March 24, 2026 Virtual (Russian) 08:30 - 12:00 Geneva time
This webinar provides an in-depth overview of key aspects of prior art and the application of grace periods under WIPO’s PCT System, with a particular focus on its treatment during the international and national/regional phases.
February 19, 2026 Virtual (Russian) 08:30 - 11:30 Geneva time
This webinar is designed to introduce participants to the advantages and disadvantages various international patent protection mechanisms, including the advantages of and practical use of WIPO’s PCT System.
October 28, 2025 Virtual (Russian) 09:00 - 12:00 Geneva time
This webinar focuses on typical mistakes made by applicants when preparing and filing PCT applications and in the international phase. Representatives of Offices which function as International Authority will provide their information about mistakes made by applicants in international applications processing by Offices.
October 14, 2025 Virtual (Russian) 10:00 - 13:00 Geneva time
This webinar focuses on:|• criteria on patentability applied in the international phase, its definition and meanings;|• differences between novelty and inventive step;|• whether an international search can be carried out when the invention lacks the criterion of "industrial applicability";|• list of subject matter for which international search and international preliminary examination aren’t conducted;|• checking of patentability when the claims comprise several inventions.
June 3, 2025 Virtual (Russian) 10:00 - 13:00 Geneva time
The objectives of this event are:|- Raising awareness of the PCT system;|- Promoting gender equality in CACEEC and in the world;|- Involving more and more women in developing and applying intellectual property in their countries and in the world;|- Helping nationals and/or residents from CACEEC and Russian-speaking applicants to stay abreast of advantages of procedural safeguards to ensure that available tools of the PCT are cleverly used.
May 27, 2025 Virtual (Russian) 10:00 - 13:00 Geneva time
The objectives of these event are:| Raising awareness of the PCT system;| Helping nationals and/or residents from|CACEEC and Russian-speaking applicants to|stay abreast of advantages of procedural|safeguards to ensure that available tools of the|PCT are cleverly used.