The Enlarged Board of Appeal, the highest court of the EPO, has now scheduled a hearing on the matter (G 1/21). According to the Rules of Procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (Article 10), third parties may submit comments beforehand.
“We believe that, by making video conferences compulsory, the EPO is not respecting the established standard for oral hearings in the contracting states and is thereby granting itself authorities at constitutional level,” says Gottfried Schüll, patent attorney and partner at C&F.
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