Tag: D2
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Every year, the EPO hosts a Tutor’s Meeting where EQE tutors discuss the last exams with the Examination Committee’s who made them. This year, on 18 Oct 2018, I will talk about why the DII part (Legal Opinion) of the D paper should be embraced by trainees, tutors & mentors to make trainees a better…
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I often get asked about how best to prepare for Paper D. Ideally, you should start no later than September. Here is the minimum you should do before the exam. The main differences with Pre-Exam: More subjects they can ask about You have to decide based on the question which law to consider and which…
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This post has been updated for EQE 2019 here: https://saltedpatent.blogspot.com/2018/07/advice-on-preparing-for-paper-d-in.html
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If you want to, you can look at the proposed solutions from DeltaPatents: Pre-Exam Main Exam – C paper Main Exam – D paper Remember: DeltaPatents does not know everything these are not full answers (you should have written much more on the Main Exam) the Examination Committees decide ultimately where the points are awarded…
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The reference to EP1 by EPKM is a problem for enablement.Withdrawing EP1 solves this, but EP1 is the first application for the signal. I did the exam in the office under exam conditions, and I admit I missed the complication – I read the Guidelines, and simply suggested withdrawing EP1. To get the broadest invention…
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Please let me know if any of the posts helped you. Also if anything was wrong or misleading. Of course, you may want to wait for the results in August 😉 Enjoy the summer.
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I am not involved with the Exam Committee, so I have no inside information. I always do the D exam in the office as soon as possible after the exam, under exam conditions – books on paper, exam timing etc. This gives me a feeling for the difficulty and any unclear parts of the papers.…
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As part of our training program, we correct papers that people send us. We give individual feedback about style and any legal errors, together with a detailed marking sheet (more detailed than the standard EQE marking sheets) and our comprehensive model solution. We have received several requests for the correction of 2009 papers, so we…