Objective
This conference will offer an update on the political and legal developments regarding the Unitary Patent in the EU and the rules of procedure applicable before the Unified Patent Court (UPC).
Key topics
- Legal status of supplementary protection certificates
- Results of the public consultation on the rules of procedure
- Preparing for patent litigation before the UPC
- Representations and interventions before the UPC
- Qualification, selection and training of UPC judges
- Settlement agreements
- Damages actions and execution of decisions
- Patent filing before the EPO and payment of fees and renewable fees
- Spain’s second legal challenge to unitary patent regulations
Who should attend?
Patent attorneys, lawyers in private practice, in-house counsel and other practitioners of law dealing with patent law and industrial property law.
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More details about the fees and discounts
Early registration discount
10 % before 04.11.2014
Discounts available
25 % - For young lawyers up to 30 years of age (important: the participant must provide a copy or details of his or her passport or identity card on registration); Full-time staff of universities or comparable academic institutions; Staff of charitable organisations or comparable institutions
40 % - Staff of European Union institutions and agencies;
Staff of ERA’s patrons (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany and the German states, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, City of Trier)