"Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court" epi roadshow

Venue

NH Collection Barcelona Pódium
Carrer de Bailèn, 4-6
08010 Barcelona
Spain

Description

The seminars will provide knowledge of unitary patent protection and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) to allow epi members to work with the new system and to advise clients on strategic choices, for example on whether to request unitary effect for their European patents, or when and whether to opt their non-unitary European patents out of the UPC.

Content:

• From Community Patent to Unitary Patent
• Unitary Patent: the basics
• Procedures before the European Patent Office
• Fees and other financial aspects
• Information to the public
• Issues relating to the UPP system
• Appeals and interlocutory revision
• UPC: court structure, jurisdiction, territorial scope 
• How and when will the UPC become operational? transitional phasing-in period (sunrise period), activities before entry into force
• General overview over procedure; Rules of Procedure; provisional measures, patent infringement actions, revocation actions, provisional measures, evidence, languages
• Relationship between parallel or subsequent EPO opposition proceedings and UPC-actions
• UPC procedure against decisions of the EPO 
• Cost of proceedings 
• Roles of Patent Attorneys at UPC, representation and how to become qualified to represent at UPC, privilege, 
• UPC-register; opt-out and opt-in procedure

Speakers

• Paul Clarkson
• Emmanuel Samuelides

Target group

The seminar is intended for patent attorneys, heads and members of patent and legal departments and attorneys at law.

Contact

For further information, please contact Susanne Ullmann ([email protected]).

Minimum number of participants

25*
*If the minimum number of participants was not reached by the registration deadline, the event will be cancelled. In this case the epi will inform you immediately.

Registration deadline

Registration is open until 19.05.2017 The order of receipt by epi will determine the attendance in case of over-subscription.

Documents

• Draft programme