Theodora Karamanli
Legal member of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO, Munich (Germany)
Mrs Karamanli started her career as a lawyer at the EPO in Munich in 1989. Since 1 March 2006 she has been a Legal Member of the BoA. She has previously served as a member of the Disciplinary Board of the EPO as well as the Examination Committee for the EQE examination. Additionally, she can look back on more than10 years expertise as a legal member in various opposition divisions. As a member of the Drafting Group she was also involved in the revision of the RPBA.
Dr. Hendrik Wichmann
European Patent Attorney, Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff, Munich (Germany)
Dr Wichmann is a German and European patent attorney and was shortlisted by MIP/ IP Stars as Patent & Trademark Attorney of the year 2022 for Germany. He is a partner at Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff in Munich and is president of the committee for biotechnology at the German chamber of patent attorneys.
26-27/06/2025
26-27/06/2025
1st day:14:00 - 18:00 CET I 2nd day: 09:00 - 17:00 CET
Veranstaltung - 1,520 € zzgl. MwSt.
The fee includes course documentation for free download as well as refreshments, lunch, joint dinner and a certificate. You will receive an invoice as well as confirmation.
Veranstaltung - 1,520 € zzgl. MwSt.
The fee includes course documentation for free download as well as refreshments, lunch, joint dinner and a certificate. You will receive an invoice as well as confirmation.
Jean-Claude Alexandre Ho, LL.M.
Lawyer, Conference Manager
+49 6221 500-675
jc.alexandreho@forum-institut.de
This 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 its case 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 appeal proceedings 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 addition to 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.
Please note that the details of the programme are so far preliminary and still subject to minor changes.
On the first evening of the course participants are invited to a joint dinner where they can continue to network with the speakers and the other participants.
This masterclass is restricted to 20 attendees.
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DetailsPast testimonials
This course provided excellent expert insight and information that can be directly applied in practice.
Patent Attorney
Well condensed information, high quality speakers.
European Patent Attorney
Very useful. Nice with so many do?s and don?ts not easily found in the literature.
European Patent Attorney
Highly recommendable. Very professional, recognizable and compressed course.
Senior Patent Attorney
It is a very good, a great course! It has met my expectations. What I liked most about the event: the content and the opportunity for discussion.
Dr. Kate Hickinson, Patent Attorney
Appleyard Lees, Halifax (United Kingdom)
The course has met my expectations. What I liked most about this course: proximity and knowledge of the speakers.
Borja De Carlos, European Patent Attorney
Garrigues IP, Madrid (Spain)
20.04.2018