Topics: EPO opposition proceedings
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Court of Appeal, October 16, 2026, Order, UPC_CoA_145/2026
Discretionary decisions on belated patent amendments under Rules 30.2 and 263 RoP are subject to limited appellate review: Applications to amend a patent under Rule 30.2 RoP or amend a case under Rule 263 RoP fall within the first-instance court’s judicial discretion. The Court of Appeal will not substitute its own assessment unless the appellant…
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CD Milan, October 9, 2026, Central Revocation Action, UPC_CFI_1587/2025
Added-matter objections require identifying the extended subject-matter (Headnote 1, mn. 108 et seq.): The party alleging added matter must identify, by means of a specific comparison, the subject-matter of the original disclosure that is said to have been extended in the laterapplication or divisional patent (Art. 65(2) UPCA, Art. 123(2), 138(1)(c) EPC). A large number…
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Court of Appeal, July 17, 2026, Order concerning an appeal in a revocation action, UPC-CoA-861/2025
A claimant must bear costs if itunnecessarily initiates a revocation action against a defendant who has not given cause and surrenders the patent immediately at the beginning of the proceedings (Art. 69 (1), (2) UPCA): The CoA held that the principles of equity required that the prevailing claimant had to bear the costs even if…
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Central Division (Section Munich), 22 June 2026, order, UPC_CFI_830/2024
EPO Board of Appeal Revocation Renders UPC Revocation Action Devoid of Purpose: EPO Board of Appeal revoking a patent in full renders a parallel UPC revocation action devoid of purpose, triggering disposal under R. 360 RoP without a merits decision Stayed UPC proceedings must be resumed under R. 296.2 RoP once the triggering event —…
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CD Milan, March 13, 2026, Order and Decision on Costs, UPC_CFI_722/2025
A revocation action becomes devoid of purpose once the patent has been finally revoked in EPO opposition proceedings: The Milan Central Division held that, once the Opposition Division had revoked the patent in its entirety and that decision had become final because no appeal was filed, the UPC revocation action no longer served any purpose…
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