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Providing Training and Capacity Building The European Patent Academy. Heidrun Krestel, EPO, European Affairs, Member States. May 2010. What is the European Patent Academy?. The European Patent Academy is the external training and education arm of the European Patent Office (EPO). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Providing Training and Capacity Building
The European Patent Academy
Heidrun Krestel,EPO, European Affairs, Member States May 2010
What is the European Patent Academy?
The European Patent Academy is the external training and education arm of the European Patent Office (EPO).
Its mission is to promote and support patent-related IP training in Europe.
Based at the EPO's Munich site, the Academy works in partnership with other organisations to complement existing training initiatives in current and future member states of the European Patent Organisation.
Objectives
To foster the development and harmonisation of patent-related training in the EPO member states
To promote equal access to training opportunities in the member states
To strengthen co-operation between the EPO and the national patent offices
To improve the skills and knowledge of the users of the European patent system and in doing so to contribute to Europe's capacity for innovation
6 activity areas
• Institutional Strengthening• Innovation Support• Professional Representatives• Academia• Judicial Training• Technical Projects / Material & Media
Institutional Strengthening
What the unit does:
Implements training activities which are aimed at building up the European patent network (EPN) and designed in particular for national patent office staff and others working with IP in the public sector.
Implements training activities within the framework of the EPO’s co-operation with non-member states, on behalf of the International Affairs directorate.
From the work plan 2010
Innovation Support
What the unit does:
Supports innovation in Europe by providing business, industry and SMEs with training events and products relating to IP creation, strategy and management (including patent information).
Runs projects in partnership with other institutions having access to key audiences, especially business advisors and other important multipliers of IP-related messages.
Professional Representatives
What the unit does:
Promotes and supports the preparation of candidates for the European qualifying examination in co-operation with the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi) and other training providers.
Promotes and supports further training for qualified professional representatives.
Academia
What the unit does:
Extends IP teaching beyond law faculties. Facilitates the introduction of IP content in university curricula. Establishes minimum standards and essential elements for IP
training. Supports academic initiatives relating to IP.
Judicial Training
What the unit does:
Creates a common level of understanding of patent law issues among judges in the EPO member states.
Supports and develops training initiatives aimed at harmonising patent enforcement and litigation practice in Europe
Technical Projects/Materials & Media
What the unit does:
Provides services for all other Academy units, including support for e-learning, communication, public relations and marketing.
What the Academy offers
International symposia, seminars and workshops also tailor made upon request
Publications Study visits Web-based platform for online training Distance-learning and e-learning tools and materials Online library
Our partners
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) National patent offices of the contracting states to the EPC Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO (epi) Confederation of European Business (BusinessEurope), formerly
known as the Union des Industries de la Communauté européenne (UNICE)
Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Industrielle (CEIPI) Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax
Law (MPI) EIPIN Fraunhofer Society Licensing Executives Society
IP event calendar
e-learning
Thank you very much for your attention