Patent and Patent Information Events in May 2026 (updated 5/26/2026)

 Patent and Patent Information Events in May 2026  (updated 5/26/2026)

 The post below is a copy of the one posted on May 2, 2026  (updated May 9,  and 26) at the PIUG Community Discussion Forum. 

 

 Summary 5/4-8 WIPO CDIP/36; 5/5 BARDEHLE PAGENBERG Update on the substantive law of the UPC; PatSnap Eureka Essentials;  5/6 EPO EPAC-3 EPO Opposition and Appeal (+5/20); 5/7 Questel Basic Training Orbit Intelligence (+5/19); 5/8 EPO EBA Oral proceeding G1/25 (Adaptation of Description); IPScreener Update; 5/12 IPI Academy IP Due Diligence & FTO; Questel Advanced Training Orbit Intelligence (+5/21); EU IP Helpdesk IP and Artificial Intelligence – Advanced; EPO Legal event codes from Asia in INPADOC; Patsnap Master Chemical Structure Searching; 5/13-6/10 Morrison Forester. Spring Advanced Patent Law Course: 5/13 TurPIUG Selecting Great Patent Intelligence Tools [Questel] (new); BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG IP Academy Basics of German, EU and international design protection (in German) (new); MoFo  Formation and Financing for Start-Ups; 5/14-15 UCL Patents and Standards  (new); 5/14 Wilson Gunn All things detergents (new); ClearstoneIP Rebuilding FTO with Workflow-Native AI (new); 5/18-19 IPWatchdog Virtual Artificial Intelligence Masters™ 2026 (new); 5/19-21 PIUG 2026 Joint Annual and Biotech Conference; 5/19 EU IP Helpdesk: Finding Patents (w/ Nigel Clarke);  CTS Legal Media/Tradespace Reserving freedom to operate in the era of "patent everything" (new);  WIPO  Classification Searches in PATENTSCOPE  (new); 5/20-211 LexisNexis Global IP Impact Summit / Innovation Analytics Academy (Wiesbaden, Germany); (new);  5/20 ArcPrime Mastering AI Prompting for Patent Work (new);  Morrison Forester AI and Intellectual Property in the Life Sciences; 5/21 CAS Newton℠ for CAS IP Finder; 5/25 European IP Helpdesk: Unitary Patent; 5/26 EPO Patenting seminar on inventive step in the field of pharmacy; WIPO Introducción a PATENTSCOPE (new); 5/28 EU IP Helpdesk: Patents and Trade Secrets; WIPO Overview of the Global Design Database (GDD) (new); Fitch Even Design Patents: Obviousness After LKQ, AI in Examination... (new)

Note: A list of events below would be updated during the month.

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Mon.-Fri. May 4-8, 2026

 Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) : Thirty-Sixth Session (CDIP/36) (Webcast)

See discussion of Projects of Developments Agenga, related to patent or patent information in Comments to CDIP/35, Nov. 17-21, 2025, in the post,  Nov. 2025 Pat. and Pat. Info. Events

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Tue., May 5, 2026

8:00 - 9:00 AM ET | 14:00 - 16:00 CET

BARDEHLE PAGENBERG IP Experts LIVEUpdate on the substantive law of the UPC: The most important decisions in the last twelve months (Registration)

Speakers: Dr. Volkmar Henke, Attorney-at-Law (Rechtsanwalt) Dr. Christof Karl, Attorney-at-Law (Rechtsanwalt) & German and European Patent Attorney, 

Claim interpretation, Acts of direct infringement, Indirect infringement, Exhaustion, Remedies

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10:00 - 11:00 AM ET | 16:00 - 17:00 CET

PatSnap Eureka Essentials: From Inspiration to Intelligence, Elevating the Way You Research  (Registration)

Speaker: Mahbuba Ahmed, Patsnap

Mapping the market landscape by identifying key trends, emerging technologies, and whitespace opportunities; extracting detailed insights from patent data; Identify potentially unique and underexplored solutions by analyzing existing innovations

