T 1102/03 (Online trading system/CITIBANK) of 28.05.2008
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T110203.20080528
- Date of decision
- 28 May 2008
- Case number
- T 1102/03
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 95114467.4
- IPC class
- G06F 17/60
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Computer system for data management and method for operating said system
- Applicant name
- Citibank Aktiengesellschaft
- Opponent name
- Opponent 01: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
Opponent 03: Bayerische Vereinsbank AG
Opponent 04: COMMERZBANK AG
Opponent 05: csg Computer Services GmbH
Opponent 06: Deutsche Bank AG
Opponent 07: Deutsche Börse AG
Opponent 08: DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank
Opponent 09: UBS AG
Opponent 11: TIBCO Inc. - Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 113(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention R 106European Patent Convention R 71a(1) 1973Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15(2)
- Keywords
- Postponement of oral proceedings (no - pre-booked holidays of a party outweighed by extraordinary organisational burden of the case)
Inventive step (no) - Catchword
- The effort of postponing fixed oral proceedings until a date might be found which would suit numerous parties, the members of an extended Board, and the facility management of the European Patent Office, outweighs the effort of postponing or interrupting one representative's holiday booked to a destination within Europe. A strict standard has to be applied under these circumstances because a liberal approach might give rise to a series of postponements (point 2.1 of the Reasons).
- Cited cases
- T 0641/00
ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.