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22 July 2021PatentsDouglas Drysdale and Ellie Purnell

EBoA’s videoconference decision keeps us guessing

Case G1/21 has gathered significant interest from the patent attorney community because it relates to the issue of whether holding oral proceedings via videoconference is compatible with the key concept of the right to be heard under A.113 European Patent Convention (EPC), even if one or more parties to the proceedings have not given their consent.

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