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Wed., May, 6, 2026

4:00 -6:00 AM ET | 10:00 -12:00 AM ET

EPO EPAC 3 EPO Procedures in Post-Grant, Appeals, Validation, and Unitary Patent Procedure. (PV05-2026), Session 1 (Registration) (see Session 2, May, 20, 2026)

See training materials: EPO. Opposition procedure: EPAC – intermediate level" Apr. 2026, 14 p., EPO. National validation: EPAC - entry level, Apr. 2026, 9 p., EPO. Appeal after opposition: EPAC – intermediate level, 8 p. (Learning path for patent administrators)

Add. Info Hall, C.J., O’Flynn, M., Opposition Proceedings Before the EPO – an Overview, European IP Blog (Finnegan), 20 Feb. 2024; Hil, J., Heeks, M.J.(Crowell & Moring LLP), How to navigate EPO opposition procedures and patent challenges in Europe Lexology, Sep. 18 2025.

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Fri., May 8, 2026

4:00-6:00 (?)  AM ET | 10:00-12:00  CET

EPO . Oral proceedings in case G 1/25 ("Hydroponics") before the Enlarged Board of Appeal (livestream)

Add. info: EPO; Referral G1/25 on adaptation of the description (05.08.2025 + further information); EBA:  G 1/25 "Hydroponics" (incl. Amicus curiae briefs), EBA Preliminary Opinion (Mar.11, 2026)

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7:00-8:00  AM ET | 13:00-14:00  CET

IP Screener: What's New in IPscreener (Registration)

Presenter: Linus Wretblad, IP Screener

Join our live webinar for a walkthrough of the latest product releases and new features in IPscreener. See live demos of recent updates, hear what's coming next, and get your questions answered by our product team.

Recording (44:55)

Add. info: IPscreener Products: Search Case: AI-Powered Patent Search with Text Analysis (see video, 1:23\), Claim Chart, Visual Relevance Table (video 1, 1:04 & video 2, 0:52); MCP server (Model Context Protocol), connect ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini AI to patent data (video, MCP Server (0:50)), etc.; Automated Patent Monitoring with Custom Workflows (video, 1:06); Invention Manager (incl. automated retrieval of relevant prior art) (video, 1:11)

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Tue., May 12, 2026

08:30-17:00 UK (London)

IPI Academy IP Due Diligence & Freedom to Operate in Practice, (London, in person)  (Registration,  GBP 799)

IPI Academy is a training initiative of Falconbury and Management Forum.

Presenters: Tim May, Finnegan LLP, Andy Spurr, Ceres Power, Dr Richard Fawcett,  Powell Gilbert

From the Programme: Vital aspects of an FTO analysis – US perspective: Tactics for recognising the products and processes to be cleared, Timing and scope of the project, Defining the search – common pitfalls, Validity and infringement analysis – tactics for ‘triage’ on the FTO search results, …Cost-effective approach for dealing with potentially problematic or ‘blocking’ patents; EP perspective:  ..EP infringement and validity issues in FTO context, the risks in different EP jurisdictions; EP options for dealing with competitor patents; FTO from the perspective of a licensing company: Selection and prioritisation of technologies for FTO; Interaction of FTO and trade secrets.

4:30 – 6:00 AM ET | 10:30 – 12:00 CET

EU IP Helpdesk IP and Artificial Intelligence - Advanced (Registration)

Speaker:  Dr. Robert Harrison, Sonnenberg Harrison Law

Latest EPO decisions on protection of AI inventions as computer programs and disclosure requirements,  EPO  vs.  CNIPA and USPTO practices;  Who are the “inventors” in an AI invention;  Protection of data and data structures; Requirements of robust, verifiable, and explainable AI & open data vs IP;  Protection of AI as a trade secret.

