DeltaPatents EQE blogs
DeltaPatents provides the following blogs for the various EQE Papers of EQE 2014:
Please feel invited to join the discussions at our blogs!
And... do not forget to read the comment posted to this blog!!!
- DeltaPatents EQE Pre-Exam blog with our solution and many comments from many candidates on the legal as well as the claims analysis parts;
- DeltaPatents EQE paper A E/M blog has a copy of the paper and our solution, open for discussion and comments!;
- DeltaPatents EQE paper B E/M blog shows our solution as well as comments from candidates to the amendments proposed by us and our argumentation in their support;
- DeltaPatents EQE paper A ch blog gives our independent claims and considerations that led to the proposed independent claims;
- DeltaPatents EQE paper B ch blog shows our set of amended claims and supporting arguments;
- DeltaPatents EQE paper C blog indicates the main attacks and has quite extensive discussions with a large number of candidates;
- DeltaPatents EQE paper D blog has with our answers to the DI-questions as well as our legal advice for DII, and interesting legal discussions with many candidates.
Please feel invited to join the discussions at our blogs!
And... do not forget to read the comment posted to this blog!!!
During their preparation for the EQE, substantially all candidates find the EQE to be a real pain, requiring a lot of study, sacrificing too much free time, and jeopardizing your relation and family life. To be honest, that also applies to some (maybe even all but one?) of our tutors.
ReplyDeleteIf and after they sat and passed all papers, quite some candidates change their opinion, and start to appreciate one or more papers - and even start tutoring for those, a few hours a year upto a very significant fraction of their time. The DII-paper in particular, is considered -at least by legal tutors- a nice puzzle where your full understanding of patent law, its use in practice and the usefulness for and needs of a close-to-real life client are all parts of the puzzle.
Occasionally, a candidate already appreciates the exams before the course. I think we had this year about 3 candidates throughout all our courses on basic legal training as well as A, B, C and D-methodology and guidede exam courses that did so. One of them commented after this exam:
"I really liked sitting the exam, it was fun, and I managed to work according to my plans. Whether that is enough is a question for the people marking it...so, I will wait for the results and enjoy my free time in the meantime."
and when asked:
"Were all 4 "fun"?
You must have been one of the few who considered so!!!"
the candidate confirmed:
"Yes, I like exams ;-)... It is the interesting version of "chess" in my view. Does not mean easy to pass or that my solutions are any good. It is just fun to enter into a competition with the people who came up with the papers."
but also felt sorry for the majority:
"But, unfortunately most people did not seem to enjoy themselves...also, the worst thing to happen is. .same time next year..."