The proprietor of the patent requested a review of Opinion 11/09 which found that its patent was not infringed. The request argued that the opinion wrongly concluded that there was no infringement because it had misunderstood how the alleged infringing product worked. Such an argument is however outside the scope of Rule 98(5)(b) which provides … Continue reading Lundberg Son VVS-Produckter Ae and Zgp Limited (Patent): IPO 5 Mar 2010

The hearing officer had deferred a decision on whether to order the claimant to give security for costs in revocation proceedings (see O/345/06) in order to allow either party to request a written opinion. The claimant so requested and the proceedings were stayed to await the opinion. This found that all claims lacked novelty over … Continue reading Ian Popeck v Runaway Technology, Inc (Patent): IPO 24 May 2007