Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Venue: The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, Rolls Passage Entrance, 33 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1EN
The Training Programme on European Patent Law and Practice is an intensive two-part course for candidates who are preparing for the main papers (A, B, C and D) of the European Qualifying Examinations (EQE) to establish whether they have the requisite aptitude and knowledge to represent applicants before the European Patent Office (EPO).
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To qualify as a European patent attorney it is necessary to pass the European qualifying examination (EQE) administered by the European Patent Office (EPO). This examination has a pass rate of less than 50% and consists of four papers sat under exam conditions ranging from three to six hours per paper. The papers include three practical papers (drafting of patent specifications – paper A; amendment of patent specifications – paper B; opposing granted patents – paper C; and legal exam, sat in two papers European patent law – paper D).
Dr Charles Harding, D. Young & Co.; Mr Gareth Fennell, Kilburn & Strode; Mr Richard Bassett, Potter Clarkson; Dr Gordon Wright, Elkington & Fife; Ms Margaret Mackett, Gevers Patents; Mr Christopher Revell, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies UK Limited.
Programme Academic Advisor: Dr Noam Shemtov, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London.
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