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Defensive Oppositions at the EPO – How to avoid ‘The House that Jack Built’ and be ahead of the game
6May
Webinar Defensive Oppositions at the EPO – How to avoid ‘The House that Jack Built’ and be ahead of the game
Tuesday 6 May
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Not all clients have the budget for a pending divisional for every filing, so the one EPO patent you have needs to be drafted to be as defensible as possible. You will want useable dependent claims and the option to file post-filed data in support of the inventive step. This process starts all the way back at the drafting stage. If you don’t have what you need in the granted claims you must act early to ensure your remedy is not late and thereby inadmissible. This webinar looks at claim structures that are helpful (or conversely thoroughly unhelpful) in defence and procedural steps to take before they are no longer available to you.
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George Schlich, Schlich LtdGeorge Schlich, Schlich Ltd
George Schlich is a patent and trade mark attorney (CPA, EPA, CTMA) and founded and runs Schlich from Littlehampton (“LA”) on the south coast of England. 2024 was Schlich’s 20th anniversary and the firm is 30 strong, with 15 attorneys and is growing. There is still a life sciences, biotech and pharmaceutical focus to the practice, with a healthy and above average share of EPO oppositions and appeals including multi-party proceedings relating to foundational and follow-on CRISPR/Cas9 technology. More recently, the technology spread of expertise has expanded to include physics, AI, material sciences, power transmission and medical devices and other mechanical subject matter. Schlich has managed to get into IAM1000, the Financial Times patent attorney firms listing, IP Rising Stars, Juve and Chambers without taking anyone to dinner. George has done time on CIPA Council and was an Honorary Secretary of the Informals and Chair of the CIPA Education Committee. Back in LA the firm sponsors the local community toilets and sandwich shop (“Schlich … for a CRISPR Bite”) and keeps bees; honey sales revenue goes to the toilets. There’s more at https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgeschlich/
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