Standing Advisory Committee before the European Patent Office
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The Standing Advisory Committee before the European Patent Office (SACEPO, French
: Comité consultatif permanent auprès de l'OEB, German
: Ständiger Beratender Ausschuss beim EPA) is a committee advising the European Patent Office
(EPO) on patent law issues.
In the context of the SACEPO meetings, the EPO meets users of the European patent system from industry, patent attorney
s, and national patent office
s to discuss mainly patent law issues. Along with the EUROTAB
, a pan-European group consisting of lawyer
s in the patent field, and the European Patent Judges' Symposium
, the SACEPO is one of the most significant and institutionalised forums of legal professionals created and sponsored by the EPO.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: Comité consultatif permanent auprès de l'OEB, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
: Ständiger Beratender Ausschuss beim EPA) is a committee advising the European Patent Office
European Patent Office
The European Patent Office is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation , the other being the Administrative Council. The EPO acts as executive body for the Organisation while the Administrative Council acts as its supervisory body as well as, to a limited extent, its legislative...
(EPO) on patent law issues.
In the context of the SACEPO meetings, the EPO meets users of the European patent system from industry, patent attorney
Patent attorney
A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing an opposition...
s, and national patent office
Patent office
A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents. In other words, "patent offices are government bodies that may grant a patent or reject the patent application based on whether or not the application fulfils the requirements for...
s to discuss mainly patent law issues. Along with the EUROTAB
European Round Table on Patent Practice
The European Round Table on Patent Practice is described as "a pan-European group consisting of lawyers in the patent field", or a body where the national patent offices of the Contracting States of the European Patent Convention and the European Patent Office come together to discuss...
, a pan-European group consisting of lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
s in the patent field, and the European Patent Judges' Symposium
European Patent Judges' Symposium
The European Patent Judges' Symposium is a biennial symposium, with the claimed aim of providing a platform for national judges from legal systems with differing traditions to exchange experiences and to thereby promote mutual understanding in the development of European patent law...
, the SACEPO is one of the most significant and institutionalised forums of legal professionals created and sponsored by the EPO.
External links
- SACEPO web site (also here)