Our E2 Paper D course on 8-9 November 2021 will be held online using Zoom to facilitate attendance for those travelling from a distance or based abroad. The course fee has been adjusted to £560+vat, as theere will be no accommodation and meals element. See EQE courses leaflet
All July courses will be delivered via Zoom/MS Teams – new FD1 and FD4 courses added in August
The Government’s decision on the evening of Monday 14 June to delay the lifting the remaining Covid-19 restrictions (from 21 June) until 19 July 2021 led to discussions on Tuesday with tutors on whether to continue to proceed with in-person courses or switch to Zoom courses (as occurred last year). Because the current Covid-19 restrictions will remain in place until …
Our revision courses for EQE 2022: dates are 8-13, 15-18 and 22-26 November 2021
We have agreed dates with our tutors for our revision courses for EQE 2022 – please see our EQE pages and EQE 2022 courses leaflet. Our suites of Papers A&B, C and D courses are in the weeks 8-13, 15-18 and 22-26 November 2021 – you can take, one, two or three courses and there is a special discount of …
Zoom-based FD3 course (on 22-23 July 2021) has been added
In response to demand from those situated a long-distance from the training venue in Milton Keynes, we have added a Zoom-based FD3 (Amendment of Specifications) course (with numbers limited to 10) tutored by Peter Gray on 22-23 July 2021. It will be a 1.5 day course spread over 2 days, with regular breaks because of the Zoom-format.
Dates are now confirmed for FC and FD 2021 courses with booking now open
We have now agreed with tutors the dates for our summer 2021 revision courses for the Foundation Certificate (FC) and Final Diploma (FD) 2021 Patent Examination Board (PEB) exams. Leaflet PEB 2021 We are opening booking this week. There will be an Introduction to FD4 course on 27-28 May and then the main suite of FD courses will be held …
Extra Paper D course added on 16-17 November 2020 because of high demand + Potential Further Paper C course + Refresher courses for EQE 2021 candidates
Extra Paper D course on 16-17 November In response to high demand, the Paper D tutors have agreed to hold a further revision course for EQE Paper D, 21 E10 on Mon-Tue 16-17 November 2020. This course, will be held remotely using Zoom-meetings. Our other Papers A&B, Paper C and Paper D course between 9-13 November and 20-21 November will …
Extra FC4, FC5, FD2 and FD3 Zoom-based courses have been added in response to demand
In response to high demand, we have added the following additional Zoom-based courses: FC4 (Design & Copyright Law) with Caroline Marshall and Darren Mitchell, 20/X on 13-14 July 2020; FC5 (Trade Mark Law) with Sharon Daboul, 20/Z on 10-11 July 2020; FD1 (Advanced IP Law & Practice), with Dan Mercer and Gareth Scaddan, 20/Y on 6-7 August 2020; FD2 (Drafting …
Our courses for EQE 2021: dates are 9-13 and 20-21 November 2020
We have agreed dates with our tutors for our courses for EQE 2021 – please see our EQE pages and EQE 2021 courses leaflet. Our suite of Papers A&B, C and D courses are in the week 9-13 November 2020 – you can take, one, two or three courses and there is a special discount if you book the full …
JDD Analysis of the PEB 2019 exam results
Pass rates for all candidates taking the Final Diploma (FD) papers in the PEB 2019 exams fell significantly for FD1, FD2 and FD3. The pass rate rose marginally for FD4 but remained near its twenty year low. The FD1 pass rate was 57% for those attending JDD FD1 courses in 2019. This compared to a pass rate of 39% for other …
The COVID-19 crisis and its impact on our courses – how we are responding [1 February 2021 update]
Because of the Covid-19 situation, we held all our 2020 courses remotely, using Zoom or Microsoft Teams, instead of in person in Milton Keynes. In February 2021, the Covid-19 situation in the UK remains very challenging. But, with vaccination gathering pace and the potential for transmission rates to drop significantly during the summer, it seems feasible that we may be …