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Do you like to refresh your EPC knowledge and skills or are you new in the profession? Then start the new year with a 2-day seminar on "Life of a patent" from 23-24 January 2020 in Lisbon. The succesful seminar series on "Life of a patent" is generally composed in four parts. We are starting with the first two parts "Pre-drafting" and "Drafting".

Candidates who have already been admitted to the EQE (pre- or main examination) are already registered and therefore do not need to register again even if they have not yet sat an examination paper.

Enrolment to the pre-examination 2021 will only be possible for candidates who have registered by 15 January 2020 at the latest.

The new Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal entering into force on 1 January 2020 and their implications on the proceedings will be dealt with in detail at the seminar. The "Opposition and Appeal" seminar provides you with an intensive and practical overview of all relevant legal and practical issues concerning opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office.

Get a detailed insight in the collaboration with patent attorneys from China, India, United States and South America. Meet our epi Experts at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven (NL) to learn about the most recent developments.

The final decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in case C-688/17 was issued on 12 September 2019. The epi Litigation Committee has been following this referral from the Hungarian court with interest as it relates to the interpretation of compensation for defendants under Art 9(7) of the IPR Enforcement Directive (2004/48/EC).