INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Open Day in Munich, 4 December 2007
The EPO's Electronic Library and Information Office will be hosting an Open Day at their premises in Munich on Tuesday, 4 December 2007.
Visitors will have the chance to catch up on all the latest developments and to take a closer look at the Electronic Library and Information Office.
One major change coming up is the new European Patent Convention (EPC 2000), which will enter into force on 13 December 2007 at the latest. The Open Day will feature a number of presentations on the EPC 2000:
- Background to EPC 2000
- Conditions for filing an application and priority
- Substantive patent law
- Legal remedies
- Limitation and revocation
- Petition for review
- Costs and fees
Visitors will also be able to take part in interactive workshops on patent databases and patent searching:
- EPO Online Services
- New ways of finding patent information
- Legal status data: when, where, how and why?
- Introduction to industrial property protection
- Patent information from Asia, Japan, China and Korea
- From esp@cenet to MIMOSA: an overview of the EPO's patent information products
- Search and find: technical and scientific information for students
The language of the Open Day is German.
The Electronic Library and Information Office are located at Grasserstrasse 6, 80339 Munich.
There is no charge for attending the Open Day, but participants are asked to register in advance. The programme and registration form are available on the EPO website at:
http://www.epo.org/about-us/events/open-day-2007_de.html
For more information, contact the Electronic Library at [email protected].