Preparatory Seminars EQE (courses offered as on-site or distance learning)
CEIPI is pleased to announce that the seminars preparing for the EQE 2022 will be organized as classroom training and also be availaible online.
Presentation
The CEIPI is organizing 5-day seminars preparing for papers A+B, C and D of the European Qualifying Examination
These seminars are offered either on-site or online.
Experience has shown that the on-site training format prepares candidates most efficiently for the examination, because it facilitates intense communication between tutors and participants and among the course participants. The CEIPI therefore recommends to give priority to the on-site training format. However, in order to also prepare those candidates for the EQE who cannot attend the on-site training, the CEIPI also organizes the above courses preparing for the EQE 2022 as online training.
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), as the seminars are held in these languages.
To fully benefit from these preparatory seminars in October 2021 (Papers A+B and C) and in January 2022 (Paper D), candidates are advised to also enrol for the earlier mentioned introductory methodology courses; it helps them to acquaint themselves at an earlier stage with the methodologies taught and sets them on track for preparing themselves better.
The working texts for the seminar are largely based on past EQE papers, updated and adapted if necessary. Both seminars will incorporate mock exams in the form of papers from former EQEs.
- The seminar for papers A+B 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,
- The seminar for paper C will deal with the following topic: drafting a notice of opposition.
The methodologies discussed in the introductory methodology courses 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 A and B papers under mock examination conditions. For paper C, exercises are mixed with a mock examination C under exam conditions. Various approaches and suggested solutions will then be presented and discussed in the light of the Examiners' Reports and the "CEIPI-solution".
The seminar takes into account the specificities of the e-EQE.
- The Seminar for paper D
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 seminars take place according to the following schedule:
A+B: from 25 to 27 (morning) October 2021 in Strasbourg or online
C: from 27 (afternoon) to 29 October 2021 in Strasbourg or online
D: from 10 to 14 January 2022 in Strasbourg or from 17 to 21 January 2022 online
You can download the programmes of October for the seminars A+B and C for the English-and German speaking participants. You will also find below the programme of January for the seminar D.
Enrolment
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.
The deadline for enrolments is 17 September 2021 for seminars A+B and C. For seminar D, the deadline for enrolments is 29 October 2021.
Enrolment form
For further information please contact:
Sylvie Kra
CEIPI Section Internationale
Université de Strasbourg
Bâtiment Le Cardo
7, rue de l'Ecarlate - CS 20024
F-67082 Strasbourg
Tél : (+33) 3 68 85 80 19
Courriel : sylvie.kra@ceipi.edu