Tag: legal questions
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Attached are useful overviews to quickly find legal topics & legal basis during the exam:
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Legal basis on D1/M2 is a careful balancing act – you need to be accurate, but not waste too much time looking it up.
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Welcome to PCT.App ! By IP.appify : www.pctapp.net/en/pct-app The only self-editable guide to PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty). Readable on your mobile phone & tablet. It is extensively commented, with many summaries of key issues. The screenshot above is simulated – “See Inside” for examples of actual screenshots. Search full-text, and navigate with hyperlinks & cross-references to internal & external resources. Organisation is chronological, mirroring…
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I was not planning to post this so close to the exam, but I have been getting a lot of questions about Calendars. You only need to know the EPO closing days, but you need the weekends on paper. I have also made some calendars you can use – as pdf (in English) or as Excel…
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In most years, official PCT documents are updated in July/August. However, this year, the WIPO has confirmed that few documents will be changed in 2021. There are no amendments to the PCT Regulations coming into force on 1 July 2021. Expected: possibly some changes to the PCT AIs and Forms later this year. 1 July…
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While doing the D Exam as an official benchmarker, I kept track of how I used the EPC.App and PCT.App references to answer questions. I did this to check usability and completeness. Below are notes on how and where I found the main legal issues, so there are spoilers. The D Exam can be downloaded…
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The law being tested at EQE 2020 is theoretically the status on 31 Oct 2019. Unless specified otherwise, “today” on the exam is the actual day of the exam (16 or 17 Mar 2020), so the law of 31 Oct 2019 should be applied to these situations. In particular, fee amounts valid on this date…
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Many candidates waste time perfecting and double-checking each legal basis. This is a poor strategy – a lot of marks are also available for correctly solving the legal problems, for explaining (arguing) how you have applied the law, and for the legal advice part. In many cases, an alternative will be accepted, even if it…
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The IP.appify platform allows you to fine tune and build your own legal reference for both EPC and PCT, that will never be outdated. As an alternative to working on-line, the EPC part is also available as a stand-alone book with basic author’s comments (and cross-references) on Amazon (.de or .com or .co.uk) UPDATE: Nov…
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I was immediately enthusiastic about EPC.App as it supports different uses by different types of candidate. To answer legal questions efficiently, you need to be able to find details (like procedural acts, time limits & references) quickly and accurately. Traditionally, either you make your own reference book or you learn to use (& annotate) a book…