See a recording of the Oct. 21, 2025 webinar IP and AI - Advanced (1:18:10, from 10:23)  and IP and Artificial Intelligence webinar Oct. 14, 2025 (1:17:45, from 10:22)  

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9:00 - 10:00 AM ET | 15:00 - 16:00 CET

EPO  Legal event codes from Asia in INPADOC (Registration)

This lecture provides an in-depth overview of the INPADOC legal event database and demonstrates how it adapts to ongoing developments in patent laws across key Asian jurisdictions. You learn to understand legal events originating in those jurisdictions and what it means for the current legal situation of a patent application. We will complement this information with findings in the respective national registers.

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 10:00 - 11:00 AM ET | 16:00 - 17:00 CET

Patsnap  Chemical Essentials: Master Chemical Structure Searching and Save Research Time    (Registration)

In this session, we'll discover how to: Perform comprehensive structure-led searches, refine search results by keywords, identify filings associated with structures of interest for validation, novelty and competitive coverage; Locate structures inside full patent documents; Set up ongoing monitoring by tracking target structures and related patents

Add, Info: PatSnap Chemical Help:Chemical 101 ;  Basic Search;  Searching with Markush Structures ; Marvin JS Draw tool- Guide ;  Preventing Substitutions; FTO Searching for Generic Pharma; Chemical Literature Export

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Wed., May 13, 2026 – June 10, 2026

4:00–5:00 PM ET ] 22:00 -23:00 CET

Morrison Forester. Spring Advanced Patent Law Course with Morrison Forester and Harvard Griffin GSAS Biotech Club (Registration)

Course Sessions • Session 1 – Formation and Financing for Start-Ups – Frank Paz Wednesday, May 13  Session 2 – AI and Intellectual Property in the Life Sciences – Josh Crawford Wednesday, May 20 • Session 3 – FDA Regulation – Brigid Bondoc Wednesday, May 27 • Session 4 – Life Sciences Licensing and Commercialization – Matt Karlyn Wednesday, June 3 • Session 5 – IP Strategies for Biologics – Meghan Poon Wednesday, June 10 

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Wed., May 13, 2026 

8:00 - 9:00 AM ET | 14:00 - 15:00 CET

TurPIUG  Digital Tools Webinar Series #3: Selecting Great Patent Intelligence Tools [Questel] (Event Link) (new)

Speaker : Ricardo Cali, Questel and Selin Özel, TURPIUG member (moderator)

Webinar Series: Selecting Great Patent Intelligence Tools” Key Requirements and Trap to Know

Ricardo Cali,  will share Questel recent news and developments in selecting great patent intelligence tools

Add. info: See Questel Orbit Intelligence Tip & Trics webinar: The Power of Patent Analytics Trends, Graphs, and Competitive Edge (Apr. 2025, 40:05)

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12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET | 18.00 - 19.00 CET

BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG IP Academy Basics of German, EU and international design protection (in German) (Registration) (new)

Speaker: Dr. Henning Hartwig, BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG

See upon registration for IP Academy,  a recording (1:23:52) of  Jan. 8, 2025 lecture and copy of slides, 142 p. (in the 2023-2025 course archive) (I. Patent Law II. Trademark Law III. PCT and Euro-PCT IV. Design Law V. Copyright Law VI. Scope of Protection and Exploitation of a Patent VII. Employee Inventions Law and Protection of Trade Secrets VIII. General Procedural Law / Enforcement of Non-Technical Intellectual Property Rights IX. Enforcement of Patents X. Moot Court)

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4:00–5:00 PM ET ] 22:00 -23:00 CET

Morrison Forester. Spring Advanced Patent Law Course. Session 1 – Formation and Financing for Start-Ups (Registration)

Speaker: Frank Paz, Morrison Forester

Topics: Formation: Incorporation and Entity Selection, Founder Equity and Vesting Schedules, etc;  Financing: SAFEs, Convertible Notes, and Investor Types from Angels to Venture Capital  (based on MoFO The Startup Playbook Series Program, 2025 with Frank Paz)

