Live stream: Procedural pitfalls in appeal – and what to do in opposition to avoid them

Description

Description

Updated seminar on procedural do’s and don’ts in appeal, and what to do in opposition to get ready for appeal.

Admittance of appeal submissions including, for example, the admittance of new claim requests, documents and arguments, and implications when preparing your case already in opposition. Relevant legal provisions and impact of new case law on procedural aspects of appeal. Oral proceedings in appeal including ViCo oral proceedings and post G 1/21 case law.

Content Summary

• Admissibility of the appeal
• Practical tips: how to draft written submissions in appeal
• Admittance of appeal submissions based on the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA) and an in-depth update of the case law developed under the RPBA
• Review of decisions by Opposition Divisions not to admit a submission
• Practical tips: oral proceedings in appeal
• Miscellaneous (Acceleration of appeal proceedings, reformatio in peius, remittal to the first instance, petition for review, ex-parte appeal, reimbursement of the appeal fee)

Speakers

• Marcus Müller
• Erik Nijs

Target group

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

Level of expertise
Intermediate / advanced level

Medium
Online training

Technical requirements
In order to attend the on-line course participants need a computer with an internet browser and a high-speed broadband internet connection. For the webinar, epi uses Zoom. Security settings on local Firewalls need to be checked. In order to make full use of the webinar session, we recommend to use headsets.

To access to the webinar epi sends out a link and the guidelines for participants shortly before the webinar.

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Working language

• English

Contact

For further information, please contact Barbara Riffert ([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 24.09.2025 The order of receipt by epi will determine the attendance in case of over-subscription.