GRAPI is the French acronym for “Rhône-Alpes Group for the Protection of Intellectual Property“, it is the regional branch of the international AIPPI association for the Auvergne-Rhône Alpes (“AURA”) region. It involves patent counsels, attorneys, corporate lawyers as well as IP executives from various industrial firms. It runs in close collaboration with the regional authority of INPI (National Intellectual Property Institute) . On 12 January 2021, upon invitation from GRAPI’s executive committee in the framework of their statutory lectures, all three Winnotek partners offered a webinar dedicated to the plurality of corporate IP strategies, their practical components (strategic alignment, business secrets policies, strategic intelligence, decision making processes, monetization business models, methods for financial assessment of IP assets….) and the key success factors for their efficient deployment.

This 90 minutes event attracted about 100 executives from all GRAPI members professions, and took place in the presence of the AURA Region executive director from INPI. All auditors’ feedbacks are strongly positive. A comprehensive recording of the webinar is made accessible to all GRAPI members on the Group’s institutional website.