See also: MoFo ScaleUp series: Incorporating a Startup (2:44); Raising Angel Investment (3:20), Raising Venture Capital Investment (3:40) (w/ Timothy Harris, MoFo)

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Thu.-Fri.  May 14-15, 2026

4:00 AM-1:00 PM ET | 9:00-18:00 BST

UCL Patents and Standards 2026  (8^th) (London and Online) (Registration, Live Stream (2 days) = £300) (new)

Organised by Professor Sir Robin Jacob (UCL, Institute of Brand and Innovation Law) with James Marshall (Pinsent Masons) and Daniel Lim (Kirkland & Ellis)

Topics: 5. Valuing a Portfolio and Assessing FRAND…9.Measuring the quality of a patent portfolio?

4/15 16:00 BST PANEL 5: Valuing a Portfolio and Assessing FRAND 

Moderator: Saya Choudhary Kapur, Singh & Singh Law Firm LLP; Panelists: Pekka Sääskilahti, Compass Lexecon (Helsinki); Brian Napper, Ocean Tomo; Benno Buehler, CRA  and Dr. Kirti Gupta, Cornerstone

Add. info: Sääskilahti, P., Tuffin, A., (Compass Lexecon.) What the Ex-Ante Benchmark Reveals About the Value of SEP Licences 13 p., 13 Jan 2023

5/15 11:00 BST 11:30 PANEL 9: Measuring the quality of a patent portfolio

Moderator: Myles Jelf – Bristows, Panelists: Adam Mossof , George Mason University,  Sarah Abram KC, Brick Court Chambers,     Justus Baron, BRELA – Research in Economics and Legal Analytics, Apostolos “Paul” Kakaes, Cosmos Communications Consulting Corporation

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Thu., May 14, 2026 

10:00 - 10:45 AM ET | 16:00 - 16:45 CET

Wilson Gunn All things detergents (Registration) (new)  

Speaker Madeleine Partridge, Associate, Wilson Gunn

In this webinar, we’ll explore how innovations in detergents can be protected through patents. Detergent inventions can be protected in many ways with valuable patents obtainable for detergent chemistries as well as for formulations, delivery mechanisms, uses, and methods of manufacturing across a range of sectors, ranging from personal care compositions to oil and gas applications.

Add. info:  Hammond,  David (HLK) EPO data: Detergents patent analysis , IP STARS, 28 January 2022 (Search strategy: IPC class C11D); Cipher, 2022. Sustainability and detergents: environmentally friendly innovation, Nov.  2022, 3 p.

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12:00  PM – 1:00 PM ET | 18.00 - 19.00 CET

ClearstoneIP Beyond the Report: Rebuilding FTO with Workflow-Native AI (Registration) (new)

Panelists:  Edward Evans, Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Gabe Sukman, Patent Attorney, Co-Founder & CEO ClearstoneIP, Gene Quinn,  IPWatchdog, Inc.

FTO is no longer constrained by search quality or report generation. Most AI tools still optimize for outputs: faster reports, cleaner summaries, incremental efficiency gains.The bottleneck is execution and how analysis is created, validated, documented, and operationalized across teams. In this session …We’ll … examine what actually works in practice and where AI is delivering measurable impact, where it still falls short, and how leading teams are redesigning their clearance processes around it.

