Date

Starts: 23.06.2020 at 15:00
Ends: 23.06.2020 at 16:15

Location

Virtual classroom, online

Organised by

• EPO, Patent Information Promotion & Training

Working language(s)

English

Description

 

Since the introduction of the Hatch-Waxman Act in the US in 1984, many countries and regions have adopted laws for extending patent protection on medicinal products as a compensation for the expensive research and development phase in the pharmaceutical industry.These laws also facilitate the production of generic drugs after the protection has expired. This series of webinars aims at a better understanding of patent term extensions for medicinal products in Europe, the US and Asia. We will also highlight the most recent developments like the EU manufacturing waiver and upcoming law revision in China. In the first session, you will get an overview of patent term extensions in Europe ("SPCs") and the United States. We will present the legal framework and combine it with the information in the EPO's databases, including INPADOC or Espacenet. We will also have a ook at the future plans for SPC information in INPADOC. In the subsequent two sessions, we will focus on patent term extension information from Asian jurisdictions. We will give an overview of related provisions in the Chinese, Japanese and Korean patent laws and regulations. Furthermore, we will also look at the provisions in Singapore and other jurisdictions. In addition, we will show you how to retrieve data on term extensions from the official sources provided by the Asian patent offices. We will also give tips on how the EPO's Asian Patent Information Services can help you go further with this topic.

 

Target groups

• IP authorities, patent offices, civil servants, customs officials
• Industry
• Industry researchers
• IP lawyers
• Judges and public prosecutors
• Patent attorneys
• Patent information professionals
• Policy makers
• Public sector and university researchers
• SMEs and start-ups
• Students and faculty
• Patent libraries
• Business consultants and advisors
• Investors
• Interested public
• Technology transfer officers
• Patent attorney support staff

Level of expertise

Entry level

Medium

Online training

Prerequisites

The EPO offers webinars in conjunction with WebEx, so initially some WebEx software will be installed on your computer. If this is not allowed due to different settings you can also run a temporary application.

To make full use of the webinar we recommend the use of analogue headsets.

You might even like to have a look at the tips on how to connect to the webinar.

Registration fee

Participation in this webinar session is free of charge.

We would kindly ask you to cancel your registration in case you won't be able to join the session. This would allow us to allocate your place to other registered participants who are currently on the waiting list.

THANK YOU!

Venue details

Webinar

Contact

Patent Information Training at pitraining@epo.org

Reference

VC10-2020

Registration deadline

Deadline for registration is over.

• Online registration form