C SE N U TE O AT E -H L RE IN SE F N R U FO O D E U R O L AW TRAINING COURSE 13-15 JUNE, HOFFMANN EITLE MUNICH OFFICE ARABELLASTRASSE 30, 81925 MÜNCHEN, GERMANY E V E N T PA R T N E R DISCOUNTED ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE To register please email: registrations@managingip.com or call +44 207 779 8334 W W W. M A N A G I N G I P. C O M / E U R O L A W 2 0 1 6 # E U R O L AW 2 0 1 6
TRAINING COURSE June 13, 14 & 15, Hoffmann Eitle In the first half of the same week as the MIP Euro Law Conference, Hoffmann Eitle will be running a training course at its Munich offices. The training course will be more interactive and will have more of a classroom style. It will focus on practical advice for dealing with patentable inventions, disclosure issues, drafting pitfalls, patent prosecution work, appeals, patent litigation, oral proceedings at the EPO and the basic concepts of the UPC. The training course is open to all in-house counsel and private practice. Hoffmann Eitle has arranged a room block at the nearby Sheraton München Arabellapark Hotel and the Rothof Hotel. If you would like more information or would like to attend the training course, please email registrations@managingip.com or call +44 207 779 8334. Please include a request for a hotel room during this communication. TO REGISTER Email: registrations@managingip.com Call: +44 (0) 207 779 8334
PROGRAMME MONDAY, JUNE 13 09:00 Patentable inventions Computer implemented inventions and business methods Medical methods and biotechnological inventions Exclusions from patentability under the EPC 10:00 Disclosure concepts and pitfalls in claim drafting Essentials of disclosure Disclosure of numerical ranges & numerical values Intermediate generalisations Disclosure and scope of protection Claims drafting: support and essentiality of claim features, clear and concise features, claim categories, amendments Andreas Stefferl, German and European Patent Dominik Scheible, German and European Patent Attorney, European Trademark Attorney, Hoffmann Eitle Matthias Kindler, German and European patent 11:00 Coffee 11.30 Novelty Principles and statutes EPO approach on novelty Selected EPO and national case law Martin Bachelin, German and European Patent 13:30 Inventive step Problem solution approach at the EPO Case study Leonard Werner-Jones, German and European patent 14:30 Coffee 16:00 Hoffmann Eitle office tour 17.00 Close of day one PROGRAMME TUESDAY, JUNE 14 09:00 EPO opposition Concept of EPO opposition Opposition procedure Effect of the decision of the opposition division 10:00 EPO appeal proceedings Concept of EPO appeal and types of appeal Appeal procedure Statistics on appeal procedures Veit Frank, German and European Patent Thomas Becher, German and European Patent 11:00 Coffee 11.30 Patent litigation in Germany How to manage IP litigation in Europe Enforcing patents in Germany Provisional injunction proceedings Mike Gruber, attorney-at-law, Hoffmann Eitle 13:30 Patent litigation in the UK Prerequisites for UK litigation and potential outcomes Characteristics of UK legal procedure and UK venues Appeals in UK litigation David Sproston, British and European Patent Attorney, European Trademark Attorney, Hoffmann Eitle 15:00 Coffee 15:30 Preparing for oral proceedings at the EPO Stefan Mayrhofer, German and European patent 16:30 Close of day two 19:30 Dinner event
PROGRAMME WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 09:00 Attending oral proceedings at the EPO Stefan Mayrhofer, German and European patent 13:30 UPC basic concepts The European Patent with Unitary Effect The Unified Patent Court The future European Patent map 14:30 Close of training course Esther Pfaff, attorney-at-law, Hoffmann Eitle
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