by Daniel X. Thomas
On May 23d, the Department for Intellectual Property and Competition Law of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition organised a lecture on “Constitutional Requirements for the Design of Supranational Legal Protection”.
Speaker was Prof. Dr. Peter M. Huber (former Federal Constitutional Court Judge and former Minister of the Interior of Thuringia).
by Daniel X. Thomas
The patent relates to wet food compositions having the characteristics of dry food.
Brief outline of the case
The opponent appealed the rejection of the opposition.
The board held that the patent as granted was not sufficiently disclosed. The same applied to AR1-9.
The patent was thus revoked.
by Daniel X. Thomas
The application concerns an anti-theft system for a straddle-type vehicle, in particular a motorcycle comprising a GPS system attached to the motorcycle.
Brief outline of the file
The ED decided that the subject-matter of claim 1 of each of a MR and AR 1 to 3 lacked IS. AR 4 had been found allowable,
by Daniel X. Thomas
The patent results from a divisional application of EP 09732113/2 291 195, and relates to a vaccine for protection against Lawsonia intracellularis, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Porcine circo virus.
Brief outline of the case
The OD held inter alia that the sole claim of the patent as granted (claim 1) did not contain subject-matter which extended beyond the content of the application and the earlier application,
by Daniel X. Thomas
The patent relates to heart valve prostheses, namely implantable replacement heart valves.
Brief outline of the case
The proprietor and the opponent appealed the maintenance in amended form according to AR 2.
The proprietor requested maintenance as granted and filed AR 1-8
The opponent requested revocation of the patent.