These lectures are an opportunity to find out more about the services provided by the EPO, the latest developments in the PCT system and many practical aspects of the PCT procedure. Each lecture deals with the interaction with the EPO at different stages of the PCT procedure: as Receiving Office, as International Search Authority, International Preliminary Examination Authority and as a Designated Office. The speakers are experienced PCT lawyers from the directorate in charge of European and international legal affairs.
This course includes presentations by EPO lawyers and examiners on recent changes in EPO substantive and procedural matters. Topics addressed are: assessing evidence and plausibility in sufficiency; essential features and their impact on compliance with EPC requirements; latest developments in the Guidelines referred to computer implemented inventions (CII); and procedural aspects at the final stages of the grant procedure towards the best possible protection.
Practice is the key to your preparations for Paper D of the
EQE, so the Academy is offering you the chance to hone your legal skills by
tackling a daily question on the paper. The questions will be posted weekly,
for a 12-week period running from 30 September to 20 December 2019. There will be a
dedicated entry for each question where you can post your answer. An
experienced EQE tutor comments on the questions (and your answers) every Friday.
This course room offers
access to material covering topics related to the substantive European patent
law applicable specifically to healthcare and EPO's approach to examining
patent applications in this field.
This blended e-learning course addresses the preparation for the EQE pre-examination. The on-line training material contains in-depth articles, case studies, quizzes to test your knowledge and previous examinations. Experienced epi tutors support you in a discussion forum as well as in live virtual classroom sessions.
The fee of EUR 350,- covers the participation in the course.
This course room offers access to material covering a range of topics
related to computer-implemented inventions, from patentability requirements to
new technologies and specific uses of CII in fields like biotech and healthcare.
On 4 December 2018 the EPO hosted as the first
major patent office a conference entitled “Patenting Blockchain”, an event
designed to open a discussion around the impact of Blockchain on the patent
system. This course room offers access to the recordings of the lectures and
panel discussions.
This course has been designed for patent attorneys and IP
professionals with experience in filing PCT applications with the EPO. It
offers access to two webinars which provide an opportunity to find out more
about the services provided by the EPO, the latest developments in the PCT
system and many practical aspects of the PCT procedure.
This series of four one-hour virtual classrooms cover some
of the topics offered in the second half of 2018 in the series of seminars
EPO2day, which had been designed for patent attorneys and IP professionals with
experience in filing and prosecuting European patent applications. They deal
with four different aspects of procedural and substantive law before the EPO.
This distance
learning course is offered to patent examiners at national IP offices.
Participants will learn to assess novelty and inventive step in line with the
EPO practice (Guidelines and Case Law). Virtual classroom sessions allow for
direct interaction with expert tutors from the European Patent Office.
This distance
learning course is offered to patent examiners at national IP offices.
Participants will learn to apply the criteria for clarity as well as the
methodology for determining the unity of invention in line with the EPO
practice (Guidelines and Case Law). Virtual classroom sessions allow for direct
interaction with EPO expert tutors.
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.
In some cases, national authorities may license companies or individuals other than the patent owner to use the rights of the patent without the consent of the patent owner. “Compulsory licensing in Europe” provides a country-by-country overview of compulsory licensing regimes across the 38 EPC contracting states including possible grounds for grant, procedural framework and jurisprudence.
This distance learning course is offered to patent examiners at national IP offices and comprises a series of ten live virtual classroom (VC) sessions on the use of EPOQUE Net. They will help to broaden skills of EPOQUE Net users at national offices. Practical cases will be provided as short assignments prior to each VC. Solution(s) proposed by participants and the tutor(s) will be therein discussed. Tips and tricks on efficient use of the EPO's professional patent search tool will be brought to participants. Features of possible new roll-outs will also be included in the course.
During the VC sessions, participants have the possibility to communicate live with the experts and ask questions.
This course comprises 26 recorded lectures in which expert examiners present
their CPC technical fields.
The lectures
are based on the presentations delivered during the CPC field-specific trainings
that took place in 2018 in The Hague and in 2019 in Munich. The events were aimed at
staff who use the CPC in classification at national offices in both member
states and non-member states.
The European Patent Office addressed the
challenges and opportunities of patenting Artificial Intelligence at a one-day
conference on 30 May 2018, which connected people from business, academia, the
judiciary, policy making and patent offices. This course room offers access to
the recordings of the lectures and panel discussions.
