This year, for one disease, you are likely to find out that you have been involved in the transmission - that normally never happens. * Court Reporter Top Copyright Blog award winner, November 2010. My firm is also telling me to do this asap. This is big news. We will now focus on achieving clarity and certainty on plans for rescheduling the EQE and will communicate developments to our members as they emerge.Thank you for trying CIPA. Sad as this news is, it is a great time for firms to show how much they care about their trainees. Nice one. The full-year top line was up 11% from 2019. "Why does the EQE feel it has to take actions in excess of national governments? Check out our latest video regarding #GinTasting. I can't see the main EQE being rescheduled this year. I've already taken days off from work for these exams and cannot afford to take more off. I can only feel for this year. Look at INTA. I'm not sure about July-August 2020. It is just as likely to catch it (you may even have already had it) from someone in your neighbourhood as someone in Munich. It is comprised of the Anchorage Campus located in the heart of Alaska's largest city, as well as Kenai Peninsula College, Matanuska-Susitna College, Kodiak College and Prince William Sound College, all located in some of the most beautiful places in Alaska. My personal view is that they should cancel October's exams. Can the 2021 session still be arranged while the 2020 session is re-arranged? Assuming the EQE is moved to September/October, it is probably the sensible thing to cancel PEB exams. Obivously a massive disappointment for those of us who've been studying for months in preparation.However, I urge everyone to remember the huge amount of effort and work our colleagues put into making these exams happen every year. Of course - if the outbreak gets worse, who knows when it will end. Could the venues across all countries be arranged in time? You have my sympathies. if you look at the other blog - delta patents. I think this would be sensible for CIPA to call it off if EQE re-scheduled in June or October or the situation with corona virus doesn't improve. So it has huge knock on effects. Due to the current situation, it would not be unreasonable to call it off. This will end at some point, and life will have to go back to normal. Unpaid carers caring for a person living with dementia (PLWD) who were … It seems the current aim, at least here in the UK, is to delay the peak of the epidemic to the summer to ease the strain on the National Health Service, and with a hope that there's a seasonal component to how the virus is transmitted. Furthermore, the point seems irrelevant here, since the exams would still be held and candidates would still need to prepare for them. Surely anyone can see, once they have calmed down, that this was inevitable given the current situation? Can we lobby the EPO to see if this can be done. Why cast doubt in already stressed minds by saying:"At this stage, CIPA has not received official confirmation of the cancellation and our plans to host the EQE in Walsall remain in place. This may not be possible and exams for QMW or equivalent are cancelled. It is not possible to carry out a complex pan-European EQE under those circumstances without putting at risk participants and organizers.We all do not know, how the situation will develop within the next months. Please do excuse the rant. - surely, many of the things you learn will also be useful in your job. Mercedes EQE (2022): Der bisher beste Blick auf die Elektro-Limousine Motorsport Network launcht InsideEVs Türkei Renault kooperiert beim Batterierecycling mit Veolia und Solvay July is plenty of time to make such an announcement. Probably the reason is that the people who took this decision do not take subways. Thus, would it not make sense to at least hold paper D in 2020?I can see several advantages over straight-out canceling the EQE in 2020, even for the EPO. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52084517. 16-20 weeks of isolation is a long time. Cancellation of MARQUES Spring Meeting 2020. If we do not then thousands of vulnerable people will die before their time.Seriously, it's that bad. Over the past 24 hours we have made representations to the Supervisory Board on behalf of our members, without success. * IPKat founder and Blogmeister Emeritus Jeremy Phillips listed as one of the Managing Intellectual Property magazine's "Fifty Most Influential People" of 2005, 2011, 2013, and 2014. For some school state exams, they are talking about having desks spaced further apart, fewer people per room etc. "So, on behalf of the hundreds of UK candidates wondering if they should cancel their hotel and travel books right now or now, let me ask: What on earth is going on? I do not think it is a good idea to proceed with the exams in October. The application process is different depending on whether you choose to study for an art foundation diploma at an FE college or a university. I've seen them! * PermaKat Eleonora Rosati listed as one of the World Intellectual Property Review's "Influential Women in IP" of 2020. listed as one of the Managing Intellectual Property magazine's "Fifty Most Influential People" of. We support and encourage therefore the Supervisory Board, the EPO EQE secretariat and all other bodies involved to explore all necessary measures to carry out an EQE for the candidates who planned to sit in March 2020 as soon as the situation will allow, either still within 2020 or only in 2021.". https://patentepi.org/en/epi/news/a4e7106e-0f2c-4d35-af84-6b00f6f89f5c".... many governments have taken measures to prevent spreading of the COVID19 disease, amongst them prohibition of public events with a certain size up to putting certain regions under total quarantine with an absolute travel ban.Additionally, many companies and employers have also put in place travel restrictions for their employees. The UMANG APP can be downloaded by giving a missed call 9718397183. 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So they would already be waiting one year to qualify. Some firms will push their candidates to take both no matter what which is not sensible. Its unfair but EQE candidates must be the top priority now. Could someone pass this onto CIPA. This year’s European Qualifying Examinations have been cancelled by the Supervisory Board of the EQE. so NO. And, actually, isn't it better that the exam is cancelled so trainees aren't forced to take unnecessary risks for the sake of their future careers (see also Anon @ 2020-03-12 16:21:00)? "In short, any employer firing people over this is not an employer you want to work for. July/Aug - everyone (in the EPO) on holiday. You can take it easy closer to the exam. EPO plans radical shake-up of EQEs 2024 onwards, Linking after VG Bild-Kunst ... in a table, [Guest post] Copyright & NFTs of Digital Artworks, Never Too Late: if you missed The IPKat last week, Book Review: Copinger & Skone James on Copyright. With that in mind, there may still be a wave, and potentially larger at that, of cases across Europe in the summer.Harsh as it may sound, I don't think going ahead with the exam without Italy is that bad of a solution. With each day that passes, the decision to postpone looks more and more sensible.The posts in this thread suggesting that exams in the UK could go ahead are not ageing well.