Amendments

By Giovanni Gozzo and David Nilsson The Svea Court of Appeal partially invalidated the patent of respondent Dustcontrol, insofar as claim 1 of the patent was concerned. The Court held that it could…

G2/10 – DISCLAIMERS FOR DISCLOSED SUBJECT-MATTER by Nadja Muncke and Klemens Stratmann On August 30, 2011 the Enlarged Board of Appeal rendered its decision on the admissibility of a disclaimer whose…

During EPO opposition proceedings, patentees have historically been able to avoid discussing clarity by combining granted claims rather than using the description as basis for amendments. The…

Institut Pasteur is the holder of European patent No. 0 178 978, which relates to “Cloned DNA sequences, hybridizable with genomic RNA of lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV)”. Institut Pasteur…

The amendments of the Italian IP Code introduced by Legislative Decree no. 131 of 13 August 2010 are many and I tend to believe that there is no Italian IP lawyer who is sure to have already counted…

  Unilever NV (hereinafter referred to as “Unilever”) is the holder of a European patent filed in English on 19 March 2001 and the grant of which was published in the European Patent Bulletin dated…

Questions submitted to the Enlarged Board. During opposition the Proprietor announced that it wanted a correction of the decision to grant from the examining division. The opposition division decided…

Institut Pasteur is the holder of European patent No. 0 178 978 entitled “Cloned DNA sequences, hybridizable with genomic RNA of “lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV)””, granted on 6 February 1991…

The Enlarged Board of Appeal states in its Opinion G3/08, reason 7.2.1 (italics added): “The European Patent Organisation is an international, intergovernmental organisation, modelled on a modern…