G 0004/88 (Transfer of opposition) of 24.4.1989

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:1989:G000488.19890424

Date of decision:

24 April 1989

Case number:

G 0004/88

Referral:

Application number:

IPC class:

B62D 7/14
B62D 47/00
B62D 53/00

Language of proceedings:

FR

Distribution:

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Title of application:

-

Applicant name:

Delta

Opponent name:

MAN

Board:

EBA

Headnote:

An opposition pending before the European Patent Office may be transferred or assigned to a third party as part of the opponent's business assets together with the assets in the interests of which the opposition was filed.

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 99(4)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 112(1)(a)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 60(2)

Keywords:

Transfer of rights - status of party in opposition proceedings
Dissolution of opposing company - legal person

Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:

-

Citing decisions:

G 0002/04
T 0563/89
T 0653/89
T 0667/92
T 0870/92
T 0933/94
T 0670/95
T 0019/97
T 0298/97
T 0565/97
T 0702/97
T 0799/97
T 1137/97
T 0429/98
T 0590/98
T 0656/98
T 0864/98
T 0711/99
T 0009/00
T 0074/00
T 0147/00
T 0416/00
T 0136/01
T 0561/01
T 0329/02
T 0413/02
T 1013/02
T 1091/02
T 0229/03
T 0261/03
T 0345/03
T 0503/03
T 0956/03
T 1178/04
T 0004/05
T 0006/05
T 0163/05
T 0184/05
T 0425/05
T 0659/05
T 0675/05
T 0677/05
T 0693/05
T 0724/05
T 1421/05
T 0426/06
T 1081/06
T 1206/06
T 1324/06
T 1514/06
T 0391/07
T 0881/07
T 1149/07
T 1668/07
T 1697/07
T 0025/08
T 0261/08
T 0384/08
T 0428/08
T 0960/08
T 1196/08
T 1588/08
T 1877/08
T 2058/08
T 1911/09
T 1982/09
T 0284/10
T 0518/10
T 1032/10
T 1957/10
T 0044/11
T 0184/11
T 0423/11
T 1756/11
T 2136/11
T 0544/12
T 0545/12
T 1138/12
T 2016/12
T 2357/12
T 0261/13
T 1204/13
T 1729/13
T 1842/14
T 0194/15
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T 1113/15
T 0445/16
T 1564/16
T 1575/17
T 0488/18

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/g880004ep1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X A.99 EPC Opposition

X A.112 EPC Decision or opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.84 EPC Continuation of the opposition proceedings by the European Patent Office of its own motion

EPO Guidelines - D Opposition and Limitation/Revocation Procedures

X GL D I 4 Entitlement to oppose

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 1/2021, p179 - Annex 1 - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2020)

X OJ EPO SE 1/2020, p174 - Annex 1 - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2019)

X OJ EPO SE 1/2019, p158 - XVI. - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2018)

X OJ EPO SE 5/2014, p25 - PART II

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III O 2.1 General principles

X CLR III O 2.2 Universal succession

X CLR III O 2.3 Transfer together with the business assets to which the opposition relates

X CLR III O 2.4 No transfer: sale of opponent's subsidiary company

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