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IP Summer Course 2025 in Munich

June 30 to July 04, 2025 at the Hotel Adina

Do you want to be up to date on all aspects of obtaining and protecting intellectual property rights in Europe? Then we look forward to welcoming you to our IP Summer Course – Obtaining, Enforcing and Evaluating Intellectual Property Rights in Europe in the summer of 2025. In-house counsel, patent and trade mark managers and IP professionals can expect a varied program over five exciting days. The focus in 2025 will be on patents.

Look forward to new faces, practical insights, interesting experience and extraordinary locations!

The program – subject to any changes – is available below and as a PDF for download.
Please note that the seminars will be held in English.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Program

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Event Overview

Part 1: Trade Marks, EU Systems, Prosecution, Enforcement

Period: June 30, 2025
Location: Adina Hotel Munich
Fee: 450.00 EUR
Secure the early bird discount of 15% until February 28, 2025 and pay € 382.50!

Part 2: Patents, Utility Models, Designs

Period: July 01 to 04, 2025
Location: Adina Hotel Munich
Fee: 1,950.00 EUR
Secure the early bird discount of 15% until February 28, 2025 and pay € 1,657.50!

Package Trade Marks & Patents

Period: June 30 to July 04, 2025
Location: Adina Hotel Munich
Fee: 2,200.00 EUR
Secure the early bird discount of 15% until February 28, 2025 and pay € 1,870.00!

Registration & Tickets

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Detailed Program

Trade Marks, EU Systems, Prosecution, Enforcement

Monday, June 30, 2025

9.00 a.m. – 9.20 a.m. – Carl-Richard Haarmann Opening address
9.20 a.m. – 11.15 a.m. – Malte Nentwig Obtaining trade mark protection in Europe –
systems and approaches
11.15 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. Coffee break
11.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. – Peter Groß Opposition and cancellation proceedings before the EUIPO.
12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m. Lunch break
1.30 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. –  Hannah Dauer Recent developments in European trade mark case law – EUIPO and European Court
3.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. – Silke Freund/Carl-Richard Haarmann
 Infringement of trade marks – a case study

Patents, Utility Models, Designs

Tuesday, July 01, 2025

9.00 a.m. – 9.20 a.m. – Christian W. Appelt Opening address
9.20 a.m. – 10.00 a.m. – Felix Hermann
 Strategies of obtaining patent protection in Europe (national, EP, PCT, UPC)
10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. – Mario Araujo EPO procedure (search, examination, grant, validation and/or UP), comparison to GPTO procedures
11.00 a.m. – 11.20 p.m.
Coffee break
11.20 p.m. – 12.20 p.m. – Christian W. Appelt How to avoid pitfalls of EP prosecution (Art. 123 (2), (3) EPC, art. 83/84 EPC, adaption of specification)
12.20 p.m. – 1.30 p.m. Lunch Break
1.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. – Martin Erbacher
 Novelty and inventive step under EPC
2.30 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. – Andreas Dustmann Design protection in Europe
3.00 p.m. – 3.20 p.m. Coffee break
3.20 p.m. – 3.50 p.m. – Heinz Goddar/Melanie Müller Trusted depository (TD) for trade secrets and data – a supplement to patent protection
3.50 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. –  Malte Windeler Protection of secret know-how in Europe
5.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. Sightseeing City Tour
6.30 p.m. Opening reception and dinner

Wednesday, July 02, 2025

9.00 a.m. – 9.40 a.m. – Steffen Schmidt Patenting of software-based inventions in Europe
9.40 a.m. – 10.20 a.m. – Jakob Valvoda A change of perspective: highlighting the technical features of software-based inventions
10.20 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. – Daniel Herrmann The EPO’s approach towards artificial intelligence
11.00 a.m. – 11.20 a.m. Coffee break
11.20 a.m. – 12.00 a.m. – Alexander Thamer Licensing software and OSS considerations
12.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. – Matthias Hofmann
 Use of AI in patent prosecution
09.00 a.m. – 09.45 a.m. – Markus Engelhard Introduction to patentability of biotechnological subject matter under the EPC and the German Patents Act (PatG) – the legal machinery and case law/selected decisions
09.45 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. – Ute Kilger Plausibility, sufficiency of disclosure and inventive step of biotechnological inventions
10:30 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. – Lara Gwinner/Fabian Schmidt Antibody and epitope patent claims
11.00 a.m.  – 11.15 a.m. Coffee break
11.15 a.m.  – 12.00 p.m. – Karl-Heinz Metten/José Maria Pfizer Scope of protection of chemical and pharmaceutical patents
12.00 p.m.  – 12.30 p.m. – Oleg Lebedev/Alexander Rabe SPCs and patent term extensions (PTEs)
12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m. Lunch break
1.30 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. – Sebastian Engels Legal and commercial aspects of license agreements, competition law aspects
3.00 p.m. – 3.20 p.m. Coffee break
3.20 p.m. – 4.20 p.m. –  Christian W. Appelt Invalidation of granted patents (EPO opposition procedures/German invalidation procedures/UPC central invalidation)
4.20 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. – Felix Hermann Preparation of EPO oral proceedings of July 3rd