Add. info: ClearstoneIP (website); FTO with [AI] FirstPass (4:36,  Apr., 29, 2026); Family Monitoring  (9:23, Sep 2025);  AI-Powered Patent Analysis (01:24, Jul 2024, advanced design around suggestions, infringement and invalidity assessments, automated claim chart generation, and specification support extraction); Design around;  Claim chart generation; Patent Analysis Tools (1:10), PGPUB and Grant Linking (5:13, Aug. 2023); Continuous patent surveillance (0:23); FTO Quick Start (12:44, Aug, 2022); 

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Mon. –Tue.  May 18-19, 2026

IPWatchdog Virtual Artificial Intelligence Masters™ 2026 (Registration) (new)

See Agenda (see add. event 5/19/2026 at 2:30 PM below)

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Mon. , May 18, 2026

10:30-11:30 AM ET | 16:30-17:30 CET

IPWatchdog Virtual AI Masters 2026 Beyond the Black Box: How AI Really Works in Patent Practice (Registration) (new)

Speakers Jason Harrier, AI Patent Counsel,  Salesforce (ex IP Copliot), Jason Resnick, VP of Client Growth,  Patsnap, Jessie Shafer, Koch Industries, Inc., Marlene Valderrama, Halliburton

…The goal of this panel is to cut through the noise and discuss how modern AI systems actually function in practice on a technical level. Panelists will provide a working understanding of system behavior that translates directly into a deeper understanding of the technology in order to enable sophisticated users to achieve better results. The objective is straightforward—equip attendees with a clear, grounded understanding of where AI stands today and what will really matter over the next 12–24  months.

Materials (provided by IPWatchdog): Quinn, Gene, 2026. How Successful Patent Practitioners Are Putting AI to Work. IPWatchdog.com Blog, May 7, 2026 (Quoting from a section” Prior Art Search and Competitive Intelligence”: “…That said, prior art search is not a “set it and forget it” activity. AI search results must be validated. Search tools can miss critical art. Generative tools can misstate what references disclose.  Practitioners should treat AI search as an accelerator, not a certification engine.”

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Tue.  May 19 – Thu., May 21, 2026

PIUG 2026 Joint Annual and Biotech Conference (Philadelphia, PA, in person) (Registration)

See presentations and abstracts in the Preliminary Program

Selected presentations: Fantastic Platform Patents and Where to Find Them - Essential for Freedom to Operate.  Daniela Bar El & Yonit Ronen, D&Y IP; Freedom to Operate Studies Assisted by Large Language Models,  Zhifu Shu,  ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering; Patent analytics integrated with authoritative scientific data & AI, Stephen K Boyer - Idea Guy, Molecular Assets , Collabra Inc.; The Nine Billion Names for Finding Prior Art, Ron Kaminecki, Kaminecki IP LLC

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4:30 – 6:00 AM ET | 10:30 – 12:00 CEST

European IP Helpdesk: Finding Patents (Registration)

Speaker: Dr Nigel Clarke, Vising Fellow IfM, University of Cambridge; Stanfield Clarke Associates

In this webinar we will explore the art and science of patent searches, equipping you with the knowledge and tools to navigate this intricate landscape with confidence.
The importance of patent searches in innovation and IP protection; Different types of patent searches and their applications; Key strategies and best practices for conducting comprehensive patent searches;Tools and resources to streamline your patent search process.

See a recordings of the May. 28, 2025 webinar Finding Patents (1:17:21, from 7:00) ; Nigel S. Clarke, The basics of patent searching, World Patent Information, Volume 54, Supplement, 2018, Pages S4-S10, ISSN 0172-219 (Open access) (Part of special issue Best of Search Matters, Edited by Stephen Adams, Thomas L. Bereuter, Nigel S. Clarke)

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10:00 – 11:00 AM ET | 17.00 - 18.00 CET

CTS Legal Media/Tradespace Reserving freedom to operate in the era of "patent everything" (Registration) (new)

Speakers: Elizabeth Morris, EverPure (Pure Storage), Marcia Ramos Chang, Tradespace, Kavita Aggarwal, Coupa, and Keith Jurek, Grail Bio

This session explores how IP leaders are approaching freedom to operate as filing volume accelerates and competitive landscapes shift faster than clearance cycles can keep up. We'll look at: …a lightweight FTO monitoring practice; trade-offs between defensive and offensive filings; how competitive landscape data is being used to inform product roadmap decisions; what it takes to establish priority in key technology areas.

