ERA IP-focused events and courses return with 25% discount for IPKat readers

Trier, Germany

The Katfriends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in beautiful Trier (Germany) are always busy organizing and running IP courses. Over the next few months, the following will take place and IPKat readers will have an opportunity to enroll with a 25% discount in the registration fees:

Summer Course on European Intellectual Property Law

Trier, 1-5 July 2024

This course will provide a thorough introduction to European intellectual property law.

Key topics covered in the course include:

• EU and international legal framework
• IP law after the pandemic crisis
• Trade marks and designs, including the EU design reform
• Geographical indications and the EU reform on handicraft products
• Copyright and the digital age
• Patent law, SPCs, the Unified Patent Court and patent litigation
• Intellectual property exhaustion
• Intellectual property licensing
• Cross-border litigation and enforcement of intellectual property rights
• Training methods will include presentations, case studies and workshops.

As an added bonus, participants will have the exclusive opportunity to attend a hearing at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg. Furthermore, participants can enjoy the course dinner with fellow participants from various countries, a wine-tasting in the Moselle vineyards, and a tour of the historic city of Trier, the oldest city in Germany

Katarina, an associate at a Czech law firm, attended last year's Summer Course: "Everything exceeded my expectations, the speakers, the presentations and the social programme. It's also a great opportunity to meet people from all over Europe!"

IPKat readers can claim a 25% discount by using the discount code IPKATsc2024 when registering online via the ERA website.

Summer Course on European Information Technology Law

Online, 9-13 September 2024

This course will provide a thorough introduction to European information technology law and internet regulation in the European Union.

Key topics covered in the course include:

• Role, responsibility, and accountability of online platforms
• Regulating e-commerce in Europe
• Information technologies and intellectual property law
• EU legal framework applicable to data: sui generis protection of databases, trade secrets protection, free flow of data, data privacy in the digital world, data concentration
• Online and smart contracts
• Private international law and information technologies
• Cybersecurity
• Training methods will include presentations, case studies and workshops.

Aimed at private practice lawyers, judges, prosecutors, ministry officials and other practitioners seeking an introduction to European information technology law, this live online course will offer participants the possibility to interact instantly and directly with top-class speakers while saving you time and money.

IPKat readers can claim a 25% discount by using the discount code IPKATsc2024 when registering online via the ERA website.

Accredited European Patent Litigation Certificate Course

Trier & Online tutorial - Course start: 25 September 2024; Course end: 16 May 2025

ERA will offer a high-standard course giving patent attorneys the best tools to understand the legal framework and procedural rules necessary to litigate before the UPC.

A summer school participant
enjoying a snack

This course leads to the appropriate qualification for European patent attorneys (who are entitled to act as professional representatives before the EPO in accordance with Article 134 EPC) to represent parties before the Unified Patent Court according to Article 48 AUPC.

Almost half of the course will be organised online. Participants can work using their own devices at home or in their offices. This will be reinforced by several short stays in Trier, during which participants will undergo intensive face-to-face training comprising interactive and practical exercises. After successfully passing online and oral examinations, the participating patent attorneys will be awarded a certificate.

The European Patent Litigation Certificate (EPLC) is designed specifically for European patent attorneys in light of the particular needs of the profession. The course is also open to lawyers in private practice and other groups who need a training on the Unified Patent Court and the Unitary Patent legal framework.

Click here for more information.