Overview of the appeal proceedings according to the EPC
By: Hugo Meinders, Philipp Lanz, Gérard Weiss
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands
Language: eng; ger; fre
Number of pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9789403520858
Subjects: Patent practice; Patent laws and legislation; Patents (International law)
Other titles: Überblick über das Beschwerdeverfahren nach dem EPÜ; Aperçu sur la procédure de recours selon la CBE; Überblick über das Beschwerdeverfahren nach dem EPÜ; Aperçu sur la procédure de recours selon la CBE
Description: About one in a hundred European patent cases ends up before a Board of Appeal. The appeal reviews a decision of a first instance department of the European Patent Office. The appeal proceedings are substantially different from the first instance proceedings; they are a judicial review and not necessarily a continuation of the administrative first instance proceedings. This first aspect is even more pronounced since 1 January 2020, with the changes in the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal. This book provides an easily readable overview of the appeal proceedings in the three official languages of the EPO: English, German and French, including the (New) Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal and of the Enlarged Board of Appeal. It covers amongst others the (new) requirements on filing of an appeal, the possible actions of the Board, the stricter treatment of late filings of the parties, the conduct of oral proceedings and the issue of the decision. Thus, the book gives an up-to-date account of the most important issues of the appeal proceedings at the Boards of Appeal of the EPO.
Notes: Cataloging based on publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English, German, French.