground for coming developments … and thereby better equip Europe to meet the challenges which its innovation policy will face in the future”, with a keynote speech by Angela Merkel on “importance of promoting innovation and patent protection in Europe”
2007-01-30 Zypries speech in JURI, German minister of Justice defending/dissimulating her hardcore pro-software-patent and pro-EPLA policies
2007-01-01 German government takes Council Presidency, poised to push for EPLA
