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Staying Ahead: The Latest on the EQE
8Jul
Webinar Staying Ahead: The Latest on the EQE
Wednesday 8 July
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The new EQE is designed to provide a graduated pathway to qualification. During this webinar, we will reflect on how this has been implemented in the first two years of exam papers. We will also look at the mocks for the final exams M3 and M4 to see what extra candidates need to do to demonstrate that they are fit to practise.
By the time of the webinar, EQE candidates hoping to qualify under the old system will have submitted their answers to the last ever papers A to D. Even if these candidates are as successful as normal, they will need to learn about the new EQE to help train future EQE candidates.
We will also review the transition provisions for those taking a mix of old and new papers on the route to qualification. Finally (fingers crossed!), we will also have some clarity on the exemptions for the UK qualification system.
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Julia Gwilt, Appleyard LeesJulia Gwilt, Appleyard Lees
Julia Gwilt is a partner at Appleyard Lees and specialises in software inventions.
She has had a passion for training for over 15 years. As one of the patent attorney members who established the Patent Examination Board (PEB), she oversaw the UK professional examinations for over six years until her term ended in 2020. She is now chair of the epi Profession Education Committee which oversees training and other aspects of the EQE for trainee European patent attorneys. Together with other members of the PEC, she has been heavily involved in the proposal for a new digital EQE.
Nina Ferara, UK Atomic Energy AuthorityNina Ferara, UK Atomic Energy Authority
Nina is an experienced patent attorney with an academic background in physics & mathematics and extensive experience with software and robotics inventions.
Nina’s career has spanned a wide spectrum of the IP landscape: she trained in private practice in Munich, drove commercial IP strategy in-house at IBM and Porsche in Stuttgart, and has now moved into the public sector at the UK Atomic Energy Authority—a research organisation leading the delivery of sustainable fusion energy.Beyond her day job, Nina is deeply committed to the future of the IP profession. She is part of the team working on Visser’s Annotated European Patent Convention. She actively contributes as an epi Tutor and committee member, focusing on education and IP awareness, advocating for a more inclusive environment via the Diversity & Inclusion Working Group, and championing professional development through the pilot epi Students Mentorship Programme: https://patentepi.org/en/epi-students/epi-students-mentorship-programme/.
Electing a representative who is both new to the UK and deeply experienced within the epi’s governance is an opportunity. Nina’s extensive internal experience ensures she can be immediately effective, understanding the epi’s mechanisms and key issues from day one and offering the UK membership a unique and powerful blend of deep institutional knowledge and a fresh perspective.
Should she be elected, Nina promises to represent the UK’s interests within epi and to promote epi within the UK IP community. She asks for your vote to bring both newcomer energy and epi expertise to the UK delegation.
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