Announcement of Upcoming Trainings in 2025
We are excited to share an overview of the training opportunities planned for the coming year. Whether you prefer in-person seminars or virtual webinars, there’s something for everyone!
Hybrid event
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Procedural pitfalls in appeal – and what to do in opposition to avoid them
Seminar & Livestream
City and Date: Frankfurt 19 November 2025
What to expect?
Updated seminar (on-site with live stream) 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)
Online trainings
Join us for these engaging online sessions:
11 July 2025 Webinars on Mixed type inventions, Alexandre Lebkiri and Maël Barbier
24 September 2025 Webinar: Unity, speaker Cathy Kourgias
September 2025 Webinar UPC Cease-and-Desist Letters, speakers tbd
October 2025 Webinar: IPCC assignments, speakers tbd, moderated by Claudia Duffy
We recommend regularly checking our training overview on the website. This will ensure you remain informed about all our events and any changes to dates or locations.
https://patentepi.org/en/education-and-training/trainings.html
