In an order (UPC_CFI_410/2023, ORD_35569/2024) dated 10 July 2024, the Mannheim Local Division referred a revocation counterclaim to the Central Division in Paris previously seized of a parallel stand-alone revocation action,...more
On 16 October 2023, the UPC Court of Appeal issued its first ever decision and addressed two interesting procedural issues resulting from the situation where a Statement of claim is served without the documents it refers to...more
The European Commission has published its long awaited (and delayed) proposals for a substantial revision of the EU regulation on Supplementary Protection Certificates (“SPCs”), which wraps up a series of various legislative...more
The Enlarged Board of Appeal (“EBA”) issued on 13 October 2022 a non-binding communication in the framework of the G 2/21 referral in relation to plausibility and the use of post-published documents in the assessment of...more
The Technical Board of Appeal (“TBA”) No. 3.3.02 has now formally referred questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (“EBA”) to determine whether post-published data should always be disregarded in the assessment of inventive...more
Technical Board of Appeal (“TBA”) No. 3.3.02 is about to refer a question to the Enlarge Board of Appeal (“EBA”) to determine whether post-published data should always be disregarded in the assessment of inventive step when...more