 

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10:00 – 11:30 AM ET | 16.00 - 17.30 CET (also 5/7/2026 at 10.00 AM CET)

Questel Basic Training Orbit Intelligence (Registration)

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11:30  AM– 12:15 PM ET | 17.30 - 18.15 CET (also 5/21/2026 at 8:30 CET)

WIPO  Classification Searches in PATENTSCOPE (Registration) (new)

Speaker: Sandrinne Ammann (WIPO)

See slides of June 19, 2025 webinar (99 p.).

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12:30  PM – 1:30 PM ET | 18.30 - 19.30 CET

IPWatchdog Virtual AI Masters 2026 AI-Driven Patent Intelligence: From Portfolio Data to Strategic Decision-Making (Registration) (new)

Speakers: Jon Liu, CEO and Founder, Chief Patent Gardener, ArcPrime, Gene Quinn, IPWatchdog

… Panelists will discuss how AI-enabled tools can help classify patent assets, map portfolios against competitors, identify white space, detect areas of overinvestment, and surface patterns that would be difficult or impossible to identify through manual review alone. … and moving beyond one-off landscape studies toward continuous, real-time insight generation.

Add .info: ArcPrime, Patent search (…natural-language queries, …custom taxonomy) [Semantic Search, Boolean + AI; ranking and categorization(…technology area, and potential significance); AI-suggested related concepts and synonyms; Prior Art Discovery (non-obvious patent  and NPL references); Search Analytics (filing trends, top assignees, and technology distribution) (10M+ Searchable patents;  < 3 sec search time); Prior Art & Research (Help Center, 13 articles); Patent Analytics (AI Claim Analysis (scope, strength, and potential conflicts); Portfolio Intelligence (… trend analysis); Competitor patent portfolios Mapping (overlaps, gaps, and strategic opportunities): Reporting (landscape reports, portfolio summaries, competitive analysis), Custom Real-time dashboards; competitor activity tracking;  Competitor landscape analysis (claim charts against competitor products, coverage gap analysis, and continuation recommendations that close gap); Analytics & ROI reporting (Predict patent value, assess detectability…); Blogs: [Patent prompts] =>GitHub: arcprime-ip / patent-prompts => Prior Art Analysis (prompt.md)

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.Wed., - Thu., May, 20-21, 2026

LexisNexis Global IP Impact Summit Where IP intelligence meets business impact (Wiesbaden, Germany) (Registration) (new)

From the Program:

Making Patent Information a Compass for Management: How Financial Institutions Collaborate with Clients to Shape the Future. Taiki Yamamoto, JERI, DBJG (competitive and corporate patent portfolio analyses, industry technology trend research.); Using Patent Analytics to Drive Smarter Portfolio Strategy: An Outside Counsel’s Perspective. Heather Kleinhardt, Shareholder and Patent Analytics Lead, Young Basile (Using LexisNexis' PatentSight+, PatentAdvisor, and Classification, I help clients make informed decisions about patent filings, licensing opportunities, and competitive positioning.); Innovation Powerhouses: How Governments Design Systems for Patent-Led Growth, Philippe Borne, Board member at Club Francophone d’Information Brevet (CFIB)

Day 2 May 21, 2027 Innovation Analytics Academy

Deep Dive into the Innovation Momentum Report 2026 Dr. Dirk Caspary; Business Pivots: Understanding Focus and Strategy Shifts Through Patent Analytics, Michael E. Adel, Ph.D., Lumus Ltd. Turning Patent Analytics into Business Impact: From Data to Decision-Ready Insights, Dr. Carsten Guderian; Scaling IP Analytics with Databricks and AI, William Mansfield

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Wed., May, 20, 2026

4:00 -6:00 AM ET | 10:00 -12:00 AM ET

EPO EPAC 3 EPO Procedures in Post-Grant, Appeals, Validation, and Unitary Patent Procedure. (PV05-2026), Session 2 (Registration) (see Session 1, May, 6, 2026)