Thursday, July 03, 2025

9.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. Attending EPO oral hearings (videoconference)

At the office of
BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT
Pettenkoferstr. 22
80336 Munich
12.00 p.m. – 1.20 p.m. Lunch break
1.20 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Transfer to Adina Hotel
2.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. – Michael Rüberg/Carl-Richard Haarmann Patent litigation in Europe and Germany (national and UPC procedures)
3.00 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. – Hanno Flentje Utility models in Germany – a useful weapon in litigation
3.30 p.m. – 3.50 p.m. Coffee break
3.50 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. – Carl-Richard Haarmann Defence measures against enforcement of patents – preliminary injunctions, customs procedures, criminal actions
4.30 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. – Gabriele Mohsler (Ericsson)/Edmund Mangold (BMW Group) SEP/FRAND developments – industry perspectives

Friday, July 04, 2025

Moderation: Christian W. Appelt
9.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. UPC mock trial
Legal Judge Victor Fetscher
Technical Judge Jakob Valvoda
Attorneys at Law Plaintiff Carl-Richard Haarmann

Micheline Verwohlt
Patent Attorney Plaintiff Christoph Angerhausen
Attorney at Law Defendant Michael Rüberg
Patent Attorney Defendant Andreas Lucke
12.00 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. Lunch break
1.00 p.m. Departure to Lake Starnberg

Half-day excursion with boat trip on Lake Starnberg – Coffee break and dinner in Bavarian restaurant

Speakers & Moderators

– Gabriele Mohsler,
VP Patent Development, Ericsson

– Edmund Mangold,
Senior Patent Counsel, BMW Group

– Dipl.-Phys. Christoph Angerhausen, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Dipl.-Phys. Christian W. Appelt, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Dipl.-Phys. Dr. Mario Araujo, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Dr. Andreas Dustmann, Attorney at Law

– Hannah Dauer, Attorney at Law

– Dr. Sebastian Engels, Attorney at Law

– Dipl.-Biochem. Dr. Markus Engelhard, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Dipl.-Chem. Dr. Martin Erbacher, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Dr. Hanno Flentje, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Silke Freund, Attorney at Law

– Victor Fetscher, Attorney at Law

– Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, German and European Patent Attorney

– Peter Groß, Attorney at Law

– Dr. Lara Gwinner, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Dr. Carl-Richard Haarmann, Attorney at Law, Representative before the UPC

– Dipl.-Ing. Felix Hermann, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Dipl.-Phys. Dr. Daniel Herrmann, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Dipl.-Phys. Dr. Matthias Hofmann, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Dipl.-Chem. Dr. Ute Kilger, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Dr. Oleg Lebedev, European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Dipl.-Phys. Dr. Andreas Lucke, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Dipl.-Chem. Dr. Karl-Heinz B. Metten, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Melanie Müller, Attorney at Law

– Dr. José Maria Pfizer, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Alexander Rabe, German Patent Attorney

– Dr. Michael Rüberg, Attorney at Law

– Dr. Fabian Schmidt, Patent Engineer

– Dipl.-Phys. Dr. Steffen Schmidt, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Dr. Alexander Thamer, Attorney at Law

– Dipl.-Inform. Dr. Jakob Valvoda, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC

– Micheline Verwohlt, Attorney at Law

– Malte Windeler, Attorney at Law

Conference Hotel

Hotel Adina Munich, Atelierstraße 22, 81671 Munich

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Blick auf die Dachterrasse des Hotels Adina, in dem der BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT Summer Course 2024 stattfindet
Blick in die Bar des Hotels Adina, in dem der BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT Summer Course 2024 stattfindet
Blick in ein modern eingerichtetes, helles Zimmer im Hotel Adina, in dem Teilnehmer des BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT IP Summer Course 2024 unterkommen können.
Blick in den hellen und freundlichen Tagungsraum im Münchner Hotel Adina, in dem der BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT IP Summer Course 2024 stattfindet.

(The photos were kindly made available to us by the Adina Hotel. Copyright: Die Architektur Fotograf Leipzig für Interieur, Exterieur Werbefotografie und Filmproduktionen).