At last -- the invitation!

We promise it won't be anything like this ...!

It's not often that The SPC Blog can say, in all honesty, "this is what you've all been waiting for" -- but this is one of those occasions. The SPC Blog's 2012 seminar will take place on Tuesday 22 May, once again in the congenial surroundings of Olswang LLP's London office (thanks!). This is the fourth annual seminar and we look forward both to welcoming old-timers and to seeing some fresh faces.

Registration begins at 1.30pm and the seminar itself kicks off at 2.00pm.  Speakers are Dr Dolores Cassidy (Irish Patents Office), Dr Micaela Modiano (Modiano & Partners), Hugh Goodfellow (Carpmaels & Ransford) and Michael Burdon (Olswang LLP).

Lots of fun is promised, not to mention the traditional refreshments that conclude the seminar, for which admission is free.

You can access the invitation and full programme here. For further enquiries and to RSVP, please email Danielle Maidana-Power at danielle.maidana-power@olswang.com

Seminar news

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The programme for The SPC Blog Seminar, which Olswang LLP has kindly agreed once again to host in its London office, is nearly ready to go. The official programme and invitation will be posted very soon.  In the meantime, you might like to see how it's shaping up.

The date arranged for this year's event is Tuesday 22 May and the programme will look something like this:

13.30 Registration
14:00 Chairman's introduction
14:10 Medeva - the fall-out
14:35 SPC protection in Italy
15:00 Break
15:20 Neurim - the hearing and AG's opinion
15:40 SPCs, the central European patent and court
15:55 Medeva around the world and -- though this remains in the realms of possibility rather than certainty -- the SPC quiz!
16:20 Questions

Drinks and refreshments will then follow.

Don't respond to this post: just wait a bit and RSVP to the formal invitation!

Mark your diaries for next SPC Blog seminar

There are hardly any details yet, other than the date itself -- but you can mark your diary now! The SPC Blog's 2012 seminar will take place in the afternoon of Tuesday 22 May, in the congenial surroundings of the London office of Olswang LLP.  Further details will be published as soon as possible, so watch this space.

22 May: its place in history here