T 1102/03 (Online trading system/CITIBANK) of 28.5.2008

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T110203.20080528
Date of decision: 28 May 2008
Case number: T 1102/03
Application number: 95114467.4
IPC class: G06F 17/60
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 58 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Computer system for data management and method for operating said system
Applicant name: Citibank Aktiengesellschaft
Opponent name: Opponent 01: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
Opponent 03: Bayerische Vereinsbank AG
Opponent 04: COMMERZBANK AG
Opponent 05: csg Computer Services GmbH
Opponent 06: Deutsche Bank AG
Opponent 07: Deutsche Börse AG
Opponent 08: DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank
Opponent 09: UBS AG
Opponent 11: TIBCO Inc.
Board: 3.5.01
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention R 106
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 113(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 71a(1)
Keywords: Postponement of oral proceedings (no - pre-booked holidays of a party outweighed by extraordinary organisational burden of the case)
Inventive step (no)
Catchwords:

The effort of postponing fixed oral proceedings until a date might be found which would suit numerous parties, the members of an extended Board, and the facility management of the European Patent Office, outweighs the effort of postponing or interrupting one representative's holiday booked to a destination within Europe. A strict standard has to be applied under these circumstances because a liberal approach might give rise to a series of postponements (point 2.1 of the Reasons).

Cited decisions:
T 0641/00
Citing decisions:
T 0601/06
T 0699/06
T 0869/06
T 2526/11
T 2018/17

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