REPRESENTATION
CEIPI/epi
European qualifying examination 2008 - Paper C (Opposition)
For the European qualifying examination 2008 CEIPI offers a programme of exam preparation courses in all Papers (AB - claim drafting and replying to the Office communication, C - Opposition and D - Legal Questions) consisting of "Introductory Courses" in the early autumn of 2007, and the "Preparatory Seminars" in November 2007. For more information see OJ EPO 2007, 269.
In addition to this, CEIPI will now offer on a trial basis, for Paper C - Opposition, a further opportunity to candidates wishing to improve their skills in respect of this paper. To that end, CEIPI will organise a so-called "Cramming Course", in which candidates put themselves under examination conditions and write a full paper C within the same time as available in the examination.
The Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI) has developed this concept over the past years for the French-speaking candidates and considers itself successful in providing candidates with a set of courses adapted to the EQE, increasing their chances of success. Over the past years there has been a notable increase in the pass rate of the French-speaking candidates in Paper C, and CEIPI considers it worth the effort to find out whether the concept also works on a larger scale, for the candidates of the other official language sections.
The course is open only for candidates who have enrolled for the EQE 2008 for Paper C and have followed either a preceding "Introductory ("Pre-Prep") Course" Paper C, or a recent preceding "Preparatory Seminar" Paper C, or both.
It is of no use to come to this course insufficiently prepared, one is either holding up the other candidates or the pace will be too fast.
Please note that early enrolment is advisable.
The aim of the course is to give the candidates the possibility, close to but also sufficiently in advance of the actual examination in March 2008, to exercise their skills in sitting this paper under examination conditions. With the feedback of a tutor, following afterwards, on the paper(s) in question and on the work delivered by the candidates, as well as the possibility of putting "last-minute" questions to the tutor, candidates will have an even better idea of whether certain issues need closer study and/or which skills should be further trained.
Depending on the available capacity the participants will be chosen on a first come, first served basis.
This "Cramming Course" will take place:
- as a one-and-a-half day course on Thursday, 31 January and Friday, 1 February 2008 in Strasbourg, for the English- and German-speaking candidates,
- as a one-day-course on Saturday, 2 February in Paris, for the French-speaking candidates.
The fee for the Strasbourg course is EUR 450, for the Paris course EUR 300.
Program:
Strasbourg (English- and German-speaking candidates):
Thursday, 31 January,
10.00 - 16.00 hrs mock exam, paper C-2007 plus handing in the papers
Friday, 1 February, 9.00 - 13.00 hrs Discussion of the papers handed in, the CEIPI Model solution and "Questions and Answer session".
Paris (French-speaking candidates):
Saturday, 2 February,
9.00-12.00 hrs mock exam C - 1996, Writing the notice of opposition based on predetermined attacks
13.30 - 16.30 hrs mock exam C - 1998, Determination of the attacks
17.00 - 19.00 hrs Papers 1996 and 1998: Group discussion of the results.
Applications to CEIPI will be treated on a first come, first served basis. If the courses are oversubscribed, names will be put on a waiting list.
The closing date for receipt of all applications is 30 November 2007.
More information on these courses can be found on the CEIPI website: http://www.ceipi.edu or be obtained from:
Rosemarie Blott
CEIPI Section Internationale
Université Robert Schuman
Boîte Postale 68
67046 Strasbourg cedex
FRANCE
Tel. +33 (0)388 14 45 92
Fax: +33 (0)388 14 45 94