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Patent Index 2020

Case Law of the Boards of Appeal – Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office

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Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
VII. Institutional matters

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VII. Institutional matters

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VII. INSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

1.Legal status of the EPO boards of appeal: 1.1.The judiciary of the European Patent Organisation
1.2.Boards of appeal as judicial authorities
1.2.1Courts of law under the EPC
1.2.2Tribunals under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights
1.2.3Judicial or quasi-judicial authorities under the TRIPS Agreement
1.2.4Courts according to national case law
1.2.5Cases pending before the German Federal Constitutional Court concerning the independence of the boards of appeal
1.3.Not a court or tribunal of an EU Member State
1.3.1Relationship with EU law
1.4.Power to amend the RPBA under Article 23(4) EPC
1.5.Nature of the case law of the boards of appeal – no binding precedents
1.6.Nature of national case law – not binding on the boards of appeal
3.Extension agreements and ordinances: 3.1.Legal nature
3.2.No jurisdiction of the boards of appeal
3.3.Non-applicability of Article 105(1)(a) EPC

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