In-depth Workshops

15th of July 2022

09.00 hrs | Opening, welcome and short introduction by the Chairman: Wouter Pors, Partner, Bird & Bird

09.15 hrs | Patent Strategy Workshop

The Unitary Patent will have deep impact on your patent strategy, learn in this workshop what is the best patent strategy for your (clients) organization.

Filing strategies: issues to consider
When should I opt-out, when opt-in? And how do I have to register my opt-out EP’s in a Sunrise register?
Portfolio management
Basics of Litigation strategies in the new system

Workshop leader: Paul Clarkson, Partner and Dutch and European Patent Attorney, NLO

11.15 hrs | Coffee and tea break

11.45 hrs | Costs & Litigation Workshop

What will be the cost of a Unitary Patent in comparison with the classical European Patent?

Case management system (get to know the system, registration as ‘representative’ for the CMS)
Registration as representative before the UPC (for opt-out and for litigation)
Check on license agreements
Postpone grants of your European patent applications
Patent portfolio management (which cases to opt out, when to file for unitary effect?)
Is your docketing system up to speed? How about your administrative employees?
Overseas territories (Isle of Man, Dutch Caribbean islands, French Caribbean islands, Greenland?)

Bart van Wezenbeek, Senior associate and Dutch and European patent attorney, V.O.

13.00 hrs | Lunch

13.45 hrs | Courts procedure & trial Workshop

The jurisdiction of the UPC and the national courts

Exercises on fictive infringement cases for strategy discussions
Excercise on the court procedure (written, intermediate and oral proceedings)
How to use the online case management system
How to prepare for online litigation

Workshop leader: Wouter Pors, Partner, Bird & Bird

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