Amsterdam Masterclass: EPO Oppositions & Appeals - Best Practices on the Proceedings on 1.5 Days - Seminar / Kurs von FORUM Institut für Management GmbH

- Opposition Proceedings in the light of RPBA 2020: drafting notice of opposition anticipating admissibility hurdles, substantive examination, burden of proof - Oral proceedings, taking of evidence, amendments of the patent - Appeal Proceedings: important conclusions from recent case law on Art 12, 13 RPBA, substantive examination, final phase of appeal proceedings; remittal to department of first instance; reformatio in peius, res judicata and ratio decidendi, reimbursement of appeal fee - Petition for review: recent decisionsThis masterclass will provide you with an intensive and practical overview of all relevant legal and practical issues concerning opposition and appeal proceedings before the EPO.

The revised Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA 2020) have changed the landscape for both opposition and appeal proceedings. They have a decisive impact on how the parties should present their case right from the beginning in order to avoid any later procedural and legal hurdles or pitfalls. It is emerging that invalid patents may be upheld if an opponent does not adequately present itscase from the outset. For a patentee, valuable inventions may lose patent protection if procedural hurdles are not timely anticipated. This masterclass will therefore provide you with an intensive overview of all relevant legal and practical issues concerning opposition and appealproceedings before the EPO, taking into account the most recent case law. In this highly interactive course, the speakers will explain all the important aspects of these proceedings, starting with the preparation of the opposition, covering the drafting of the notice of opposition, and concluding with the procedure before the opposition division of the EPO, as well as the potential subsequent appeal proceedings. In additionto the legal, formal and substantive requirements and particularities of contentious proceedings, the speakers will discuss useful tactical and strategic aspects. The individual parts of the seminar will be rounded up by tips for your own practice.

Do you work in a corporate patent, IP or legal department or as external patent attorney and deal regularly with opposition and appeal proceedings before the EPO? Then this Masterclass is designed for you.