Course: The Unitary Patent training collection: recordings & resources | e-learning centre
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Unitary Patent Package
Here you find the latest videos and presentations about the Unitary Patent package. Click the title of the topic you are interested in to open the material.
The Unitary Patent Package - an overview
The Unitary Patent Package
This video provides you with a comprehensive overview of the Unitary Patent. Stefan Luginbuehl, lawyer in Patent Law Policy and expert in the field, guides you through its conceptual framework, legal implications and practical aspects. Discover more about the benefits and challenges of the Unitary Patent, as well as its impact on inventors, businesses and the European patent landscape.
06 November 2024 | Speaker: Stefan Luginbuehl, EPO
The Unitary Patent in practice with users
The Unitary Patent in practice with users
One year after the launch of the Unitary Patent system, the EPO offers a refresher on the procedure to obtain UP protection and on other related UP services at the disposal of the user community. This lecture include practical information as well as insights on the practice of the Unitary Patent Division.
16 May 2024 | Speakers: Camille-Rémy Bogliolo, Satu Tschubel and Christina ten Hövel
The Unitary Patent
The Unitary Patent
Find out the latest on the Unitary Patent procedure before the EPO and the contents of the future Unitary Patent Guidelines in this module presented by EPO experts in the context of Guidelines 2Day 2024.
Speakers: Marko Schauwecker and Camille Bogliolo
UP / UPC Update with AIPLA
UP / UPC Update with AIPLA
In cooperation with the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the EPO ran a webinar on 14 June 2023 with the latest updates on the newly started Unitary Patent system and the Unified Patent Court. This webinar covered the benefits, opportunities, and more practical considerations brought by the new European patent reform. The moderator was Ryan Pool (AIPLA), with Michael Fröhlich and Stefan Luginbuehl as experts from the EPO, and Dr. Peter Tochtermann who is a presiding judge at the UPC.
Moderator: Ryan Pool
Speakers: Michael Fröhlich, Stefan Luginbuehl and Dr. Peter Tochtermann
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Unified Patent Court
Three experts with great knowledge of Europe’s new single court for patents have been interviewed by Stefan Luginbuehl (Head of Department European Legal Affairs, EPO, and Unitary Patent package expert). They explain the functioning of the Unified Patent Court which came into operation on 1 June 2023.
Introduction to the UPC
Timeline for introduction; opt-outs
Speaker: Kevin Mooney (Former Chair, drafting committee for UPC Rules of Procedure)
UPC – structure, language and jurisdiction
UPC – structure, language and jurisdiction
Speaker: Klaus Grabinski (President of the Court of Appeal; UPC)
Proceedings before the UPC
Proceedings before the UPC
Moderator: Pierre Véron (Member, UPC Expert Panel Group and Drafting Committee Rules of Procedure)
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Unitary Patent in EPO data tools
The EPO’s Patent Knowledge Team have prepared the “Patent Knowledge Nuggets”, a series of detailed short videos describing specific features and explaining tricks and tips for our online data tools, like the European Patent Register and Espacenet. Not all of these videos relate to the Unitary Patent, but for those which do, a link to the video is placed here.
More videos will be produced once the Unitary Patent system begins.
The Unitary Patent Register
The Unitary Patent Register
Learn how the Unitary Patent Register works, how to search for patents with unitary effect and how to deal with the result lists. It will also look at its different panel views, the data displayed in the different sections and the UP-related information that can be found in the European Patent Register.
Unitary Patent Register – Different display views
Unitary Patent Register – Different display views
Learn in which scenarios you can see the Unitary Patent Register in the European Patent Register, and when the UP panel views are visible.
European Patent Register – Searching for Unitary Patents and the results list
European Patent Register – Searching for Unitary Patents and the results list
Learn how to search in the European Patent Register for patents for which unitary effect has been requested or registered, using either Advanced search or Smart search, and explore the search results list.
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IT tools
IT Tools Workshops
In April and May 2022, the EPO held two IT workshops on the new Unitary Patent system, providing users with information on updates to the IT infrastructure and offering a live demonstration of how to access and use the required tools and forms.
Filing of the new forms related to the Unitary Patent
European Patent Register and Register for Unitary Patent protection
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Accredited European Patent Litigation Certificate (EPLC) course providers
There are accredited providers of the EPLC:
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Maastricht University
CEIPI, University of Strasbourg
FernUniversität in Hagen with the Kurt-Haertel-Institut
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Past events
Conference 2022
The Unitary Patent System – a game-changer for innovation in Europe, was a high-level conference attended by over 250 persons in Brussels on 17 November 2022, with over 1000 more following the livestream online. The event was hosted by Ministry of the Economy of Belgium, in partnership with the European Commission and the European Patent Office.
Opening Speeches
High‑level speakers will discuss the various avenues that the Unitary Patent system will open up for IP protection, as well as its potential to boost innovation across Europe.
