On invitation by the “Europa Institute” from “University of Saarland” in Saarbrücken, Germany, prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov held a lecture on “Patents” on July 18, 2018. The lecture was part of the Summer School “European Competition Law & Protection of Intellectual Property Rights” (8-21 July 2018), organized for postgraduates and PhD students from the countries of Southeastern Europe and Germany.

During the lecture within three school hours prof. Dr. Filipov focused on the characteristics and challenges of the Patent Cooperation Treaty and the European Patent System, making comparisons with the patent systems of the United States, Japan, Korea and China. Within the framework of his visit to the University of Saarland,  prof. Dr. Filipov was introduced to the work of the faculties and institutes of information science and computer engineering at this university (counterpart of the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering at  the University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”).

Dr. Filipov and the Agency for Intellectual Property BERIN express their gratitude to the European Institute, prof. Dr. Thomas Gegerich (executive director of the institute), prof. Dr. Neda Zdraveva (coordinator of the Macedonian group of participants), to the masters Marijke, Jana, Reg, as well as to the doctoral candidates, Dominique and Janik  on the reception and assistance during their stay. A special gratitude to all the attendants of the Summer School for their active participating in the lecture.