complete picture of the chances of success of the respective application. Hearings in examination and opposition proceedings The amendment makes a hearing mandatory in examination proceedings,...

2020, the new Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA 2020) became effective. They particularly rendered the rules on late submissions more stringent as compared to those of the RPBA...

the 22th to 25th of February 2016 attracts about 95,ooo attendees and 2,000 exhibitors of the mobile industry which will show and discuss their recent developments. Of course, many of these...

current version of Article 15a RPBA (item 5.). We welcome all efforts to limit the impact of the Corona pandemic on the conduct and completion of proceedings before the Boards of Appeal. The use...

opportunity of helping to considerably shape the development of the Patent Litigation Group of BARDEHLE PAGENBERG in the coming years. The upcoming start of the UPC and the establishment of our...

provide an all-round view of trade secrets with a focus on recommendations for effective trade secret management and the protection of trade secrets in patent litigation proceedings,...

the chances of High Point’s appeal in the Dutch proceedings. The present judgment, the written reasoning of which is still to be rendered, may also be of importance for the Japanese proceedings....

Enlarged Board of Appeal set aside the decision of the Board of Appeal, re-opened the appeal proceedings and ordered the reimbursement of the fee for the petition for review in its decision R...

because of her work at Eisenführ Speiser. She focuses, inter alia, on the representation of patent pools and proprietors of standard-essential patents in complex patent infringement proceedings...

hearing of October 25, 2022, the Opposition Division followed the line of argument of the opposing party and revoked the patent in its entirety both in terms of the granted claims and in terms o...

multinational design infringement proceedings as well as invalidity proceedings before the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market in Alicante and the Court of Justice of the European...

release of February 6, 2015 More than 2 ½ years after a complex dispute over the infringement of Community design No. 1733288-0001 started, which shows an unusual clock face divided into six...

counsel and US attorneys. Format: Live stream The UPC’s approach towards the burden of production is currently in a state of evolution. This developing case law is likely to have a direct impact...

release of March 17, 2014 BARDEHLE PAGENBERG has been successful before the Board of Appeal of the Office for the Harmonisation of the Internal Market (OHIM) in Alicante, Spain, in upholding two...

nt proceedings play out? Will the Federal Patent Court issue fully-fledged preliminary opinions within six months of service of the complaint, as foreseen by the new law? What will be the impact...

nt proceedings play out? Will the Federal Patent Court issue fully-fledged preliminary opinions within six months of service of the complaint, as foreseen by the new law? What will be the impact...

directed against decisions of the EPO. At least in one of those cases the claimant alleges lack of independence of the Boards of Appeal in the context of the principle of separation of powers....

enforcement of such patents from the enforcement of patents in other technical fields. This is true not only to proceedings on the merits, but also regarding preliminary injunction proceedings....