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On Wednesday 26 November, epi welcomed a delegation of JPAA, the Japan Patent Attorneys Association, at our office in Munich, to exchange views and points for collaboration.

The Enlarged Board of Appeal today held the oral hearing in case R 16/23 and announced its decision to set aside decision J 6/22, order the re-opening of the proceedings before the Legal Board of Appeal, and reimburse the petition fee.

The celebration of the 100th epi Council Meeting started on Friday afternoon with a memorable retrospective of the history and look into the future of the Institute.

EQE 2026 Papers A, B, C, and D and M2 – 5, 10, 12 and 3 March 2025, respectively

The Examination Board of the European qualifying examination is looking for volunteers from epi to bench mark the 2026 papers A, B, C and D. Volunteers will be expected to sit one or more of the papers under the same conditions as candidates.

On 21 October 2025, a meeting of the MSBA took place.

Historically, “MSBA” stood for meeting of members of SACEPO with the Boards of Appeal” but now it just signifies a meeting of the President of the Boards of Appeal, a number of senior Chairs of Boards and some of the President’s staff with 4 person delegations from Business Europe and epi.