Pan-European Seal Programme

The Pan-European Seal Young Professionals Programme offers graduates the opportunity to gain valuable on-the-job experience in the multicultural environment of two of the world’s largest IP offices. Degree students at LUSEM can apply for a paid 12-months period traineeship at

• the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich, Germany or at 
• the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante, Spain. 

More than 1300 trainees have been welcomed by the EUIPO and the EPO since the inception of the programme. The traineeship allows you to gain valuable professional multicultural work experience and offers a variety of professional placements depending on the profile of the applicant. The internship is offered within the Pan-European Seal, a comprehensive intellectual property programme aimed at bridging academia and the labour market and promoted by two of the world’s largest intellectual property offices – the EUIPO and EPO – together with strategic university partners.

European Union Intellectual Property Office – euipo.europa.eu

Pan-European Seal Young Professionals Programme at EPO  – epo.org

Requirements:

EUIPO:

• Degree/Master in any of the eligible academic areas from LUSEM. If at the time of application, you have not yet received the required degree diploma, please include a transcript of records from Ladok.
• Before submitting the online application (to EUIPO), shortlisted candidates must also have completed either the EUIPO course EUTM in a Nutshell or RCD in a Nutshell.
  
  European Union Trade Mark (EUTM) in a Nutshell – euipo.europa.eu
  Registered Community Design (RCD) in a Nutshell – euipo.europa.eu

EPO: 

• Nationality of an EPO Member State or Extension State.
• Bachelor’s/Master’s diploma (or provisional certification) from LUSEM. If at the time of application, you have not yet received the required degree diploma, please include a transcript of records from Ladok.

The application must contain:

• Your nationality
• Current CV
• Motivation letter (also stating which institution, EPO or EUIPO, you are applying to)
• Transcript of records from your current study programme
• Documents proving that you meet the requirements listed above

Application deadline

Please send your application to iptrainee [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (iptrainee[at]ehl[dot]lu[dot]se) by 20 February 2025. 

Timeline for 2025 traineeships:

• 20 February – Deadline for applications to LUSEM
• 28 February – Shortlist announced by LUSEM 
• 28 February - 15 March 2025 – EPO online application open for shortlisted LUSEM candidates 
• 1 – 31 March 2025 – EUIPO online application open for shortlisted LUSEM candidates 
• Mid-September 2025 – Programme start date at the EPO and the EUIPO

Questions?

Questions can be addressed to Senior lecturer Jonas Ledendal at the Department of Business Law at LUSEM.

Jonas Ledendal 

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European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich, Germany

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

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