As the EQE approaches – don’t cram, take it easy

As the EQE approaches, there is no point in cramming, doing more and more past papers and trying to learn the Case Law or the Guidelines. The more you cram during the last few weeks the more likely it is that you will freak out during the exam, a victim of overload. It’s important to realise that cramming is wholly counter-productive to your preparations for qualification as a European Patent Attorney.

Instead, take it easy during the last few weeks before the exam, review what you have done and consolidate your previous work.

The series of YouTube tutorials “Approaching the EQE” represent some excellent revision materials you can use as the EQE approaches. They should help you to place into perspective all your previous exam preparations.

You can access these tutorials on YouTube by keying in “EQE approach”. They are:

·      1^st Approach Serving the Client

·      2^nd Approach Working Method

·      3^rd Approach Legal Thinking

·      4^th Approach Presenting Arguments

·      5^th Approach Substantive Law

·      6^th Approach Time Management

The first four are already published and the last two will be published soon. I hope you enjoy these tutorials and wish you a relaxed time before the EQE.

Brian Cronin

PATSKILLS

Approaching the EQE – 4th Approach : Presenting Arguments

I am pleased to inform you of the publication on YouTube of a tutorial entitled “EQE 4^th Approach – Presenting Arguments”. You can access it by keying in “EQE Approach”.

In this tutorial, we expand on the idea that, in the context of the EQE, an argument is a presentation of facts in support of a legal conclusion. Argument structure is discussed as well as fact-driven and format-driven arguments.

This tutorial will be of interest to all candidates preparing for one or more papers of the EQE. It is the fourth of a series of tutorials covering six complementary approaches to the EQE.  For candidates who have prepared to sit the forthcoming EQE, the tutorials will serve as revision to consolidate their preparations and get their act together.

Keep on the lookout for follow-up. I hope you enjoy the tutorial and wish you well in your preparations for the EQE.

Brian Cronin

PATSKILLS

Approaching the EQE - 3rd Approach : Legal Thinking

I am pleased to inform you of the publication on YouTube of a tutorial entitled “EQE 3^rd Approach – Legal Thinking”. You can access it by keying in “EQE Approach”.

In this tutorial, we examine the paradigm: fact – legal provision – legal consequence. This leads to the development of fact-driven legal-consequence-oriented thinking of Patent Attorneys who are constantly faced with achieving or avoiding legal consequences for the benefit of their clients.

This tutorial will be of interest to all candidates preparing for one or more papers of the EQE. It is the third of a series of tutorials covering six complementary approaches to the EQE.  Keep on the lookout for the follow-up.

I hope you enjoy the tutorial and wish you well in your preparations for the EQE.

Brian Cronin

PATSKILLS

Approaching the EQE, 2nd Approach : Working Method

I am pleased to inform you of the publication on YouTube of a tutorial entitled “EQE 2^nd Approach – Working Method”. You can access it by keying in “EQE Approach”.

In this tutorial, we examine the three essential steps for processing all EQE papers: read; plan; write, in detail : purposive assimilation as a function of what you need to complete your plan ; organisation of the assimilated facts and planning as a function of legal consequences; and delivering the end product.

This tutorial will be of interest to all candidates preparing for one or more papers of the EQE. It is the second of a series of tutorials covering six complementary approaches to the EQE.  Keep on the lookout for the follow-up.

I hope you enjoy the tutorial and wish you well in your preparations for the EQE.

Brian Cronin

PATSKILLS

Approaching the EQE . 1st Approach - Serving the Client

I am pleased to inform you of the publication on YouTube of a tutorial entitled “EQE 1^st Approach – Serving the Client”. You can access it by keying in “EQE Approach”.

In this tutorial, the job of a European Patent Attorney in serving a client’s interests is applied to the EQE candidate by considering that the Examination Organisation -  a 50-50 joint venture between the EPO and the epi – is a client of the would-be European Patent Attorney who must find out this client’s requirements and serve its interests.

This tutorial will be of interest to all candidates preparing for one or more papers of the EQE.

This is the first of a series of tutorials covering six complementary approaches to the EQE.  Keep on the lookout for the follow-up.

I hope you enjoy the tutorial and wish you well in your preparations for the EQE.

Brian Cronin

PATSKILLS