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• About the event

  Opposition Matters follows in the footsteps of its sister events, Search Matters and Examination Matters, which have become key events for patent searchers and attorneys. It is designed to give participants direct access to EPO examiners and European patent attorneys with years of opposition experience. The first edition of this new event took place on April 22-23 and focused on the hot topic of 2021: the introduction of inter partes oral proceedings by videoconference. 

  
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• Day 1 (22 April 2021)

  • 09.00   Welcome

    
    

    Xavier Seuba, Director, Patent Academy and EQE, EPO           
    Francis Leyder, President, epi

    09.15   Oral proceedings by videoconference in opposition

    
    

    Frédéric Bockstahl, examiner, Mobility and Mechatronics, EPO 
    Julia Gwilt, European patent attorney, epi  

    • Presentation
    • Discussion
    • Conclusion

    Download presentation (PDF, 486 KB)
    

    10.30   Panel discussion on oral proceedings by videoconference in opposition

    
    

    Moderator:
    Suzanne Herrera, Director, Operational Quality and Risk Management, EPO

    Panelists:  
    

    Frédéric Bockstahl, examiner, Mobility and Mechatronics, EPO
    Caroline Demoëte, head of department, Business Application Layer Operations, EPO 
    Diego Eguidazu Alonso, Chief Information Officer, EPO
    Julia Gwilt, European patent attorney, epi  
    Britta Kley, lawyer, Patent Law, EPO
    Birger Koblitz, head of department, Information Security, Chief Information Security Officer, EPO  

    
    11.15   Break
    

    11.30   Tips for working with interpreters at oral proceedings

    
    

    Sonja Harm, conference interpreter, head of department, Interpreting, Language Services, EPO

    Download presentation (PDF, 894 kB)

    11.45-12:45   Inside the mind of an opposition division

    
    

    Nataša Doslik, senior expert, Healthcare, Biotechnology and Chemistry, EPO
    Margarita García Martín, European patent attorney, epi

• Day 2 (23 April 2021)

  • 09.00 Auxiliary requests - when and how?

    
    

    Alexandre Bitton, team manager, Mobility and Mechatronics, EPO 
    Margarita García Martín, European patent attorney, epi 

    • Presentation
    • Discussion
    • Conclusions 

    Download: 
    Presentation part I (PDF, 2.4 MB)
    Presentation part II (PDF, 894 kB)
    

    
    

    11.00  Break
    

    11.15 Opposition: how the Register can help you 

    
    

    Yolanda Sánchez García, European Patent Register product marketing manager, Patent Knowledge, EPO
    Francis Leyder, European patent attorney, epi

    Download presentation (PDF, 6.1 MB)

    
    12.00  Break
    

    12.15 Hearing of witnesses by videoconference

    Doris Thums, head of department, Opposition and Substantive Patent Law, Patent Law, EPO

    Download presentation (PDF, 478 kB)

    12.30-13:00 Panel discussion on the hearing of witnesses by videoconference 

    
    

    Moderator:
    Suzanne Herrera, Director, Operational Quality and Risk Management, EPO

    Panelists: 
    Nataša Doslik, senior expert, Healthcare, Biotechnology and Chemistry, EPO
    Doris Thums, head of department, Opposition and Substantive Patent Law, Patent Law, EPO
    Caroline Demoëte, head of department, Business Application Layer Operations, EPO
    Christian Rupp, European patent attorney, epi