Computer-implemented inventions are now wide-spread in areas such as telecommunications, automotive or medical engineering. Drafting patent claims and IP strategies for software innovations show considerable differences in detail. Learn the particularities and train to draft better claims for software innovations! 

Topics

• Software innovations: the appropriate IP asset
• EU & US: legal framework and current case-law
• Filing strategies: EU vs. US
• Dealing with national differences
• Case studies and drafting exercises
   

Aims and objectives
There are some particularities to consider when drafting patent claims for computerimplemented inventions (CII). 
The Essentials course teaches you the relevant legal framework and case-law in European and US patent law. Learn how to consider national differences with regard to drafting or enforcement. Case studies and drafting exercises will help you to draft better CII patent claims.

Who should attend
Do you work in the IP or patent department of a company, as a patent attorney in a law firm or as a software developer or product manager in automation, mechatronics, control engineering, process engineering, etc., and would like to draft better software patent claims? Then this is course is intended for you.

Your speaker
Dipl.-Ing. Sabine Kruspig: Former Director EPO, German Patent Attorney, Meissner Bolte, Munich (Germany)
Peter Bittner: European Patent Attorney, Peter Bittner und Partner, Walldorf (Germany)

Programme, registration and further information: https://www.forum-institut.de/seminar/1906184-digital-patents