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European Qualifying Examination CEIPI Preparatory Seminars for the EQE |
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Please note that early enrolment is advisable ! The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) is holding two seminars in Strasbourg to help candidates prepare for the European qualifying examination (EQE) 2011. Participants are expected to have reached an advanced stage in their own preparations for the examination. To this end, introductory (“Pre-prep”) courses for Papers AB, C and D will be held in Strasbourg, Paris, Milan, Barcelona and Stockholm in the autumn of 2010 (see below). To take full benefit of the preparatory seminars in November 2010 and January 2011, candidates are advised to enrol for the Introductory (“Pre-prep”) Courses as well; it helps them to acquaint themselves with the methodologies taught at an earlier stage. The working texts for the seminar are largely based on past EQE papers. Both seminars will incorporate mock exams in the form of papers from the EQE 2009/2010. Paper D The program will be available later The seminar on legal questions (D-paper) will be held twice from 10 to 14 January 2011 and from 25 to 29 January 2011. Applicants may indicate a preferred week, but course allocation will be at CEIPI's discretion. The seminar aims to enable candidates to answer the legal questions substantively and within the time allowed. It serves as a final test for the EQE. The method involves independent work under the tutors' supervision, plus discussion of the answers. Candidates learn and practice the different approaches needed to tackle the questions of Part D1 as well as the more extensive question of part D2, and practise these techniques. The Paper D seminars are for those intending to sit the examination in 2011. Papers A, B and C The program will be available later The seminar on Papers A (claim drafting), B (claim amendment and response to communicatin) and C (opposition) will be held from 15 to 19 November 2010. The seminar will cover the following topics: drafting claims and drafting an introduction to the description in Paper A; replying to a communication and preparing an amended set of claims in Paper B; and drafting both a notice of opposition and a response to client questions in Paper C. The part AB or C may be booked separately. In this seminar the AB part will have groups for chemical and non-chemical subject-matter in each official language of the EPO (English, French and German). The methodologies discussed in the introductory courses (“Preprep”-courses, see below) will be reviewed and deepened, using a past paper, under the guidance of a tutor. The important topics like problem/solution approach, priority, inadmissible amendments and prior use will also be discussed further. Participants will have the opportunity to apply the strategies and methodologies discussed by doing the 2009 A, B and C papers under mock examination conditions. Various approaches and suggested solutions will then be presented and discussed in the light of the Examiners' Reports and the “CEIPI-solution”. The AB and C seminars are for those intending to sit the examination in 2011. General The seminar's European character is reflected in the international mix of tutors (qualified European Patent attorneys as well as agents of the EPO) and participants. Group-based work ensures discussion between the two. Participants are required to know one of the EPO's official languages (English, French or German). Participant numbers are limited, to ensure proper discussion between tutors and the group. Enrolment conditions: Applications to CEIPI will be treated on a first come, first served basis. If the courses are oversubscribed, names will be put on a waiting list. Those enrolling for the first time will be given precedence over those wishing to repeat the courses. The closing date for receipt of all applications is 04 October 2010. Link to the application files More information can be obtained from: Gina Killig CEIPI Section Internationale Université de Strasbourg Boîte Postale 68 F 67046 Strasbourg cedex Tel. : (+33 0) 3 88 14 45 93 Fax : (+33 0) 3 88 14 45 94 gina.killig@ceipi.edu |