PATENT LAW IS FUN
Helping the European Patent Office make the complex clear and compelling.
“Help us to help innovators get their ideas out into the world and making a difference, by making patent law easier to master — with a human touch.”
BRIEF
The European Patent Office asked us to deliver a training programme for the annual international gathering of its Didactics department, with the goal of adopting fresh ways to explain complex technical concepts across different cultures and languages.
SOLUTION
A day of face-to-face workshops at the EPO headquarters in Munich, giving patent examiners the opportunity to learn and try out new teaching methods for explaining patent law. In teams, participants created and delivered mini PechaKucha-style presentations to each other. The results were fresh, focused and fun, drawing on storytelling, analogies, games, humour and improvisational theatre techniques.
OUTCOMES
Patent examiners and tutors come away with renewed energy and appetite for sharing knowledge about patent law. Many of the new techniques are immediately put into practice, with newfound clarity and confidence. All feedback scores >90%. On the strength of this day we go on to provide a whole range of face-to-face and online educational programmes spanning written communication skills, online presenting and personal impact, and how to be an ambassador for the EPO.
“Loved the pace, the balance between theory and practice, and the chance to apply the techniques straight to my presentation ... refreshing and challenging ... you were very encouraging and motivating”
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