epi seminar on "Collaboration with overseas patent colleagues from China, India, United States and South America"
differences in legal systems, patent practices and general approach

Venue

High Tech Campus Eindhoven
High Tech Campus 1, The Strip
5656 AE Eindhoven
Netherlands

Description

In the practice of a patent attorney, it is important to cooperate with colleagues in other countries. Whereas European patent attorneys are generally most knowledgeable about the European and perhaps the national patent systems, it is necessary for them to have some knowledge of the practice in countries in which their clients also want to obtain patent protection. Further, overseas colleagues may have clients that want to obtain European patents, for which these overseas colleagues use European patent attorneys to act as a local patent agent.

In these communications, it is adamant that professional representatives communicate with each other in a clear and productive way. However, such communication may be hampered by differences in legal systems, differences in patent practice as well as by the differences in habits and attitudes between European patent professionals and foreign colleagues.

In this seminar the speakers will highlight the major differences between the foreign and the European practice, the major communication problems and they will provide you with advice how to best contact and work with foreign patent professionals from countries like China, India, Brazil and the USA.

Speakers

• Lambertus A.C.M. van Wezenbeek
• Louise Aagaard
• Leonor Magalhães Galvão
• Tamara Elmore

Working language

• English

Contact

For further information, please contact Barbara Riffert ([email protected]).

Minimum number of participants

50*
*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 28.11.2019 The order of receipt by epi will determine the attendance in case of over-subscription.

Documents

• Draft programme