Although EPC 2000 upgraded "equivalents" to the dignity of the Protocol on Interpretation of Article 69 EPC, infringement by equivalence is a nightmare for patent attorneys, when providing an infringement opinion relating to several European jurisdictions.
This one day seminar is mainly addressed to experienced or intermediate level patent attorneys and aims at providing insight on the assessment of infringement by equivalence in some major European jurisdictions.
Our speakers will present relevant case law available in DE, FR, IT, BE and NL, both in the mechanical and chemical field. A practical case relating to a simple mechanical patent will then be submitted to the audience and infringement by equivalence will be discussed by our experienced speakers for a number of allegedly infringing products.
The webinar focuses on the practice of the EPO when it comes to lack of unity, both for the European and the PCT procedure. The most recent changes in the Guidelines concerning the EPO’s practice will be discussed as well. The webinar will also attempt to provide some tips on how professional representatives can handle these objections or try to avoid them.
The correct handling and keeping of files and documents is an important area in which practicality, professionalism and knowledge of relevant regulations must be balanced in order to provide an efficient service to clients and instructing departments. In the modern era of electronic file keeping particular attention must be paid to topics such as document security, confidentiality, date stamping, receipt acknowledgements, file structures and organisation, permanence and inviolability of file contents and the duration of any file retention period.
Knowledge of how to handle potential conflicts of interest is essential to the work of any European Patent Attorney. The aim of this webinar was to help short-cutting the lengthy process of experiential learning by examining, in a live Q&A session between two highly experienced patent attorneys dealing with a number of case studies of relevance to conflict situations.
In this three-part webinar series on Added Matter with epi expert Andrew Hards, the respective webinars focus on the following areas: two-lists principle, ranges and intermediate generalisation. In this course room, you can watch recordings and download the presentations of these three 1-hour events
In this webinar, it was discussed why it might be beneficial to validate EP patents in Cambodia. The event covered procedural aspects as well as economic considerations. Further, the speakers also advised how to enforce validated EP patents in Cambodia. This webinar has been organized by epi and supported by IPAC (Intellectual Property Association of Cambodia).
The hybrid seminar "A fresh look at procedural aspects of appeal proceedings" provided an intensive and practical overview of the law, the jurisprudence and their relevance to you in proceedings before the boards of appeal of the European Patent Office.
Knowledge of how to handle potential conflicts of interest is essential to the work of any European Patent Attorney. The aim of this webinar was to help short-cutting the lengthy process of experiential learning by examining, in a live Q&A session between two highly experienced patent attorneys dealing with a number of case studies of relevance to conflict situations.
In 2021, we pass 30 years from the signature of the act revising Article 63 EPC which was the pre-condition to introduce SPCs for medicines and later for plant protection agents. Although the revision did not officially enter into force until 1997, the SPC system was created and broadly applied in Europe from 1993.
In this webinar we discussed how innovations in artificial intelligence and machine learning can be protected with IP rights, in particular patents. We covered the basics of patenting computer-implemented inventions at the European Patent Office and the application of the legal framework to AI/ML-related inventions. Further topics were sufficiency of disclosure and whether AI has an impact on the future understanding of the person skilled in the art.
In this one-hour webinar Tim Powell, who is qualified both in English law and as a European Patent Attorney, explained some of the historical principles of privilege. The presentation then moves to some international comparisons and a commentary on EPC Rule 153, with the aim of placing privilege as may be encountered by European Patent Attorneys in the relevant legal context.
This webinar is about how to set up and execute a licensing program. Main topics are how to find a licensing project and how to make a business plan for execution of such a project. The business plan includes a licensing policy, remuneration, negotiations, pressure means, the licensing contract and the collection of remuneration. Finally, a number of caveats are presented.
A major change in the new Rules of Procedure is the approach to be taken by the Boards when deciding on the admittance of late-filings. In the pre-council webinar Marcus Müller, Chairman of Board 3.3.02, and patent attorney David Molnia share their views on case law that has been developed on this issue as well as the impact the Rules of Procedure have on the practice of a practitioner.
"IP Commercialisation" is a series of three webinars giving an overview of the most relevant aspects of the strategic and commercial side of managing Intellectual Property (IP) rights. In this course room, which is accessible for all epi members and epi students, you can watch recordings and download the presentations of the three webinars held in the framework of the series.