On April 20, 2017 Dr.Susanne Schollweck and Dr.Georg Schnappauf from ZSP Patentanwälte of Germany, invited by Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property, arrived in Tongji University and gave a lecture on the European Patenting and Patent Enforcement System to postgraduate students and Ph.D candidates of SICIP.

During the lecture, the speakers made a comparative analysis on the patentability requirements in China and in Europe, introduced the writing of amendments and claim drafting, explain the European opposition proceedings and nullity proceedings and elaborated the enforcing patents in Germany and Europe.

The Chairman of the Council in Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property, Li Jianchang, Prof.Shan Xiaoguang, Prof.Song Xiaoting, Associate Prof.Yu Xinmiao met with the two lawyers. Associate Prof.Cheng Deli,Representatives of SICIP briefly introduced Tongji University and the college. Both sides expressed the willing of making further the communication and cooperation with each other in the future. After the lecture, the speakers answered the questions and discussed the topic with professors and students.