CIPA gets conformation on EQE cancellation

After the Examination Secretariat announced cancellation of the EQE last week and CIPA issued a statement on the same, many candidates reported feeling confused. Hopefully putting an end to that confusion, CIPA confirmed with a statement on Friday that “the EQEs have been cancelled as a result of the spread of coronavirus and that this

EPO cancels EQEs

This morning, the EQE Help Desk sent out an email to all candidates registered to take any EQEs informing them that the Supervisory Board of the European qualifying examination has decided, in line with the EPO’s precautionary measures, to cancel the EQE planned to take place 16-19 March 2020. The emails goes on to say

Exam enrolment and registration deadlines

    EQE pre-examination As reported in our previous post, enrolment for the 2017 EQE pre-examination closes on 2 June 2016.  If you intend to sit the 2017 pre-exam and you have not already enrolled, go to https://www.epo.org/learning-events/eqe/admission/2017.html and follow the instructions to complete your enrolment.  The EPO recommends that you pay your enrolment and

Survey on possible changes to qualification system for patent attorneys – your views needed!

The Informals Committee would like to know your views on the idea of introducing “formative” or “continuous” assessment into the existing Foundation exams for patent attorneys.  To tell us what you think of this idea, please complete the following survey by 16:00 on Monday 18 January 2016: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/InformalsEducationSurveyJan2016 To find out why we’d like your