These lectures are an opportunity to find out more about the services provided by the EPO, the latest developments in the PCT system and many practical aspects of the PCT procedure. Each lecture deals with the interaction with the EPO at different stages of the PCT procedure: as Receiving Office, as International Search Authority, International Preliminary Examination Authority and as a Designated Office. The speakers are experienced PCT lawyers from the directorate in charge of European and international legal affairs.
This course includes presentations by EPO lawyers and examiners on recent changes in EPO substantive and procedural matters. Topics addressed are: assessing evidence and plausibility in sufficiency; essential features and their impact on compliance with EPC requirements; latest developments in the Guidelines referred to computer implemented inventions (CII); and procedural aspects at the final stages of the grant procedure towards the best possible protection.
Practice is the key to your preparations for Paper D of the
EQE, so the Academy is offering you the chance to hone your legal skills by
tackling a daily question on the paper. The questions will be posted weekly,
for a 12-week period running from 30 September to 20 December 2019. There will be a
dedicated entry for each question where you can post your answer. An
experienced EQE tutor comments on the questions (and your answers) every Friday.
This course room offers
access to material covering topics related to the substantive European patent
law applicable specifically to healthcare and EPO's approach to examining
patent applications in this field.
This blended e-learning course addresses the preparation for the EQE pre-examination. The on-line training material contains in-depth articles, case studies, quizzes to test your knowledge and previous examinations. Experienced epi tutors support you in a discussion forum as well as in live virtual classroom sessions.
The fee of EUR 350,- covers the participation in the course.
This course room offers access to material covering a range of topics
related to computer-implemented inventions, from patentability requirements to
new technologies and specific uses of CII in fields like biotech and healthcare.
On 4 December 2018 the EPO hosted as the first
major patent office a conference entitled “Patenting Blockchain”, an event
designed to open a discussion around the impact of Blockchain on the patent
system. This course room offers access to the recordings of the lectures and
panel discussions.
This course has been designed for patent attorneys and IP
professionals with experience in filing PCT applications with the EPO. It
offers access to two webinars which provide an opportunity to find out more
about the services provided by the EPO, the latest developments in the PCT
system and many practical aspects of the PCT procedure.
This series of four one-hour virtual classrooms cover some
of the topics offered in the second half of 2018 in the series of seminars
EPO2day, which had been designed for patent attorneys and IP professionals with
experience in filing and prosecuting European patent applications. They deal
with four different aspects of procedural and substantive law before the EPO.
This distance
learning course is offered to patent examiners at national IP offices.
Participants will learn to assess novelty and inventive step in line with the
EPO practice (Guidelines and Case Law). Virtual classroom sessions allow for
direct interaction with expert tutors from the European Patent Office.
This distance
learning course is offered to patent examiners at national IP offices.
Participants will learn to apply the criteria for clarity as well as the
methodology for determining the unity of invention in line with the EPO
practice (Guidelines and Case Law). Virtual classroom sessions allow for direct
interaction with EPO expert tutors.
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.
In some cases, national authorities may license companies or individuals other than the patent owner to use the rights of the patent without the consent of the patent owner. “Compulsory licensing in Europe” provides a country-by-country overview of compulsory licensing regimes across the 38 EPC contracting states including possible grounds for grant, procedural framework and jurisprudence.
This distance learning course is offered to patent examiners at national IP offices and comprises a series of ten live virtual classroom (VC) sessions on the use of EPOQUE Net. They will help to broaden skills of EPOQUE Net users at national offices. Practical cases will be provided as short assignments prior to each VC. Solution(s) proposed by participants and the tutor(s) will be therein discussed. Tips and tricks on efficient use of the EPO's professional patent search tool will be brought to participants. Features of possible new roll-outs will also be included in the course.
During the VC sessions, participants have the possibility to communicate live with the experts and ask questions.
This course comprises 26 recorded lectures in which expert examiners present
their CPC technical fields.
The lectures
are based on the presentations delivered during the CPC field-specific trainings
that took place in 2018 in The Hague and in 2019 in Munich. The events were aimed at
staff who use the CPC in classification at national offices in both member
states and non-member states.
The European Patent Office addressed the
challenges and opportunities of patenting Artificial Intelligence at a one-day
conference on 30 May 2018, which connected people from business, academia, the
judiciary, policy making and patent offices. This course room offers access to
the recordings of the lectures and panel discussions.