EQE 2024: results will be available in July 2024
Yesterday, the Examination Board published a notice "EQE 2024: Publication of results" on the EQE website reading:
FYI: Art. 48(2) UPCA provides: "Parties may alternatively be represented by European Patent Attorneys who are entitled to act as professional representatives before the European Patent Office pursuant to Article 134 of the EPC and who have appropriate qualifications such as a European Patent Litigation Certificate." The direct relation to the availability of the results from the EQE is not clear to me, as entitlement to act as professional representative does not depend on the passing of the EQE as such, but to the entry on the list of representatives - which must still be requested after passing (here).
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The transitional period for “grandfather courses” to qualify under Art.48(2) UPCA expires 1 year after entry into force, so 1 June 2024… (See https://www.unified-patent-court.org/sites/default/files/upc_documents/ac_06_22022022_rev_e_0.pdf)
ReplyDeleteMaybe they are saying that candidates who will pass the EQE in 2024 cannot expect to get the results before July 2024 and thus cannot possibly benefit from the grandfather clause?
Delete@Anon I also think so. Maybe some people were wondering if it would still be possible this year.
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ReplyDeleteIt's a kind form EPO to the Litigator prep courses lobby.
ReplyDeleteShould be anytime soon right?
ReplyDeleteI think the earliest they have arrived in recent years is the last week in June, althought his year we are told explicitly that results will be available in July. Registration opens on the 8th of July, so it has to be before then. I think we'll see them Monday/Tuesday next week. Pointless to even wonder about it but here we are :|
DeleteYour argument "Registration opens on the 8th of July, so it has to be before then" is not a correct argument: it is not relevant when registarion **opens**. What matters is when registration **closes**.
DeleteYou can expect them sometime in July, as indicated in the Communication shown in the blog post.
Even in 2021 (when we received results on 21 June), we were explicitly told that results will be available in July. I wish they would just give us a date (like the PEB does for UK exams) to reduce the potential five week anxiety...
DeleteI just received several emails from candidates informing me that the EQE 2024 results are out.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all that passed one or more papers!