EQE Paper D courses

Paper D

The D paper is generally considered the most challenging of all EQE papers. In the DI parts of the paper, well-reasoned answers to the open DI questions are required. In the DII part, a complex industrial-property law case is presented  involving fundamental issues of patentability, rights of inventors, inventions as property and third-party rights; you need to draft a legal opinion explaining the legal consequences of the situation as described.

We offer various courses for Paper D as shown below and training material in our webshop.

D Distance Learning

DeltaPatents offers a brand new course this year for candidates preparing for Main Exam Paper D. This course not only includes our DI and DII Methodology (1 day DI Methodology and 2 days DII Methodology), but also gives candidates the opportunity to gear up their legal level by augmenting and deepening the knowledge acquired during the Pre-Exam Legal training to a level EQE Main Exam. To achieve this, we use the Main Exam Paper D Questions and Answers book as homework and present more advanced legal subjects. 

Start date
Duration
Location
1-05-2024
10 Days
Online training
Paper D Methodology

Methodology for dealing with the most common situations in the D exam. By the end of this course, you will understand how to score high points on D for the things that you know well and the things you do well. You will understand what must be handed-in to get points, and you will have practiced a proven approach for generating answers. We will discuss alternative answers and different styles that can also score points. You will also be given many rules-of-thumb to guide this approach, based on our many years of EQE experience. We will also provide practical tips about how to organize your reference materials, how to study, what to take to the exam and how to divide your time between DI and DII parts. Where relevant, we will use WISEflow, giving you the opportunity to get familiar with the system used during the e-EQE.

1-day D Crash Methodology (part of D Guided Trial Run)

Although many candidates have the time and resources to follow a full methodology course well before the exam, we regularly have participants who are not-prepared for the Guided Trial Run course. To avoid the frustration felt by all, we have introduced this optional day to reduce the difference in levels. In one day, we discuss how to optimize the time spent on DI and DII, and practice efficiently answering DI questions and a DII exercise. The theory is kept to a minimum, and only the essential elements are taught. This gives a solid basis for getting the most out of the Guided Trial Run part, which is for most candidates the last training before the exam.

Paper D Guided Trial Run

An added hurdle to passing the D paper is the limited time to answer. You need to practice dividing your time over the DI and the DII parts, and then answering questions using our own reference material to efficiently generate high-scoring answers. This 4-day course provides a final test of EQE readiness by practicing with the recent D papers under limited time. During this course, we will use WISEflow, giving you the opportunity to get familiar with the system used during the e-EQE. You will be guided by a knowledgeable tutor through the solution of part of the papers, and solve the other parts on your own. You will learn about tactics for the paper, legal issues, exam technique, answering style and alternative solutions. By the end of the course, you will have identified your legal and methodology weaknesses, and will know the areas that you need to concentrate on in the last few weeks before sitting the EQE. 

Paper D Guided Exam

During your preparation, you need to practice questions and papers to teach yourself how to read questions, to analyse the legal issues, to decide what to write and the detail level of your answer. However, it is difficult to judge your own progress, and comparing your own answers with model answers is not the best way to tune your skills. This course includes the marking and comments by the tutor on a homework paper (hand-in well before the course) to provide you with objective, individual feedback, as well as an in-session guided step-by-step execution of another paper. You will use the EQE exam system WISEflow to practice your paper.

By the end of this course, you will have received individual feedback from the tutor, have more experience in solving DI questions and DII cases efficiently, and have a picture of the areas where you need to improve.

Paper D Guided Exam for Re-sitters

During your preparation, you need to practice questions and papers to teach yourself how to read questions, to analyse the legal issues, to decide what to write and the detail level of your answer. However, it is difficult to judge your own progress, and comparing your own answers with model answers is not the best way to tune your skills. This course includes the marking and comments by the tutor on a homework paper (hand-in well before the course) to provide you with objective, individual feedback, as well as an in-session guided step-by-step execution of another paper. You will use the EQE exam system WISEflow to practice your paper.

By the end of this course, you will have received individual feedback from the tutor, have more experience in solving DI questions and DII cases efficiently, and have a picture of the areas where you need to improve.

Mock Exam Paper D

Practice a few weeks before the real exam in order to adjust your method, on papers as close as possible to the final exam. Get an evaluation on your level for each paper, thanks to a personalized marking of each paper, comments and advices from the tutor, in particular on the methodology used and the structure of your answer.

Based on the outcome, make final adjustments to your methodology before the exam.

Please note that we will use WISEflow for this course.

2 different mock exams are organized, based on 2 different papers, which have been designed by the tutor.

Refresher Paper D

The course aims to let candidates practice for the D exam in a very time efficient way. Candidates are expected to prepare a D exam paper at home. This paper will be discussed on the course day. From older D exams smaller cases have been created, on DI and DII. Important topics have been chosen, candidates can refresh their knowledge on the most important topics for the exam.Having discussed a case, the candidates get a marking sheet for the case and some time to mark their own solution. A detailed model solution is provided for each case.

“Thanks for all help and courses, you have provided excellent working books and excellent understanding in how to score the points on D.”

Who is DeltaPatents?

We have many years of experience in EQE and IP Administrators training. This provides a solid basis for our extensive range of IP courses. Our training courses focus on giving insight and understanding, and ensuring that the acquired knowledge can be practically applied.

At DeltaPatents we thoroughly train and guide our tutors. For our tutors, training is a more than a profession; it is mastered by teamwork. As our tutors spend most of their time preparing and giving courses, they are very experienced and knowledgeable. We take feedback of attendants seriously and act on it. For us, quality and customer satisfaction are essential.

Meet the tutors

Roel van WoudenbergRoel van Woudenberg is a tutor for the Pre-Exam and Main Exam Paper D courses. He is author of the DeltaPatents’ books “Basic Legal Questions”, “Main Exam Questions for Paper D” and of the “Pre-Exam book”.

 

Jelle HoekstraJelle Hoekstra is a tutor for the Pre-Exam, all Main Exam Papers and IP Administrators’ courses. He is a European Patent Attorney. Jelle is author of the book “Methodology for Paper C” and of the book “References to the European Patent Convention” (www.hoekstradoc.nl).

 

Diane TweedlieDiane Tweedlie is a tutor for the Pre-Exam, Main Exam Paper D and IP Administrators’ courses. She is a European Patent Attorney in the field of Mechanical Engineering.

 

 

Stefanie Lewis is a tutor for the Pre-Exam and Paper D Main Exam courses. She is a European Patent Attorney at K&S.

 

 

 

Grégory Baque is a tutor for the Pre-Exam and all Main Exam Papers in French language. He is an IP Advisor at Baque IP. Grégory is author of the book “CBE-PCT, a reference about the European Patent Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty”.

 

 

Theo Vöckel is a tutor for the Main Exam Paper D in the German language. He is a European Patent Attorney working in-house and as a freelance attorney advising SME’s in the field of Computer-Implemented Inventions.

 

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