Key points
- Any patent attorneys reading this weblog may be interested in this online course of the EPO about the taking of evidence before the opposition division, in particular, about the hearing of witnesses.
- The registration deadline is 28 August.
- I followed the course last year and believe it will be the second edition this year. The course consisted of two live online lectures in September, with homework questions and reading material.
- Especially after T 1138/20, witness hearings before the OD are a kind of one-shot opportunity. Appeal provides no real remedy if you miss an opportunity during the witness hearing before the OD (under the Board's current practice, I should add). So better get it right and be prepared.
- Costs are EUR 320.
- Incidentally, does anybody know if parties get the transcript/minutes of a witness hearing already during the oral proceedings? Or only with the written decision of the OD?
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