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IP Summer Course 2025 in München

30. Juni bis 04. Juli 2025 im Hotel Adina

Möchten Sie sich über alle Aspekte zur Erlangung und des Schutzes von gewerblichen Schutzrechten in Europa auf den neuesten Stand bringen? Dann freuen wir uns darauf, Sie im Sommer 2025 zu unsererm „IP Summer Course – Obtaining, Enforcing and Evaluating Intellectual Property Rights in Europe“ begrüßen zu dürfen.

Unternehmensjuristen, Patent- und Markenmanager sowie IP-Experten erwartet an fünf spannenden Tagen ein abwechslungsreiches Programm. In 2025 fokussieren sich die Vortragenden auf das Thema Patent.

Seien Sie gespannt auf neue Gesichter, praktische Einblicke, interessante Erfahrungen und außergewöhnliche Locations!

Das Programm – vorbehaltlich etwaiger Änderungen – steht Ihnen im Folgenden sowie als PDF zum Download zur Verfügung.
Bitte beachten Sie, dass die Seminare in englischer Sprache abgehalten werden.

Wir freuen uns auf Sie!

Programm

Hier finden Sie das Programm sowie den Veranstaltungsflyer als PDF zum Download.

Veranstaltungsübersicht

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

Zeitraum: 30. Juni 2025
Ort: Adina Hotel München
Gebühr:  450,00 EUR
Sichern Sie sich bis zum 28. Februar 2025 den Frühbucherrabatt von 15% und zahlen 382,50 €!

Teil 2: Patents, Utility Models, Designs

Zeitraum: 01. bis 04. Juli 2025
Ort: Adina Hotel München
Gebühr: 1.950,00 EUR
Sichern Sie sich bis zum 28. Februar 2025 den Frühbucherrabatt von 15% und zahlen Sie 1.657,50 €!

Package Trade Marks & Patents

Zeitraum: 30. Juni bis 04. Juli 2025
Ort: Adina Hotel München
Gebühr: 2.200,00 EUR
Sichern Sie sich bis zum 28. Februar den Frühbucherrabatt von 15% und zahlen Sie 1.870,00 €!

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Detailliertes Programm

Trade Marks, EU Systems, Prosecution, Enforcement

Montag, 30. Juni 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

Dienstag, 01. Juli 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

Mittwoch, 02. Juli 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 termn 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

Donnerstag, 03. Juli 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

Freitag, 04. Juli 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

Referierende & Moderierende

– 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