INSIGHT epi - The podcast for European patent professionals
As the professional body representing European Patent Attorneys, the epi is engaging with all things pertinent to our field on a continual basis.
Whether you're an epi member or student, an EQE candidate - or just interested in what we are doing, look behind the scenes with “Insight epi”.
Episodes
27 episodes
Innovation commercialisation: Multiple paths to profit
16 April 2025 | Intellectual Property (IP) isn’t just a competitive advantage—it’s a foundational asset that every business should take seriously from the very beginning. In this episode, Claudia Duffy, Vilija Viešūnaitė
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Keeping it confidential: Client-attorney privilege
02 April 2025 | In this episode, epi president Peter Thomsen talks about the client-attorney privilege for European Patent Attorneys. What information is protected in the context of discovery proceedings? What are the ...
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Preventing accidental loss of rights: Meet the OCC
19 March 2025 | Electronic communication with the EPO is convenient and easy. For the most part. But what if a system doesn't work properly, perhaps resulting in a loss of rights? Or if a user journey is so simple that irrevocable f...
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UPC Case Law - Episode 6
05 March 2025 | In this episode of our podcast series on UPC case law, Tilman Pfrang and Bart van Wezenbeek talk about the issuance of anti-anti-suit injunctions. Another topic dealt with is confidentiality. ...
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UPC Case Law - Episode 5
19 February 2025 | This time, Bart van Wezenbeek and Tilman Pfrang are revisiting a critical topic: Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) under the UPC framework. Recent UPC rulings have brought new clarity to SEP enforcem...
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Preparing for the EQE 2025
05 February 2025 | In this episode, Margaret Mackett and Nina Ferara talk about preparing for this year's European Qualifying Examination (EQE). The epi supports epi students and candidates with tutorials, mock papers ...
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UPC Case Law - Episode 4
22 Januar 2025 | In this fourth episode of our series on UPC case law, Bart van Wezenbeek and Tilman Pfrang talk about infringement by equivalence and the principle of bifurcation.
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2025: An epi Presidium's perspective
15 Januar 2025 | In this first episode of our podcast this year, epi President Peter Thomsen and epi Vice-President Katerina Hartvichova give an overview of the most important topics for epi and the profession in 2025....
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UPC Case Law - Episode 3
18 December 2024 | This is the third episode of a series on UPC case law, in which Bart van Wezenbeek, Tilman Pfrang and Christopher Stothers talk about the role of third party interests in UPC proceedings.
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epi guidelines: Use of generative AI
11 December 2024 | This (special) edition of our podcast is about a topic that will have a lasting impact on the way we work: Artificial intelligence. Martina Stork and Timothy Powell talk about the epi's recent...
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Meet the IP Commercialization Committee (IPCC)
04 December 2024 | In this episode, Hans Blöchle and Angela Quinlan are talking about one of the youngest epi committees, but one that deals with a topic that is as old as patents themselves: Commercialization. &...
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Mental health and the patent profession: Dealing with deadlines and the pressure to perform
20 November 2024 | In this last episode of our short podcast series on mental health and the patent profession, Sally Bannan, Tarik Kapic and Penelope Aspinall are talk more about two aspects that have been iden...
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Mental health and the patent profession: European Qualifying Examination
06 November 2024 | In this second episode of our short podcast series on mental health and what it has to do with our profession, Sally Bannan, Tarik Kapic and Penelope Aspinall talk about the European Qualifyin...
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Mental health and the patent profession: General aspects
23 October 2024 | This episode is the first in a three-part series on a delicate topic in our profession. Penelope Aspinall, Sally Bannan and Tarik Kapic talk about general aspects, such as stressors and prevent...
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UPC Case Law - Episode 2
09 October 2024 | This is the second episode of a series on case law coming out of the UPC. This time, Bart van Wezenbeek and Tilman Pfrang will dive deep into some decisions where the question of inventive step p...
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40 years of epi information
03 October 2024 | This year, we celebrate a remarkable milestone: the 40th anniversary of our members' journal, 'epi Information.' For four decades, this publication has been an important resource for the profession. Together ...
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UPC Case Law - Episode 1
11 September 2024 | This is the first episode of a series on case law coming out of the UPC. After a general introduction, Bart van Wezenbeek and Tilman Pfrang look back on the past year of orders and decisions, focuss...
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EPAC: About the European Patent Administration Certification
31 July 2024 | In this episode, Sara Morabito and Francis Leyder talk about the European Patent Administration Certification (EPAC). They discuss the purpose of the certification, its strategic importance, the content ...
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Training offered by the epi
July 17 2024 | In this short episode, we would like to give you a few pointers on our own behalf. Jacqueline Kalbe, Barbara Riffert, Noreen Osterlehner and Samantha Adam from the epi Secretariat wa...
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Meet the Professional Education Committee
July 3 2024 | In this episode, we deal with one of epi's most important and visible committees: the Professional Education Committee, or PEC for short. Julia Gwilt and Tarik Kapić will talk about its history, it...
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New EQE: Being a supervisor
19 June 2024 | Most EQE candidates appreciate any support they can get, especially as the new system still raises new questions for everyone involved. This episode is aimed at supervisors: Anna Valborg Guðmundsdóttir an...
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New EQE: The papers in detail
5 June 2024 | What is actually assessed in each paper? What kind of questions can you expect to be asked? How long will the exams take? And how will they be marked? In this fourth episode of our five-part series on the new EQE, N...
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One year of Unitary Patent
31 May 2024 | The 1st of June, 2023 was the start of what we call for short the Unitary Patent or UP and the Unified Patent Court or UPC. In this episode of "Insight epi", we take a look back at the first year of the UP....
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