European university students from all disciplines will get hands-on experience of the EPO and insight into the work of EPO experts from a variety of fields to get a deeper understanding of the European patent system.

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This event aims at fostering exchange of knowledge and discussion between both IP offices and the public.

Participants will have a better understanding of patenting practices and procedures of the EPO and the OEPM in the specific field of medical devices, and the interplay of these procedures and the use of patents in business/ academia.

PCT Updates is an online seminar where an EPO team of PCT experts discuss the latest developments regarding the PCT. To find out more about what’s new in the PCT procedures at the EPO, the amendments to the Regulations under the PCT,  the latest PCT developments on Covid-19 remedies and the entry into force of the new Rule 20.5bis, you can register for the webinar in English or German. You can also watch last year’s seminar with the information in French.

The European Patent Convention (EPC) sets out the legal framework for a single, harmonised patent granting procedure for the European patent, which exists in parallel with national patents subject to national prosecution procedures.

Post-grant litigation and enforcement procedures differ quite substantially across the EPC contracting states, as do the courts adjudicating on patent matters. This online course provides a country-by-country overview.

The course provides an introduction to:

a) the EPO and its grant procedure
b) to the different IP rights and their relevance in protecting the outcome of research
c) the concept of invention and the main patentability requirements
d) practical aspects of a successful research valorisation: case study

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This course looks at the importance of patents as a source of information for research and new projects and as a means of protecting inventions with a particular view on graphene technologies.

The focus is set on how to best protect and exploit the research results by raising awareness on Intellectual Property (IP) and what the benefits are to know more about IP. The course includes reading material, recorded videos, examples as well as successful IP case studies on how university inventions turned into business. After completion of a quiz, participants will receive a certificate by the EPO.

Participants will have the possibility to interact with EPO and Graphene Flagship experts during live virtual classroom sessions and in an online forum.

This course has been specifically designed for researchers and innovators in new technologies.

The set of recorded lectures around IP management tackle issues on IP strategy, valuation, evaluation and commercialisation. Experts from different areas provide an insight on those topics with many practical examples.

This distance learning course is offered to patent examiners at national IP offices who have started to use the EPOQUE Net tool. The course comprises on-line material, such as e-learning modules and will be articulated around a series of 6 virtual classroom (VC) sessions. The course has a focus on the hands-on experience, translated in the form of assignments, exercises and examples. The material will help EPOQUE Net users at national offices to efficiently perform searches using EPOQUE Net. The tutors are experienced EPO examiners. 

During the VC sessions, participants have the possibility to communicate live with the experts and ask questions.