Ros Roca vs. Envac Centralsug Aktiebolag, Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo), 11 July 2012

Spain adopted the optional clause in Article 65 of the EPC, which requires a translation of the patent filed with the national patent office within 3 months of publication of the patent by EPO. The Supreme Court decided that this term starts on the date of publication of the announcement of the granting of the patent by EPO.

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