SONN Patentanwälte – IP Attorneys

Vienna Higher Regional Court: Subject-matter not originally disclosed

Marc Keschmann obtained a complete declaration of invalidity of the patent in suit for our client before the Nullity Division and was also successful in the appeal proceedings before the Vienna Higher...

Correction of inconsistencies between claims and description in opposition proceedings

In application of the decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 3/14, an objection under Article 84 EPC that a claim is not supported by the description is open to examination in opposition or opposition appeal proceedings only when, and then only to the extent that, the lack of support has been...

Higher Regional Court of Vienna: Appeal against interruption order

This decision concerns an appeal to the Higher Regional Court of Vienna against an interruption order of the Commercial Court of Vienna.

The patents-in-suit protect a cooktop which, together with a device for extracting cooking fumes and for operating the cooktop, forms an assembly unit for...