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3:00–4:00 PM ET ] 21:00 -22:00 CET

ArcPrime Mastering AI Prompting for Patent Work (Registration) (new)

Jon Liu, CEO and Founder at ArcPrime (ex- Fish & Richardson and Meta)

Jon covers three real workflows: claim charting against competitor products, converting inventor narratives into structured IDFs, and continuation opportunity analysis. For each workflow, he breaks down how to structure your inputs, format your prompts, and chain multi-step tasks to get output that is consistent, well-cited, and ready to use. … Attendees will leave with reusable prompt templates for each workflow and a framework they can start applying right away.

Add. info: Liu, Jon., 2026. We Ran These Patent Prompts Thousands of Times. Here’s What Survived. ArcPrime Blog, Mar. 24, 2026 ; =>GitHub: arcprime-ip / patent-prompts => Prior Art Analysis (prompt.md); ArcPrime Help: Claim Charts: Map Your Patents to Competitor Products;  Analyze Claim Charts; Identify Coverage Gaps; Analyze Coverage Gaps;

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4:00–5:00 PM ET ] 22:00 -23:00 CET

Morrison Forester. Spring Advanced Patent Law Course. Session 2 – AI and Intellectual Property in the Life Sciences (Registration)

Speaker: Josh Crawford, Morrison Forester

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Thu., May 21, 2026 

CAS CAS Newton℠ for CAS IP Finder™ (Registration)

Join us for a live demo of our new agentic AI solution within CAS IP Finder: CAS Newton℠ How CAS Newton can assist in determining the best databases; help you develop search strategies to broaden scope or focus results; explore unfamiliar databases to find grey literature references and How CAS Newton for CAS IP Finder is different from CAS Newton in CAS SciFinder^® or CAS BioFinder^®..

Add. info: CAS, 2026. Meet CAS Newton: Agentic AI built for science. PR Newswire, 08 Apr 2026; CAS Newton: Science-smart agentic AI (CAS Scifinder Webinar, April 15, 2026, 32:51 with Michael Axton and Paul Peters, CAS/ACS Int.)

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10:00 – 11:30 AM ET | 16.00 - 17.30 CET (also 5/12/2026 at 10.00 CET)

Questel  Advanced Training Orbit Intelligence (Registration)

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Mon.  May 25, 2026

4:30 – 6:00 AM ET | 10:30 – 12:00 CEST

European IP Helpdesk: Unitary Patent (Registration)

This webinar, delivered under the European IP Helpdesk initiative, offers a comprehensive overview of the Unitary Patent (UP) system, its benefits, challenges, and strategic implications for users of the European patent system. Topics: Overview of Patent Protection in Europe, The Problem with Traditional EPs, Introduction of the Unitary Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Court (UPC), Risks and Strategic Considerations, Data & Trends

Add. info: European Patent Academy  e-course: The Unitary Patent training collection: recordings & resources: See Unitary Patent Package: The Unitary Patent Package (06 Nov. 2024, Stefan Luginbuehl, EPO,  51:41, slides, 29 p.), UP / UPC Update with AIPLA (14 Jun.2023, and Dr. Peter Tochtermann, 2:15:51, slides: Part 1 UP (Michael Fröhlich & Stefan Luginbuehl, EPO, 28 p.) Part 2 UPC, Judge Dr. Peter Tochtermann,  35 p.); Unitary Patent in EPO data tools: The Unitary Patent Register (26 Sep. 2023, Dr. Yolanda Sánchez García, EPO 17:43, slides, 35 p.), … Different display views (5:32); Searching for UPs and the results list (6:26); EPO Technology Dashboard.- Unitary patent (number of requests (91,732, May 3, 2026, origin of proprietors, WIPO Technology fields (Medica1Trchnology [1,722 requests, 13,2%], Computer Technology [979, 7.5%], Digital communications [792, 6.19%], …Pharmaceuticals [498, 3.8%]..); Top Proprietors [Siemens AG, 1619; Samsung  Group, 1607; J&J, 1526, etc.]

