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Vice-president of EPO may administer the law again
Last year the Enlarged Board of Appeal challenged its own chairman, the Dutchman Wim van der Eijk, on suspicion of partiality. Continue readingInfringement under the doctrine of equivalence
For assessing the scope of protection of a Patent (or a Utility Model) and for determining whether an accused product falls within the same, the claims of the respective IP-right have to be construed literally. In some countries literal interpretation of a claim is broad in others it is narrow focusing on the exact working. Continue reading