Online Training at EPO

Dear readers,
EPO's virtual class room shedules
We are very pleased to inform you that we are back again with a series of virtual classroom seminars and that our first sessions have been already added to our virtual classroom schedule. You can participate from your desk or from home (using headphones and your internet connection) and we would be pleased to welcome you to these free-of-charge events. The schedule for the first three sessions is as follows: 01 April 2008 - esp@cenet - In the beginning 04 April 2008 - So you think you know all esp@cenet? 29 April 2008 - Register Plus & WebRegMT 18 April 2008 - EPO Publications Server - an overview 16 May 2008 - ESPACE ACCESS with MIMOSA - an introduction For more detailed information about these events and for registration, please check the patent-related events section of the website, and limit your search to "online training" in the "medium" field to see the full schedule of virtual seminars: http://www.epo.org/topics/ip-events/patent-event-search.html Already under preparation are virtual seminars on "Legal Status - an introduction" and "Patent Families - an introduction". These and further seminars will be added to the training programme in the upcoming weeks. So stay tuned and have a look at our virtual seminar calendar from time to time.
We are also pleased to announce that the new Patent Information Tour has now been released at http://www.european-patent-office.org/wbt/pi-tour/ The Patent Information Tour is a collection of short e-learning modules introducing users to patents and to patent information and its application in particular. The interactive, free-of-charge modules group the content in to four topics with short animated sequences. We hope to be able to welcome you in one of our seminars! Best regards, Your EPO Patent Information Training Team http://www.epo.org/patents/learning/pi-training.html