This seminar will offer a review of European law relating to the protection of software-related and business-related inventions as well as a review of EPO Board of Appeal Decisions including most recent decisions. The course will also deal with the patent protection for software-related and business-related inventions in the United States and the Preparation of Patent Applications and Prosecution of European Applications for Software-related and Business related Inventions. The course will be held on the 19th September 2008, in London, United Kingdom.