Presentation of the European patent system
Speaker: James Nurton
Opening address
Speaker: António Campinos (President of the European Patent Office)
Speaker: Anna-Carin Svensson (Director-General for International Affairs at the Swedish Ministry of Justice)
Speaker: Angelika Niebler (Member of the European Parliament)
Views from present and former representatives of EU institutions
Speakers: Maive Rute (Deputy Director-General and Chief Standardisation Officer, DG GROW, European Commission)
Didier Seeuws (Director-General for General and Institutional Policy, Council of the EU)
Cecilia Wikström (Former Member of the European Parliament and shadow rapporteur for the UPP regulations)Panel discussions
Through a series of panel discussions the conference will present insight into the Unitary Patent system from a number of perspectives and evaluate its advantages for entrepreneurs and innovating businesses.
Views of academics
Panel moderator: Giovanni Casucci (Partner at EY Studio Legale Tributario IP Department, advisory board member of EPLAW, the European Patent Lawyers Association)
Speakers: Professor Bruno Van Pottelsberghe (Université libre de Bruxelles)
Professor Edouard Treppoz (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne university)
Professor Anselm Kamperman Sanders (Maastricht University)Views of business associations
Panel moderator: James Nurton
Speakers: Thierry Sueur (BusinessEurope)
Véronique Willems (Secretary General of SMEunited)
Ben Butters (Eurochambers)Views of innovative SMEs
Panel moderator: Gabriel Grésillon (Reporter at Les Echos)
Speakers: Professor Nuno Correia (INEGI / Solaris Float)
Ruben Bonet (President and CEO, Fractus)
Arnaud Castaignet (Vice President, Public Relations & Government Affairs, Skeleton Technologies)
Professor Karl Leo (European Inventor Award 2021 in the "Lifetime achievement" category)Views of professional representatives
Panel moderator: Joff Wild (Editor-at-large for IAM and WTR)
Speakers: Klaus Haft (Trial lawyer in intellectual property law, past-president and advisory board member of EPLAW, the European Patent Lawyers Association)
Ina Schreiber (Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP)
Koen Bijvank (Advocaat and Patent Attorney at Brinkhof, Amsterdam)Views of judges
Panel moderator: Kevin Mooney (Co-founder, past-president and advisory board member of EPLAW, the European Patent Lawyers Association)
Speakers: Klaus Grabinski (President of the Court of Appeal of the UPC)
Florence Butin (President of the Court of First Instance of the UPC)
Rian Kalden (Presiding judge of the second panel of the Court of Appeal of the UPC)
Emanuela Germano (Judge to the Court of Appeal of the UPC)
Stefan Johansson (Judge to the Court of First Instance of the UPC, NordicBaltic Regional Division)Conclusions
Conclusions
Speaker: Winfried Tilmann
Professor Emeritus (Heidelberg University, co-founder and advisory board member of EPLAW, the European Patent Lawyers Association)Unitary Patent Package – recorded seminars
The Unitary Patent will supplement and strengthen the existing centralised European patent granting system and will make it possible to obtain uniform patent protection in up to 25 EU member states by submitting a single request to the EPO. It will offer users of the patent system a cost-effective option for patent protection and dispute settlement across Europe.
The Unitary Patent package
Speakers: Stefan Luginbuehl
Patent Knowledge Week
One of the main topics of Patent Knowledge Week 2022 was the upcoming Unitary Patent. A dedicated block in the conference programme introduced the framework of the Unitary Patent, highlighted its economic impact and gave insight into the newly founded Unified Patent Court. These presentations were complemented by an overview on the Unitary Patent in the various EPO patent information tools and services and a panel discussion addressing the opportunities and challenges for SMEs.
The Unitary Patent: Facilitating access to patent protection with reduced complexity
Speaker: Michael Fröhlich (EPO)
The economic impact of the Unitary Patent
Speaker: Yann Ménière (EPO)
The Unified Patent Court
Speaker: Pierre-Louis Blerot (Centre des technologies de l'information de l'État)
The Unitary Patent in the EPO's products, data and tools
Speaker: Yolanda Sánchez García (EPO)
Vesna Vajsbaher (EPO)
Nuria Nine (EPO)
Sofie Leplae (EPO)The Unitary Patent: opportunities and challenges for SMEs
Moderator: Gerard Owens (EPO)
Panellists: Stefan Luginbuehl (EPO)
Joachim Fiedler (FIDLOCK GmbH)
Véronique Willems (SMEunited)
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The Unitary Patent: practical aspects for patent attorneys and paralegals
In an online lecture on 13 May 2022, two experienced EPO lawyers focussed on practical aspects of Unitary Patents, addressing patent attorneys, paralegals and administrative staff.
Find below the material of the online session.
An introduction to the new system
Requesting unitary effect at the EPO
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Patent Data User Days
On 08 and 09 June 2022 the EPO held the EPO Patent Data User Days aimed at patent data specialists. The first day looked at the impact of the Unitary Patent on EPO bulk data sets and services and focused on latest information on Unitary Patent implementation from both legal and IT perspectives.
Find below the programme of the online event, as well as the material of the first day.
Patent Data User Days – Programme
Changes in DOCDB-XML due to the introduction of the Unitary Patent
Changes in OPS and Unitary Patent
EBD and Unitary Patent
INPADOC events for the Unitary Patent and SPC data
New Register for Unitary Patent – I
New Register for Unitary Patent – II
Unitary Patent System – legal perspective
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