SONN Patentanwälte – IP Attorneys

1. UPC: Strict Standard for Inadmissible Extension of the Scope of Protection after Grant

   In these revocation proceedings, the Central Division Paris addresses the fundamental prohibition against extending the scope of protection to preserve legal certainty for third parties. Article 123(3) of the European Patent Convention aims to protect the legal certainty of third parties by prohibiting...

2. UPC: Inadmissible Extension due to Imprecise Calculation Base of Substance Proportions

   In these revocation proceedings, the Central Division Munich addresses the precise requirements for the original disclosure of numerical ranges in composition claims. The patent in suit protects a method for processing sugar mixtures as well as sugar compositions. It is challenged on the grounds...