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ODW2547 – European Patents for IP Paralegals
Join Barker Brettell for a CLE session on European patent protection, including filing practices, the Unitary Patent, cost-saving strategies, and fun IP trivia.
Course Category: On-Demand Webinars
Course Level: Intermediate
CLE Credit: Substantive
CLE Hours: 1.0
Fees: $49 for Members and $70 for Nonmembers
Course Materials: Recording and PDF of the power point slides.
Description: Join Barker Brettell (www.barkerbrettell.co.uk) for an informative CLE session covering current best practices for obtaining European patent protection in an evolving landscape. We will focus on European patent filing and understanding paralegal and attorney roles in patent workflows. We will also discuss the new Unitary Patent option and the Unified Patent Court in depth. We will cover cost savings strategies, opt-outs, assignments, and additional talking points. Fun IP facts and trivia will keep things lively and interesting.
Panel Biographies: Yvonne Johnson is the Managing Partner at Barker Brettell and an experienced and accomplished patent attorney with over 25 years of experience, particularly in chemistry and life sciences. She has extensive expertise in the health care and medical industries, including pharmaceutical formulations, and is skilled at navigating Europe’s excluded matter rules related to therapeutic, surgical, and diagnostic methods. Yvonne is known for delivering pragmatic, commercially focused advice. Her areas of expertise include patent oppositions and appeals, patent drafting and strategy, patent prosecution and portfolio management, patent validity and opinion work, and unitary patents.
Anne Bate has been a patent paralegal and patent team manager at Barker Brettell for over 40 years, with more than 30 of those years spent working alongside John Lawrence. She manages Barker Brettell’s team of patent paralegals, ensuring they stay current with new laws and rules. Anne also encourages ongoing training and professional development, particularly in using web-based filing systems such as ePCT and EPO’s Online Filing 2.0. Additionally, she played a key role in establishing and promoting the Barker Brettell Euro IP hub to US-based clients and firms.
John Lawrence is a senior partner at Barker Brettell with over 40 years of experience as a patent attorney representing a diverse range of clients, from startups and SMEs to large global corporations. He has extensive experience in drafting and prosecuting patents in advanced engineering, aerospace, lasers and optics hardware, medical devices, implants, software-controlled telemedicine/robotic surgery, and medical IT systems. John leads the firm’s Aerospace Sector and heads the secondment initiative. His areas of expertise include computers and electronics, design patents, mechanical engineering, patent oppositions and appeals, and physics and materials.
Course Year: 2025
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