IP Summer Course 2026 in München
29. Juni bis 03. Juli 2026 im Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski
Möchten Sie sich umfassend über die Erlangung, Durchsetzung und Bewertung gewerblicher Schutzrechte in Europa informieren? Dann freuen wir uns sehr, Sie im Sommer 2026 zu unserem „IP Summer Course – Obtaining, Enforcing and Evaluating Intellectual Property Rights in Europe“ begrüßen zu dürfen.
An fünf abwechslungsreich gestalteten Tagen erwartet Unternehmensjuristinnen und -juristen, Patent- und Markenmanagerinnnen und -manager sowie IP-Expertinnen und Experten ein spannendes Programm mit praxisnahen Einblicken und inspirierenden Begegnungen. Der thematische Schwerpunkt liegt in 2026 erneut auf dem Bereich Patent.
Freuen Sie sich auf aktuelle Impulse, interessante Erfahrungen und ein ereignisreiches Rahmenprogramm!
Das detaillierte Programm – vorbehaltlich etwaiger Änderungen – finden Sie nachfolgend sowie als PDF zum Download.
Bitte beachten Sie, dass der IP Summer Course in englischer Sprache abgehalten wird.
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Programm
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Veranstaltungsübersicht
Teil 1: Trademarks, EU Systems, Prosecution, Enforcement
Zeitraum: 29. Juni 2026
Ort: Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski
Gebühr: 450,00 EUR
Teil 2: Patents, Utility Models, Designs
Zeitraum: 30. Juni bis 03. Juli 2026
Ort: Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski
Gebühr: 1.950,00 EUR
Paket: Trademarks & Patents
Zeitraum: 29. Juni bis 03. Juli 2026
Ort: Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski
Gebühr: 2.200,00 EUR
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Detailliertes Programm
Änderungen vorbehalten
Trademarks, EU Systems, Prosecution, Enforcement
Montag, 29. Juni 2026
Session I
| 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 |
Session II
| 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, 30. Juni 2026
Session I
| 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 | Special Features of EPO prosecution – How to avoid pitfalls (Art. 123 (2), (3) EPC, Art. 83/84 EPC) |
| 12.20 p.m. – 1.30 p.m. | Lunch Break |
Session II
| 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. – Malte Windeler | Protection of secret know-how in Europe |
| 3.50 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. – Heinz Goddar | Melanie Müller | Trusted depository (TD) for trade secrets and data – a supplement to patent protection |
| 6.30 p.m. | Opening reception and dinner Paulaner am Nockherberg Hochstraße 77 81541 Munich |
Mittwoch, 01. Juli 2026
Session I A - IP & IT
| 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 |
Session I B - Biotech and Pharma
| 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. – 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 Pfizer | Scope of protection of chemical and pharmaceutical patents |
| 12.00 p.m. – 12.30 p.m. – Laura Haas | Alexander Rabe | SPCs and patent termn extensions (PTEs) |
| 12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m. | Lunch break |
Session II
| 1.30 p.m. – 3.15 p.m. – Prof. Beat Weibel (Head of ETH transfer IP & Licensing) | Sebastian Engels | Legal and commercial aspects of license agreements, competition law aspects |
| 3.15 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. | Coffee break |
| 3.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. – Christian W. Appelt | Invalidation of granted patents (EPO opposition procedures/German invalidation procedures/UPC central invalidation) |
| 4.30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. – Felix Hermann | Preparation of EPO oral proceedings of July 3rd |
| 6.00 p.m. | Sightseeing City Tour followed by dinner in a Bavarian restaurant |
Donnerstag, 02. Juli 2026
Session I
| 9.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. | Attending EPO oral hearings (videoconference)
At the office of |
| 12.00 p.m. – 1.20 p.m. | Lunch break |
| 1.20 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. | Transfer to Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski |
Session II
| 2.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. – Michael Rüberg | 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 (VP Patent Development, Ericsson) | Edmund Mangold (Senior Patent Counsel, BMW Group) | SEP/FRAND developments – industry perspectives |
Freitag, 03. Juli 2026
Session I
| 9.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. | UPC mock trial |
| Moderation | Christian W. Appelt |
| Legal Judge | Victor Fetscher |
| Technical Judge | Jakob Valvoda |
| Attorneys at Law Plaintiff | Carl-Richard Haarmann | Lars Eggersdorfer |
| 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
| 2.00 p.m. | Half-day excursion with boat trip on Lake Starnberg – Coffee break and dinner in Bavarian restaurant |
Referierende & Moderierende
Gastreferenten
- Hr. Prof. Beat Weibel
Head of ETH transfer IP & Licensing - Fr. Gabriele Mohsler
VP Patent Development, Ericcson - Hr. Edmund Mangold
Senior Patent Counsel, BMW Group
Referierende & Moderierende von BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT
- 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
- Hannah Dauer, Attorney at Law
- Dr. Andreas Dustmann, Attorney at Law
- Dr. Lars Eggersdorfer, Attorney at Law, Representative before the UPC
- Dr. Sebastian Engels, Attorney at Law
- Dipl.-Chem. Dr. Martin Erbacher, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC
- Victor Fetscher, Attorney at Law, Representative before the UPC
- Dr. Hanno Flentje, German and European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC
- Silke Freund, Attorney at Law
- Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, German and European Patent Attorney
- Peter Groß, Attorney at Law
- Dr. Carl-Richard Haarmann, Attorney at Law, Representative before the UPC
- Dr. Laura Haas, German and European Patent Attorney, 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
- 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
- Malte Nentwig, 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
- Malte Windeler, Attorney at Law
Tagungshotel
Hotel Vier Jahrezeiten Kempinski, Maximilianstraße 17, 80539 München
(Die Fotos wurden uns vom Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski freundlicherweise zur Verfügung gestellt.)