Enlarged Board of Appeal

However this is a legitimate development of the case law and there is no divergence which would make the referral of this point to the Enlarged Board of Appeal by the President admissible.

The IPKat - IP news, views and mews Tufty the Cat 2010

In October 2008, EPO President Alison Brimelow referred four questions on the patentability of software to the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal, its highest appeals court, on the grounds that a number of patent cases had reached "different decisions."

ARN News 2010

The Enlarged Board of Appeal cannot identify any other inconsistencies between the grounds of the decisions which the referral by the President alleges are divergent.

The IPKat - IP news, views and mews Tufty the Cat 2010

Having regard to this purpose of the presidential right to refer legal questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal the notion

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Enlarged Board of Appeal pursuant to Article 112 (1) (b) EPC.

The IPKat - IP news, views and mews Tufty the Cat 2010

European Bilski: The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO is looking for third-party input on four issues:

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 2009

European Bilski: The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO is looking for third-party input on four issues:

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 2009

European Bilski: The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO is looking for third-party input on four issues:

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 2009

Moreover, with regard to computer-related inventions, the EPO "has referred a number of questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO" to seek to clarify existing grant practice related to article 52 (2) and (3) of the European Patent Convention.

Intellectual Property Watch 2009

European Bilski: The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO is looking for third-party input on four issues:

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 2009