examination or opposition proceedings before the EPO. 1. Facts of the case The referring decision T 439/22 concerns an appeal against the rejection of an opposition to a patent. Claim 1 of said...

87(1) EPC in favor of the EPO’s competence and the autonomous law of the EPC. The EBoA moreover circumvented the disputed concept of the “PCT joint applicants approach” in favor of the even more...

experts will provide you with insights on selected aspects of German and European IP law with a focus on practical and strategic guidance. At the end of each seminar, there will be a Q & A...

with a plurality of sensors, allowing for the production of paper pads of various lengths. The Patent particularly protected automatic on-demand production of a paper pad upon removal of the...

the management, enforcement, and defense of their intellectual property assets in Frédéric Portal's areas of expertise. “At the dawn of a major reconfiguration of the European market for...

motivated talent joins the teams of candidates and paralegals. “We are extremely glad to further strengthen our mixed team of attorneys and patent attorneys, especially in the field of pharma,...

strategies. BARDEHLE PAGENBERG is at the forefront of these developments, being involved in 119 of all pending cases (corresponding to a market share of more than 33%) – acting for plaintiffs...

interpretation of a key claim feature. EP 805 concerns a specific mechanism for shifting video quality during streaming. The Court concluded that the accused services of AYLO do not make use of...

opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office. Pioneer limited the subject matter of EP 2 923 876 during the opposition proceedings by amending the main request. This amendment led to...

"Intel") and three leading manufacturers of laptops, desktop PCs and servers (case nos. 4c O 58/22, 4c O 59/22, 4c O 60/22) for infringement of the German part of European patent EP 3 376 653 B1...

courts. Jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court over SPCs Under Art. 30 of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA), the effect of a supplementary protection certificate equals that of a...

most recently as chairman of a Technical Board of Appeal in the field of life sciences and as a member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal. He is also a member of the team of authors of the...

first time in the history of the UPC system ruled on the requirements for the finding of infringement of second medical use claims. The Court held that for a finding of infringement of second...

and maintained the proper distribution of the burden of proof throughout the proceedings. 2. Assessment of evidence The Applicant challenged the Board’s evaluation of the evidence, pointing to...

Designs Regulation ”) [1] and the text of “Directive (EU) 2024/2823 of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 23, 2024, on the legal protection of designs (recast)” (“ Designs...

office proceedings. In doing so, the Board of Appeal primarily confirmed the reasoning of the previous decision. The Board of Appeal upheld the finding that the sound sequence reproduced the...

envisaged level of the renewal fees will only attract a small minority of users of the European patent system validating at present in a high number of participating member states. In respect of...

, (i) a confidential assessment of the FRAND determination, (ii) a confidential summary of the main issues of disagreement and (iii) a methodology and an assessment of the FRAND determination 15...