Posted: November 16th, 2021
EBoA of the EPO, decision of July 2021, published on October 28, 2021, case no. G 1/21, reported by Dr. Georg Anetsberger and Dr.-Ing. Felix Grödl, BARDEHLE PAGENBERG In the case G 1/21, the question was referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA) of the EPO, whether conducting oral proceedings in the form of […]
READ MOREPosted: July 27th, 2021
European Patent Office, Enlarged Board of Appeal, R 5/19 – Violation of the right to be heard, decision of March 15, 2021, reported by Dr. Rudolf Teschemacher, Bardehle Pagenberg Filing a petition of review under Article 112a EPC is not a very promising exercise, considering that less than 7% of the petitions are successful with […]
READ MOREPosted: July 16th, 2021
European Patent Office, Enlarged Board of Appeal, Order in case G 1/21 published on July 16, 2021 Reported by Dr. Rudolf Teschemacher, Bardehle Pagenberg In a Press Communiqué of July 16, 2021 the Enlarged Board of Appeal published the order in case G 1/21, i.e. the answer to the question referred in T 1807/15. It […]
READ MOREPosted: May 20th, 2021
European Patent Office, Enlarged Board of Appeal, G 1/21 – Interlocutory Decision of May 17, 2021, reported by Dr. Rudolf Teschemacher, Bardehle Pagenberg The referral case G 1/21 in which the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has to decide on the question whether oral proceedings can be held as VICO without the consent of all […]
READ MOREPosted: January 12th, 2021
Corning v. Huawei / Court of Appeals of Barcelona, 16 October 2020, Docket No. 1686/2018 / Effects of a patent limitation at the EPO in appeal Court proceedings On 16 October 2020, the Court of Appeals of Barcelona issued a ruling exhaustively addressing the effects on national appeal Court proceedings of a patent limitation agreed […]
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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 […]
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