Section: Past events | The Unitary Patent training collection: recordings & resources | e-learning centre

Kursübersicht
Accredited European Patent Litigation Certificate (EPLC) course providers

Past events

  • 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

      Download presentation



    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)
    Klaus Haft (Hoyng Rokh Monegier)

Accredited European Patent Litigation Certificate (EPLC) course providers