European Patent Office

T 1502/20 (Popular CDN resources/LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS) of 07.12.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T150220.20231207
Date of decision
7 December 2023
Case number
T 1502/20
Petition for review of
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Application number
09727342.9
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
Handling long-tail content in a content delivery network (CDN)
Applicant name
Level 3 Communications, LLC
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 111(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Inventive step - main and 1st auxiliary requests (no): arguments relating to "non-technical prejudice fallacy"
Admittance of requests filed on appeal - 2nd and 3rd auxiliary requests (no): should have been filed earlier + "fresh case"
Remittal to the examining division (no): no substantial procedural violation and no other "special reason"
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 1670/07
Citing cases
T 2293/22

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.