Remedy Provided by EPC for Unobserved Terms due to Japan Earthquake

Visae Patentes | 15. März 2011 — ... reminded of the special remedy according to Rule 134(5) EPC in case a term could not be observed "due ... -observance of time limits and, more specifically, to Rule 134(5) EPC. Rule 134(5) EPC offers a safeguard in the case of non-observance of a time limit due ... technical disast…

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Reminder: Changes of EPC Entering Into Force as from 1 January 2011 (Information on Prior Art)
Reminder: Changes of EPC Entering Into Force as from 1 January 2011 (Information on Prior Art)

Visae Patentes | 26. Dezember 2010 — ... the following important changes of the EPC Implementing Regulations will enter into ... 28 July 2010): Amended Rule 141 EPC (Information on prior art) requires ... g. European search reports (Art. 92 EPC) international and international-type search ... of America. Amended Rule 141 EPC r…

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European Patent Network Supports Filing of Search Results under Amended Rule 141 EPC

Visae Patentes | 24. Oktober 2010 —Illustration on the website of the Europen Patent Network According to a Notice dated 28 July 2010 of the Administrative Council, the permanent utilisation scheme (see CA/D 18/09 of 28.10.2009, OJ EPO 2009, 585) to be implemented by amended Rule 141 and new Rule 70b EPC will apply to EP/PCT applica…

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European Patent Network Supports Filing of Search Results under Amended Rule 141 EPC
European Patent Network Supports Filing of Search Results under Amended Rule 141 EPC

Visae Patentes | 24. Oktober 2010 — ... Rule 141 and new Rule 70b EPC will apply to EP/PCT ... Patent Offices (NPOs) of the EPC member states agreed on "utilisation ... to amended Rule 141 (2) EPC, the EPO shall automatically include ... : European search report (Art. 92 EPC) international search report (Art. 15 ... under ame…

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Computer-Implemented B2B Information System not Inventive Due to Comvik and Despite TRIPS

Visae Patentes | 17. Oktober 2010 —Electronic components shops in Guangzhou, CN, supplying local companies Case T 528/07, decided by the EPO’s Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.01 on 27 April 2010 is exceptionally interesting since it relates to not less than three interesting issues, namely the influence of the TRIPS agreement on the EP…

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Computer-Implemented B2B Information System not Inventive Due to Comvik and Despite TRIPS
Computer-Implemented B2B Information System not Inventive Due to Comvik and Despite TRIPS

Visae Patentes | 17. Oktober 2010 — ... of the TRIPS agreement on the EPC, the examination of claims having both ... according to Art. 52 (1) d EPC. The applicant (Accenture Global Services GmbH ... that since revised Art. 52 (1) EPC 2000 had been brought into ... the enumeration in Art. 52 (1) EPC, but also that the examination …

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The Advocates General's Statement on the Planned Unified European Patent Court System
The Advocates General's Statement on the Planned Unified European Patent Court System

Visae Patentes | 28. August 2010 — ... important, though more structural, issue is the current EPC appeal system, which does not provide any remedies ... the EPO according to the applicable rules under the EPC for the granting of European patents. […] ... of the European Union’s accession to the EPC. Comments: With respect …

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The Advocates General's Statement on the Planned Unified European Patent Court System (updated)
The Advocates General's Statement on the Planned Unified European Patent Court System (updated)

Visae Patentes | 28. August 2010 — ... important, though more structural, issue is the current EPC appeal system, which does not provide any remedies ... the EPO according to the applicable rules under the EPC for the granting of European patents. […] ... of the European Union’s accession to the EPC. Comments: With respect …

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Former President of German Patent Bar Critically Comments on European Patent System
Former President of German Patent Bar Critically Comments on European Patent System

Visae Patentes | 1. August 2010 — ... Nation Patent Offices of the 37 EPC member states, usually their Directors or ... for filing divisional applications (Rule 36 EPC) in Europe and the pressure that ... divisional applications under new Rule 36 EPC are unacceptable. There surely was a ... to be financially supported by the …

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A Communication Pursuent Rule 161 EPC is no
A Communication Pursuent Rule 161 EPC is no "Fist Communication" According to Rule 26(1) EPC

Visae Patentes | 16. Juli 2010 — ... the communication under Rule 161(1) EPC (by the examining division) marks ... that communication pursuant Rule 161 EPC is not a "communication" within ... of amended Rule 36(1) EPC. The EPO explains in his ... communication pursuant Rule 36(1) EPC. is understood to be a ... ] a communicat…

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T 1423/07 - Double Patenting is Possible According to the EPC
T 1423/07 - Double Patenting is Possible According to the EPC

Visae Patentes | 10. Mai 2010 — ... there is no provision in the EPC (not even implicitly) which prohibits ... would be no basis in the EPC for prohibiting conflicting claims and ... notably derived from Article 60 EPC, according to which the "right ... case law, since, firstly, the EPC does not contain an explicit ... appli…

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