| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T030195.19970627 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 27 June 1997 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0301/95 | ||||||||
| Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal: | G 0003/97 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 88112875.5 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | B29C 47/10 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | DE | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Apparatus for preparing thermoplastic products | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | INDUPACK A | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Emmerich Hartdegen | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.05 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | The following points of law of fundamental importance are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal under Article 112(1)(a) EPC: 1. Is an opposition filed by an indirect representative ("straw man") admissible?II. If the answer to I is no, to what extent does the objection to a "straw man" have to be investigated if circumstances are cited raising reasonable suspicion that the opponents are not acting in their own interests? |
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| Keywords: | Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal Admissibility of opposition filed by a straw man Evidence of acting as a straw man |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t950301du1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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