Tag: Appeal
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Submit ANY complaints before the end of the day in which the exam took place. The official complaint forms are difficult to find: Go to Official EPO EQE page, and scroll down to “EQE online”
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Congratulations to Alexander for a successful EQE appeal – see Linkedin post: www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7297350451610415105-ZNm8/
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15-07-2022: added comments about translation errors. 14-07-22 – added note about split exams compensation. 13-07-22 – added “fit to practice” check during marking. A big congratulations to all who passed at least at one exam. None of the exams are easy, and if you are unlucky, it is easy to miss something crucial or to misread a…
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This year’s D paper had a lot of questions about Opposition and Appeal. The information in most legal books is difficult to read as there are not many dedicated legal provisions to group everything under. Also Appeals are not covered in the EPO Guidelines (except for Interlocutory Revision – Art. 109 EPC). A good book…
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Several candidates who appealed their Pre-Exam 2018 failing grade of less than 70 have been successful. After taking the arguments provided in appeal into account, three more answers in the Pre-Exam Examiners’ Report have been amended. See here for a track changes version (at the top of my Study Materials page). Legal Questions: 4.4 True or…
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Another new course, for practicing patent attorneys and IP lawyers who want to go beyond the “EQE-level” of knowledge to get more confidence when dealing with these cases. Although in-depth legal knowledge of novelty and inventive step, practicals aspects are also dealt with such as auxiliary requests, oral proceedings, anticipating the next procedural stage.A lot…
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The deadline for filing an appeal against your EQE 2009 decision is approaching (decision date + 10days + 1 month) If you are thinking about it, consider the following: All grounds have to be filed within the same period (REE Art.24) It may take 1.5 years before you get a decision (so you will have…