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“Case Law” epi roadshow – Brussels

March 2019

Event date: 28th March 2019

HGF Partner Leythem Wall will be speaking at the “Case Law” epi roadshow supported by the EPO in Brussels on March 28 2019.

The “Case Law” seminars will provide you with an overview of the most recent key decisions and developments in the EPO’s board of appeal case law.

Organised by the epi with the support of the EPO Boards of the Appeal and the European Patent Academy, the seminar also includes the demonstration of a mock Oral Proceedings.

Leythem Wall will be speaking as an epi expert.

Key topics will include:

  • Disclaimers;
  • Clarity; and
  • Specific applications of the problem-and-solution approach.

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