G 0001/97 (Request with a view to revision) of 10.12.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:G000197.19991210
- Date of decision
- 10 December 1999
- Case number
- G 0001/97
- Petition for review of
- J 0003/95 1997-02-28
- Application number
- 83810210.1
- IPC class
- G04B 37/16
- Language of proceedings
- French
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- Decision in French
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Montre-bracelet dont le bracelet est attaché au boîtier de la montre par une charnière
- Applicant name
- ETA S.A. Fabriques d'Ebauches
- Opponent name
- Piranha Marketing GmbH
Junghans Uhren GmbH - Board
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- Headnote
I. In the context of the European Patent Convention, the jurisdictional measure to be taken in response to requests based on the alleged violation of a fundamental procedural principle and aimed at the revision of a final decision of a board of appeal having the force of res judicata should be the refusal of the requests as inadmissible.
II. The decision on inadmissibility is to be issued by the board of appeal which took the decision forming the subject of the request for revision. The decision may be issued immediately and without further procedural formalities.
III. This jurisdictional measure applies only to requests directed against a decision of a board of appeal bearing a date after that of the present decision.
IV. If the Legal Division of the EPO is asked to decide on the entry in the Register of European Patents of a request directed against a decision of a board of appeal, it must refrain from ordering that the entry be made if the request, in whatever form, is based on the alleged violation of a fundamental procedural principle and aimed at the revision of a final decision of a board of appeal.
- Relevant legal provisions
- Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Art 31Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Art 32Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Art 62(5)European Patent Convention Art 106(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 110(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 113 1973European Patent Convention Art 114 1973European Patent Convention Art 116 1973European Patent Convention Art 121 1973European Patent Convention Art 122 1973European Patent Convention Art 125 1973European Patent Convention Art 127 1973European Patent Convention Art 21 1973European Patent Convention Art 23(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 23(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 24 1973European Patent Convention R 10(2) 1973European Patent Convention R 11 1973European Patent Convention R 65(1) 1973European Patent Convention R 66(2) 1973European Patent Convention R 67 1973European Patent Convention R 89 1973European Patent Convention R 90 1973European Patent Convention R 92(1) 1973European Patent Convention R 92(2) 1973Regulation on discipline for professional representatives Art 23Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10Rules of procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal Art 11aRules of procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal Art 11bVienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 31(3)
- Keywords
- Administrative or jurisdictional measures to be taken in response to requests based on the alleged violation of a fundamental procedural principle and aimed at the revision of a final decision taken by a board of appeal having the force of res judicata
Entry in the Register of European Patents - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- G 0001/86G 0005/88G 0009/93G 0004/97J 0012/85J 0002/93T 0073/88T 0079/89T 0105/89T 0669/90T 0905/90T 0843/91T 0167/93T 0557/94T 0460/95T 0770/95W 0003/93
- Citing cases
- G 0002/02G 0003/02G 0002/04G 0001/13G 0002/19G 0003/19G 0004/19G 0001/22G 0002/22R 0016/22R 0005/23R 0019/23R 0003/25J 0003/95J 0003/98J 0006/98J 0009/98J 0010/98J 0016/98J 0010/15J 0007/20J 0006/22T 0436/95T 0367/96T 1048/96T 0315/97T 1032/97T 0555/98T 1026/98T 0117/99T 0966/99T 0227/00T 0306/01T 0402/01T 0694/01T 0558/02T 0706/02T 0796/02T 0842/02T 1013/02T 1063/02T 0454/03T 1170/03T 0183/04T 0431/04T 0887/04T 0983/04T 0308/05T 1093/05T 0883/06T 0993/06T 0079/07T 1465/07T 0051/08T 0493/08T 0616/08T 1196/08T 1349/08T 0365/09T 1145/09T 0023/10T 0049/11T 2084/11T 0803/12T 0318/14T 1666/14T 1807/15T 0831/17T 0572/19T 0689/19T 0956/19T 2377/19T 1573/20T 0056/21T 0255/22T 2194/22T 2615/22T 1285/23T 1874/23
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The points of law referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal are answered as follows:
1. In the context of the European Patent Convention, the jurisdictional measure to be taken in response to requests based on the alleged violation of a fundamental procedural principle and aimed at the revision of a final decision taken by a board of appeal having the force of res judicata should be the refusal of the requests as inadmissible.
2. The decision on inadmissibility is to be issued by the board of appeal which took the decision forming the subject of the request for revision. The decision may be issued immediately and without further procedural formalities.
3. This jurisdictional measure applies only to requests directed against a decision of a board of appeal bearing a date after that of the present decision.
4. If the Legal Division of the EPO is asked to decide on the entry in the Register of European Patents of a request directed against a decision of a board of appeal, it must refrain from ordering that the entry be made if the request, in whatever form, is based on the alleged violation of a fundamental procedural principle and aimed at the revision of a final decision of a board of appeal.