IP Academy
Program 2023 - 2025
The IP Academy by BARDEHLE PAGENBERG conveys basic
knowledge about intellectual property.
Learn from experienced patent attorneys and lawyers aswell as experts from companies, IP offices, or courts.
You will also have the opportunity to ask questions live.
When? On Wednesdays, 6 p.m. CET.
You can find the current program on our website:www.bardehle.com/ip-academy
EPC
Sep 20, 2023

Overview – What is an invention? Exclusions from patentability (with BBQ & Drinks)

Sep 27, 2023

Novelty

Oct 4, 2023

Priority & prior art

Oct 11, 2023

Inventive stepOct 18, 2023

Examination proceedings at the EPO

Oct 25, 2023

Claim drafting workshop

Nov 8, 2023

Opposition proceedings at the EPO

Nov 15, 2023

Appeal proceedings at the EPO

Nov 29, 2023

Validation, Opt-Out, Unitary Patent, UPC – Overview

Dec 6, 2023

Case studies on EPO opposition and appeal proceedings

Dec 13, 2023

Time limits, further processing, re-establishment of rights, fees –case studies helpful for the EQE and pre-EQE
PCTJan 10,2024

PCT

Jan 17, 2024

Euro-PCTJan 24, 2024

Special Event: Computer-implemented inventions – news from German,European, and US case law

Jan 31, 2024

Cases studies on PCT and Euro-PCT
SPECIAL TOPICS

Feb 7, 2024

Special Event: Korean Patent Law and Patent Prosecution

Feb 21, 2024

Special Event: Patent Prosecution in US1

TRADEMARK LAW
Feb 28, 2024

Introduction: Brands, trademarks, trade names, and geographical indications

Mar 6, 2024

Trademark proceedings: application, registration, opposition, invalidity,appeals

Mar 13, 2024

Absolute Grounds for refusal (descriptiveness, lack of distinctivenessand more)

Mar 20, 2024

Relative grounds of refusal: earlier rights, double identity and likelihood ofconfusion, reputation

Apr 9, 2024

License, Sale and Transfer of technical and non-technical IP rights;
delimitation agreements

Apr 10, 2024

Trademark infringement and limitations: exclusive rights, trademark use,
infringing acts; fair use, exhaustion, absence of genuine use
COPYRIGHTS, TRADE SECRETS AND UNFAIR COMPETITION

Apr 17, 2024

Copyrights: Introduction, Legal requirements, protectability, infringement

Apr 24, 2024

Trade Secrets in Germany: Substantive law and protection in infringement
proceedings

May 8, 2024

Unfair Competition: Introduction, Misleading advertisement, Sustainability
ClaimsMay 15, 2024

Protection against imitation; Protection of works of applied arts
GERMAN PATENT LAW

Jun 5, 2024

Rights conferred by a patent or a patent application

Jun 12, 2024

Claim construction, literal infringement, and equivalents

Jun 26, 2024

German employee invention law

Jul 3, 2024

Entitlement action and joint ownership

Jul 10, 2024

Special Event: Dos and Don’ts when drafting briefs (in German)

Jul 17, 2024

Direct and indirect patent infringement
PATENT LITIGATION

Sep 11, 2024

Litigation strategies: potential claims, warning letters, preliminary
injunctions, venue and more

Sep 18, 2024

German patent infringement proceedings: Principles, preparation,evidence, and strategy

Oct 2, 2024

German patent infringement proceedings: Course of the proceedings,
enforcement, stay

Oct 9, 2024

German nullity proceedings

Oct 16, 2024

Nullity appeal proceedings before the Federal Court of Justice (in German)

Oct 23, 2024

Enforcing a German Utility model2

PATENT ENFORCEMENT BEFORE THE UPC
Nov 13, 2024

UPC I: Structure of the Court, competence, transition period

Nov 27, 2024

UPC II: Substantive law (applicable law, injunctive relief, indirectinfringement, exhaustion, etc.)

Dec 4, 2024

UPC III: Proceedings (types of proceedings, infringement proceedings,revocation actions, counter-claim for revocation, preliminary proceedings)

Dec 11, 2024

UPC IV: Powers of the Court and Unitary Patent

Dec 18, 2024

Cross-border litigation: Strategies of enforcing Unitary Patents, (EU)trademarks and designs in multiple jurisdictions
DESIGN PROTECTION

Jan 8, 2025

Basics of German, EU and international design protection

Jan 15, 2025

Substantive law/Requirements for protection (Novelty, Individual Character,Disclosure)Jan 22, 2025

Infringement (Subject matter, Scope of protection, infringing acts,limitations)

Jan 29, 2025

Special Event: US design patent law

Feb 5, 2025

Special Event: Specifics of French trademark and design law
ENFORCEMENT OF TRADEMARKS AND DESIGNS

Feb 12, 2025

Trademarks in the Metaverse

Feb 19, 2025

Litigation strategies for trademarks and designs: potential claims, warning
letters, preliminary injunctions

Feb 26, 2025

Infringement proceedings: EU trademarks and designs – international
jurisdiction, sanctions, defenses, preliminary relief, related actions

Mar 12, 2025

Special Event: Litigation strategies in France

Mar 19, 2025

Domain names
THE EXPLOITATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY,LICENSE AGREEMENTS, ANTITRUST LAW

Mar 26, 2025

Patent exploitation in practiceApr 2, 2025

Special Event: Customs seizure

Apr 9, 2025

License, Sale and Transfer of technical and non-technical IP rights;
delimitation agreements

Apr 30, 2025

Special Event: patent portfolio strategy at adidas

May 7, 2025

Introduction to Antitrust Law, License Agreements

May 14, 2025

Antitrust defense in infringement proceedings („FRAND“)May 21, 2025

Special Event: US patent litigation

May 28, 2025

Dos and Don’ts in oral hearings (in German)

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Special Event: IP Highlights 2023 - 2025

Jun 25, 2025

Moot Court

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