European Patent Office

T 1102/03 (Online trading system/CITIBANK) du 28.05.2008

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T110203.20080528
Date de la décision
28 mai 2008
Numéro de l'affaire
T 1102/03
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
95114467.4
Classe de la CIB
G06F 17/60
Langue de la procédure
Anglais
Distribution
Distribuées aux présidents des chambres de recours (C)
Téléchargement
Décision en anglais
Versions JO
Aucun lien JO trouvé
Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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Résumés pour cette décision
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Titre de la demande
Computer system for data management and method for operating said system
Nom du demandeur
Citibank Aktiengesellschaft
Nom de l'opposant
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.
Chambre
3.5.01
Sommaire
-
Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
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)
Mots-clés
Postponement of oral proceedings (no - pre-booked holidays of a party outweighed by extraordinary organisational burden of the case)
Inventive step (no)
Exergue
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).
Affaires citées
T 0641/00

ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.