The tenth edition of the "Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO" is now available online
Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO, tenth edition, July 2022
The tenth edition of the "Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO" provides a comprehensive overview of this case law. It contains summaries of or references to almost 8 000 decisions which were issued in writing in the period up to the end of 2021 and the most important cases from the beginning of 2022. It includes summaries of six additional decisions or opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal as well as extensive coverage of case law on the application of the revised Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA 2020).
The publication is available online, in HTML and PDF formats and contains links to the cited decisions and legal texts. For further information, visit the dedicated Case Law of the Boards of Appeal webpage.
The Boards of Appeal page on epo.org also offers an RSS feed for users who want to be informed about newly published decisions or information about the Boards of Appeal in general.
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