Webcode 25121130
Dr. Christof Karl
Dipl.-Inform., German and European Patent Attorney, German and US Attorney-at-Law, Partner, Bardehle Pagenberg, Munich (Germany)
Christof is a European Patent Attorney and attorneyat-law admitted to practice in Germany and New York. He is a partner at the Munich office of Bardehle Pagenberg and prosecutes and litigates patents in the fields of information technology and telecommunications, including for worldwide major manufacturers of mobile phones and computer game consoles. His extensive litigation experience allows him to put an emphasis on claims with an optimum scope of protection.
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Eugène Blanchard
European Patent Attorney, Qualified to practice before the French Patent Office Patent Director, JT International SA, Geneva (Switzerland)
Eugène is a European Patent Attorney and is qualified to practice before the French patent Office (INPI). He has more than 20 years' experience in patent matters, from filing and prosecution to oppositions and litigation, both in private practice and in-house, He is leading patent filing and prosecution teams in Switzerland and Japan dealing with the protection of innovations and freedom to operate assessments in the field of Conventional & Reduced Risks products on a global scale for JTI.
Julia Hammes, PhD
Patent Information Specialist, Uppdragshuset Sverige AB, Stockholm (Sweden)
Currently a committed member of the Uppdragshuset team, Julia dedicates her expertise to full-time work on novelty, validity, and freedom-to-operate searches in the domains of environmental technology, batteries, chemistry, medical technology and lithography machines. Prior to joining Uppdragshuset, Julia worked as a patent consultant at and assisted clients with drafting and prosecuting patent applications, novelty searches and patentability assessments.
02/12/2025
02/12/2025
9:00 - 17:00 CET
online
online
Event - 1,290 € plus tax
The fee includes the 'live' participation via internet, high-quality course material for download, a participation certificate as well as technical support including a test meeting.
Event - 1,290 € plus tax
The fee includes the 'live' participation via internet, high-quality course material for download, a participation certificate as well as technical support including a test meeting.
Jean-Claude Alexandre Ho, LL.M.
Lawyer, Conference Manager
+49 6221 500-675
jc.alexandreho@forum-institut.de
Our experienced speakers will help you to be prepared for FTO challenges when your company or your client wants to introduce new products or enhance existing ones. They will discuss with you best practices for setting up time and cost sensitive FTO searches and drafting effective FTO opinions.
In a world of increasingly dense patent thickets, freedom to operate (FTO) is crucial for your company's or your client's market success. Otherwise, potentially high investments in R&D might be wasted if the results cannot be commercialized due to patent barriers. Poorly executed FTO might lead your company or your client directly before a patent court. When properly conducted, FTO helps to identify the need
either to design around or to license in.
Our experienced speakers will help you to be prepared for FTO challenges when your company or your client wants to introduce new products or enhance existing ones.
They will cover the whole FTO process, giving you an overview of the different aspects and steps of an FTO. Our speakers will finally discuss with you best practices for setting up time and cost sensitive FTO searches (including how to use AI for the searches) and drafting effective FTO opinions. Furthermore, you will get the opportunity to discover the potential of FTO for market expansion and competitor watching.
After the course, you will be able to
The use of AI in patent searching
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'The course dealt with many aspects of the FTO by way of specific examples which makes it easier to unterstand any particular situation.'
'Interesting; very good quality of speakers.'
