Course Overview

Course Schedule

The Law School of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf organises a course on European Patent Litigation composed of eight modules of two days each month, including a module with final seminar of three days. The content of the course covers the curriculum of Rule 3 of the EPLC Rules.

The lectures are mainly held in English and will be given by experts from academia as well as from judiciary and by lawyers from different Member States. A University Certificate of the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is awarded to successful participants after passing an oral examination relating to the content of the course.

Modules

1st Module

Module 1

  • Introduction
  • Introduction into Legal Methodology
  • Introduction into International Civil Procedure Law and related aspects
  • MOCK TRIAL – Mock Trial Group partitioning

2nd Module

Module 2

  • The European Court of Justice
  • Conflict of Laws
  • MOCK TRIAL

3rd Module

Module 3

  • Interpretation of European Patents,
  • Unitary Patent Protection and Unified Patent Court
  • The Instrument of Enhanced Cooperation according TEU and TFEU
  • MOCK TRIAL

4th Module

Module 4

  • The Roots of Civil Procedure Law in Europe
  • Patent Litigation in Germany, France and Italy
  • Saisie Contrefaçon
  • MOCK TRIAL

5th Module

Module 5

  • Theory of Comparative Legal Analysis
  • Practice of Comparative Legal Analysis
  • MOCK TRIAL

6th Module

Module 6

  • Introduction into the proceedings before the Unified Patent Court
  • Infringement Proceedings, Nullity Proceedings.
  • Customs Enforcement of Patent Rights in Europe
  • MOCK TRIAL

7th Module

Module 7

  • Introduction into legal working technique in civil proceedings governed by the principle of party presentation
  • An introduction of lawyers working tools in civil proceedings esp. for patent attorneys
  • EU Antitrust Law and IP i.e. Patent Law
  • MOCK TRIAL
  • Mock Trial Interim Conference

8th Module

Seminar Module 8

  • Drawing of the examination paper topics
  • Mediation/Arbitration alternatives to litigate patents
  • MOCK MEDIATION
  • MOCK TRIAL
  • Mock Trial Main Hearing
  • Deliberation of the Mock Trial Court
  • Mock Trial Evaluation

Final Examination

Exam Module 9

  • Oral Examination
  • Hand-Out of European Patent Litigation Certificates to the successful participants

Course Fees

The Course Fee for the 2024 EPLC-Course is 3900 €.
This does not include travel, accommodation and meals.

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3'900 €