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Home office, home countries: EPO moves towards a new normal

Since the 1990s, the European Patent Office has been a pioneer in home office and digitalisation of its work processes. Now, there is a desire among staff to work not only from their home offices in M ...

17 December 2020 by Christina Schulze
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Compulsory video conferencing reshuffles the cards for patent attorneys

The European Patent Office is making video conferencing the standard in oral opposition proceedings and patent examinations. The Boards of Appeal want ...

25 November 2020 by Christina Schulze
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Locational advantage likely to grow for German patent firms

For German patent attorneys, the travel and contact restrictions resulting from the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a locational advantage. No comp ...

10 November 2020 by Christina Schulze
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Enlarged Board of Appeal hears G 1/19 questions on computer simulations

Yesterday, the Enlarged Board of Appeal heard three referred questions in case G 1/19, over the patentability of computer simulations. This follows th ...

16 July 2020 by Amy Sandys
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EPO Administrative Council adopts Boards of Appeal's revised Rules of Procedure

The EPO's governing body has revised Rules of Procedure which are to come into force on 1st January 2020. Their main objective is to make proceedings ...

2 August 2019 by Konstanze Richter
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“We have a challenge with the case backlog at the Boards of Appeal”

Swedish judge Carl Josefsson is the first president of the Boards of Appeal and chairman of the Enlarged Board of Appeal. This is the highest judicial ...

26 July 2019 by Christina Schulze
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Striking a balance at the EPO

The Enlarged Board of Appeal has decided that a third party has no right to an oral hearing in the case of an appeal. The decision on case G2/19 was r ...

19 July 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Haar belongs to Munich

The Enlarged Board of Appeal today took a clear stand on the issue of its location. The suburb Haar is permissible as the location of the Boards of Ap ...

16 July 2019 by Christina Schulze
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Boards of Appeal releases annual report 2018

The Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office has released its annual report for 2018. According to the report, structural and personnel changes ...

3 May 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Battistelli's difficult legacy

Haar is an independent municipality on the outskirts of Munich, and current home to the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office. But since last ...

7 March 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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