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Tue, May 26, 2026

3:00 -4:00 AM ET | 9:00-10:00 CET

China IP SME Helpdesk and BVMW From Code to Control: Software IP Protection in China (Registration by 6/25 11:00 ET) (new)

Speakers: Lisa Lu, China IP SME Helpdesk

How to protect software in China: Copyright or patent; Trade secrets; industrial design and trademark

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3:30 -6:00 AM ET | 9:30-12:00 CET

EPO Patenting seminar on inventive step in the field of pharmacy (Registration)

Speakers: Sébastian Bareyt, and Sally Colins, EPO

This year’s second seminar focuses on advanced challenges encountered when assessing the inventiveness of an invention in the field of pharmacy: clinical studies, second medical use, dosage regimen and new clinical situation

From Program: 9:30 CET Claim categories, advantages, scope of protection (Sébastian Bareyt, EPO) 10:45 Clinical Trials, expectation of success, Sally Colins, EPO

Add. info: EPO (Apr.  2026) Assessment of inventive step: chemical inventions: Intermediate level (7 p.) and Advanced level (8 p.) (Learning path for patent examiners)

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11:30  AM– 12:15 PM ET | 17.30 - 18.15 CET

WIPO  Introducción a PATENTSCOPE (Registration) (in Spanish) (new)

Speaker: Sandrinne Ammann (WIPO)

Para quienes desean conocer PATENTSCOPE

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Thu.  May 28, 2026

4:30 – 6:00 AM ET | 10:30 – 12:00 CEST

European IP Helpdesk: Patents and Trade Secrets (Registration)

Speaker: Dr Nigel Clarke, Vising Fellow IfM, University of Cambridge; Stanfield Clarke Associates

… Special attention will be given to challenges typical of research-driven environments, including the interaction with open science, obligations under EU projects, and the critical timing between protection and publication. …attendees will gain actionable guidance on when to file a patent, when secrecy is the smarter option, and how to combine both tools in an integrated IP strategy that supports exploitation and impact.

See a recordings of the Dec. 18, 2025 webinar Patents and Trade Secrets (1:29:42, from 10:10); WIPO Guide to Trade Secrets and Innovation. WIPO, 2024 p.. 151p,;  Singh, M., Singh, V.(LexOrbis), 2024. Examining the Thin Line Between Obtaining Patents vs Protecting Trade Secrets. AIPPI Newsletter, 22 Mar 2024.

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11:00 – 11:45 AM ET | 17.00 - 17.45 CET 

WIPO  Overview of the Global Design Database (GDD) (Registration) (new)

Speaker: Sandrinne Ammann (WIPO)

Discover how to search and analyze industrial design data

Add info: Global Design Database (access); User Guide

 

12:00  PM – 1:00 PM ET | 18.00 - 19.00 CET 

Fitch Even  Design Patents: Obviousness After LKQ, AI in Examination, and Enforcement Trends (Registration)

Speaker: Jon Birmingham, Partner, Fitch Even

From Agenda: The Federal Circuit's LKQ decision rewrote the obviousness standard for design patents - Practical impact on examination and litigation; AI in USPTO search: How image search affects prior art findings, etc.

Add. Info:  USPTO Updated Guidance and Examination Instructions for Making a Determination of Obviousness in Designs in Light of LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Memorandum, May 22,2004, 4 p.; Durkin, T.-G.G., Sylvain, C., McKenna, R.J., 2025. U.S. Design Patents Following LKQ: Dramatic Change or Mere Harmonization? Patent Agency (China), 8 p. [Development of the obviousness judgment of US design patents]; Clarivate webinar Introducing DesignVision: AI-Powered Image Search for Industrial Design (Feb. 12, 2026)

 

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