Training for Qualification as European Patent Attorney
Legal Course - Paper D
This 2-day course deals with acquisition of the basic
legal
knowledge and the skills necessary for mastering the complex legal
advice
question in Part II of the legal paper of the European Qualifying
Examination,
using a systematic approach.
The January
legal course emphasises revision and clarification for the up-coming
exam.
The topics covered include :
Part I
- Preparing for Part I as a foundation for
preparing
for Part
II
- Overview of the structure of the legal provisions
- Finding your way quickly around the Convention
- Relating situations/facts/legal
provisions/legal
consequences
- Tackling Part I questions - question structures
Part II
- Planning how to tackle Part II
- What are you asked to do?
- Getting a clear picture of the facts
- Anticipating the complex scenario
- Setting up a display of the dates. Visualizing
a
sequence
of events
- Organising the facts as a function of the
questions asked
- Identifying the legal issues
- Developing the legal consequences
- Planning the content and structure of your
answer
- Writing your answer. Open
book technique
- Time management for Paper D
- Marking analysis: maximising your marks for the
legal paper
Objective :
By Saturday evening each participant should have a
clear
picture of how to prepare for and tackle a complex legal question and
produce
an answer showing maximum results for his/her level of knowledge.