Posted: July 1st, 2016
The structural reform of the Boards of Appeal (BOA) aims to increase their organizational and managerial autonomy, the perception of their independence and also their efficiency, in order to respect the principle of effective legal protection within the current legal framework of the European Patent Convention. It introduces a new institutional framework in which the […]
READ MOREPosted: April 11th, 2016
EPO, R 13/14, EBA, decision of 15 January 2016 – Borealis Technology OY, not to be published in OJ EPO The EPC 2000 implemented the BEST (Bringing Search and Examination Together) project. Since then the departments of first instance of the EPO rendering decisions are no longer located only in Munich but also in the […]
READ MOREPosted: April 1st, 2016
EPO, T 823/11, TBA 3.5.07, decision of 21 December 2015 – Managing patient care /CAREFUSION The application was filed in the US as an international application on 15 May 1996 and entered the European phase on 15 December 1997. The supplementary European search report was issued on 18 February 1999. After three communications, the Examining […]
READ MOREPosted: March 10th, 2016
European Patent Office – Annual report 2015 Last week the EPO published its annual report. The report shows that Philips moved into the top spot in the list of companies with the most patent applications at the EPO in 2015. Samsung ranked second, followed by LG, Huawei and Siemens. The top 10 was made up […]
READ MOREPosted: December 14th, 2015
New proposals of the President of the EPO urge the Administrative Council to move the Boards to Vienna – Members of the Boards consider the proposed changes as detrimental to independence Following a public consultation on first proposals of the President of the EPO for a structural reform of the Boards of Appeal (BoA), the […]
READ MOREPosted: October 23rd, 2015
Academy of European Law (ERA), Annual Conference on the EU Unitary Patent 2015, Brussels, 26 November 2015 Objective Just before the Unitary Patent Court starts functioning, this one-day conference will offer an update on the most recent political and legal developments regarding the Unitary Patent in the EU and the rules of procedure […]
READ MOREPosted: September 17th, 2015
Summaries of selected national patent law cases in the three official languages "This edition of the Case Law from the Contracting States to the EPC 2011 – 2014 contains summaries of 99 selected decisions from 11 different EPC contracting states, handed down during that time. They have been selected for their significance regarding substantive patent […]
READ MOREPosted: August 31st, 2015
Response by Association of the Members of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (AMBA) to letters by EPLAW, CCBE and epi concerning the proposal for the institutional reform of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office "The Association of the Members of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent […]
READ MOREPosted: August 31st, 2015
EPLAW members are encouraged to propose candidates for the 2016 edition of the European Inventor Award. Proposals should be made as soon as possible, at the latest by 14 October 2015. Proposals may be sent to: european-inventor@epo.org More information may be found here and here.
READ MOREPosted: July 3rd, 2015
New Business Distribution Schemes reveal an alarming loss of Board members The new Business Distribution Schemes for the Boards of Appeal for the second half of 2015 have been published on the EPO’s website, following the re-appointment of members in the Administrative Council’s meeting in the preceding week. The schemes show the following vacancies: Chairmen […]
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