In the light of the developments in the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Boards of Appeal have reassessed some of their measures for the arrangement and conduct of oral proceedings.
The Boards of Appeal recently introduced a new service on their webpage.
The Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal were last revised in 2019 and the revised version (RPBA 2020) came into force on 1 January 2020. It is now proposed that the RPBA 2020 are amended by the insertion of new Article 15a clarifying that the Boards of Appeal may hold oral proceedings pursuant to Article 116 EPC by videoconference.
Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.08 issued the written decision in case T 844/18 confirming the revocation of a patent related to CRISPR gene editing. The revocation was based on a lack of novelty due to an invalid claim to priority.
In the light of the developments in the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Boards of Appeal have reassessed some of their recently introduced measures for the arrangement and conduct of oral proceedings.
Article 1(2) RPBA 2020 provides that the President of the Boards of Appeal publishes, before the beginning of each working year, a list of cases for the coming year. The list of cases for 2021 has now been published on the Boards of Appeal website.
In stiller Trauer nehmen die Beschwerdekammern des Europäischen Patentamts Abschied von Christian Kunzelmann, dem Vorsitzenden der Beschwerdekammer 3.5.04, der am 31. Juli 2020 im Alter von 57 Jahren überraschend verstorben ist
In the light of the developments in the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Boards of Appeal have reassessed some of their recently introduced measures for the arrangement and conduct of oral proceedings.
2019 was again a very successful year for the Boards of Appeal. From 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019, production (i.e. settled cases) in the Boards of Appeal increased by 46%. Productivity (i.e. cases settled with action divided by technical member capacity) increased by 27.8%.
The EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal has scheduled public oral proceedings in case G 1/19 for 15 July 2020. Members of the media and the public will be able to live stream the proceedings over the internet.
The Boards of Appeal are introducing a new service on their webpage: links to selected decisions are now being added to the HTML version of the Case Law book (9th edition, July 2019).
The Boards of Appeal resume the holding of oral proceedings, to a limited extent, at their premises in Haar from Monday, 18 May 2020.
The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued opinion G 3/19 (Pepper) today and concluded that plants and animals exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes are not patentable.
Oral proceedings will not be held at the premises of the Boards of Appeal up to and including 15 May 2020, with the exception of oral proceedings conducted by video-conferencing technology (VICO).
Considering the pandemic spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Boards of Appeal is forced to restrict its judicial activities.
Considering the pandemic spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Boards of Appeal is forced to restrict its judicial activities.
Oral proceedings will not be held in the premises of the Boards of Appeal until 17 April 2020.
Oral proceedings will not be held in the premises of the Boards of Appeal from 16 March 2020 until 27 March 2020. Concerned parties will be contacted accordingly with a communication.
The Boards of Appeal are introducing a new service on their website: Selected decisions.
The Board of Appeal in case T 844/18 dismissed the patent proprietor’s appeal and thus confirmed the revocation of the patent.
The Board in case T 318/14 has referred points of law concerning the issue of double patenting to the Enlarged Board of Appeal.
The Boards of Appeal would like to ask all parties to its proceedings to consider at every stage of the appeal proceedings whether interpreters are actually needed for oral proceedings before the Boards of Appeal.
