On the 18th September Haseltine Lake Kempner hosted our first
masterclass in Basel, Switzerland. Next to the Rhine, and with
unseasonably hot weather, we hosted 42 attendees who came to hear
talks on many aspects of IP oppositions practice.
The title of the seminar was "One Step Ahead- Your guide
for keeping up with the ever-changing IP landscape". Eight
attorneys from HLK attended; Joe Lenthall, Isobel Finnie, David
Brown, Robert Margue, Richard Kempner and Brian
Whitehead all spoke at the seminar, and Nicole Ockl and Magnus
Johnston also attended. Former Chairman of the Board of Appeal,
Christopher Rennie- Smith was our guest speaker.
The seminar began with an EPO case law update which was given by
Isobel Finnie and Robert Margue and covered topics including the
admission of Auxiliary Requests into the opposition appeal
proceedings, insufficiency and the possible "unusual
parameter" practice coming to
