Training courses and seminars

Course topics

1. Laws on patents and utility models

1.1. Preparation of application for registration of a patent
1.2. Patent granting procedure at the German and European Patent Offices
1.3. Interference proceedings and appellate procedure
1.4. Formal and material right of priority
1.5. Patent protection for software and business methods
1.6. Attacks on patents and the defense of such
1.7. Legal enforcement of patents
1.8. Patent application strategies
1.9. PCT procedure
1.10. Differences between European and US patent systems
1.11. Protection of utility models

2. Laws on trademarks

2.1. Registration of trade marks
2.2. Opposition proceedings
2.3. Legal enforcement of trademarks
2.4. The European trademark
2.5. International protection of trade marks

3. Protection of designs

3.1. German laws on the protection of design models
3.2. European and international laws on the protection of design models