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DESCRIPTION:CIPP/Lallemand Seminar with Cristina Lopes Margarido & Falk Gie
 msa of the European Patent Office. Gonzalo Lavin (Goudreau Gage Dubuc) wil
 l be the respondent.\n\nDescription\n\nThe presentation concerns the exami
 nation practice of computer-implemented inventions (CII) in the field of b
 usiness methods\, gaming\, training and teaching at the European Patent Of
 fice (EPO) which is essentially marked by two hurdles:\n\n\n	The exclusion 
 from patentability\n	The requirement for an inventive step\n\n\nWhen drafti
 ng patent applications in the field of business methods\, gaming\, trainin
 g and teaching it is quite easy to overcome the first hurdle\, while most 
 patent applications in this area are refused for lack of inventive step.  
 Learn what can be done to overcome these hurdles.\n\nCristina Lopes Margar
 ido has a degree in electro-technical and computer engineering\, and a pos
 t-graduate degree in quantitative methods in management\, both from the Un
 iversity of Porto. Since 2002 she has been working as a patent examiner at
  the European Patent Office in Munich\, in the areas of electronic commerc
 e\, payment systems and educational appliances. She has vast experience in
  Oral Proceedings in examination and has particular expertise in the contr
 oversial area of non-patentable matter and the technical/non-technical ass
 essment of computer implemented inventions.\n\nFalk Giemsa joined the Euro
 pean Patent Office in 2002 where he works as patent examiner / senior expe
 rt in the field of computer-implemented inventions (CII)\, methods for doi
 ng business and training systems. In addition\, he has been active as trai
 ner for CII and IPR matters\, coach for examiners and co-author of patent-
 related publications. Before joining the EPO\, Falk worked as researcher a
 t the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication Systems. He is Luxembourger a
 nd holds a degree as computer scientist combined with business studies fro
 m the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich.\n\nGonzalo Lavin joined Go
 udreau Gage Dubuc as a partner in 2007 and is a registered patent agent in
  both Canada and the United States. He started his career in 1995 working 
 at a Montreal-based intellectual property firm. He also worked in the inte
 llectual property department of an international telecommunications compan
 y. Gonzalo Lavin is a member of the Order of Professional Engineers of Que
 bec and of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. He practices in 
 the telecommunications\, electronics\, software\, electrical and mechanica
 l areas\, working closely with a full range of clients\, including univers
 ities\, high tech companies\, and foreign patent firms.\n\nEvent is open t
 o all. A request for accreditation for 1.5 hours of continuing legal educa
 tion has been made. For jurists seeking CLE hours\, a fee of 30$ is reques
 ted. \n
DTSTART:20171020T170000Z
DTEND:20171020T183000Z
LOCATION:NCDH 202\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36
 44 rue Peel
SUMMARY:Patenting Computer Implemented Inventions (CII) – The European Pate
 nt Office Experience
URL:/law/channels/event/patenting-computer-implemented
 -inventions-cii-european-patent-office-experience-273100
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