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A.105 EPC Intervention of the assumed infringer

(1)

Any third party may, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations, intervene in opposition proceedings after the opposition period has expired, if the third party proves that

(a)

proceedings for infringement of the same patent have been instituted against him, or

(b)

following a request of the proprietor of the patent to cease alleged infringement, the third party has instituted proceedings for a ruling that he is not infringing the patent.

(2)

An admissible intervention shall be treated as an opposition.

[ Art. 99 R. 3 76 86 89 112 114 ]

Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.

See decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 4/91, G 1/94, G 2/04, G 3/04, G 1/05 (Annex I).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/ar105.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X Part V Opposition and limitation procedure

X A.99 EPC Opposition

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.3 EPC Language in written proceedings

X R.76 EPC Form and content of the opposition

X R.77 EPC Rejection of the opposition as inadmissible

X R.78 EPC Procedure where the proprietor of the patent is not entitled

X R.79 EPC Preparation of the examination of the opposition

X R.80 EPC Amendment of the European patent

X R.81 EPC Examination of opposition

X R.82 EPC Maintenance of the European patent in amended form

X R.83 EPC Request for documents

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

X R.86 EPC Documents in opposition proceedings

X R.89 EPC Intervention of the assumed infringer

X R.112 EPC Noting of loss of rights

X R.114 EPC Observations by third parties

EPC Rules relating to Fees

X A. 2 Rfees EPC Fees provided for in the Convention and in the Implementing Regulations

EPO Guidelines - D Opposition and Limitation/Revocation Procedures

X GL D I 5 Intervention of the assumed infringer

X GL D I 6 Parties to opposition proceedings

X GL D IV 5.6 Examination of the admissibility of an intervention and preparations in the event of an intervention

X GL D VII 6 Intervention of the assumed infringer

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 4/2020, p45 - III. RULES COMMON TO ALL PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE EPO

X OJ EPO SE 3/2020, p1 - Rules relating to Fees of 20 October 1977 as adopted by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 7 December 2006 and as last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of [..]

X OJ EPO 2020, A87 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of 16 July 2019 - G 2/19

X OJ EPO 2020, A3 - Decision of the Administrative Council of 12 December 2019 amending Articles 2 and 7 of the Rules relating to Fees ( CA/D 12/19 )

X OJ EPO SE 3/2019, p1 - Rules relating to Fees of 20 October 1977 as adopted by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 7 December 2006 and as last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of [..]

X OJ EPO SE 2/2018, p1 - Rules relating to Fees of 20 October 1977 as adopted by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 7 December 2006 and as last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of [..]

X OJ EPO 2008, 80 - Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.09 dated 27 February 2007 T 1178/04 3.3.09

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III P Intervention

X CLR III P 1.1 Any third party

X CLR III P 1.2 Relevant patent

X CLR III P 1.3 National infringement proceedings

X CLR III P 1.4.2 Intervention in appeal proceedings

X CLR III P 1.5 Time limit for intervention

X CLR III P 1.6 Fees

Case Law Book: IV Divisional Applications

X CLR IV C 1 Legal character of opposition proceedings and applicable principles

Case Law Book: V Priority

X CLR V A 2.4.3.A Parties to appeal proceedings

Case Law Book: VII Proceedings before the EPO

X CLR VII 2.3 Non-applicability of Article 105(1)(a) EPC

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0004/91 (Intervention - DOLEZYCH II) of 3.11.1992

X G 0001/94 (Intervention) of 11.5.1994

X G 0002/04 (Transfer of opposition/HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE) of 25.5.2005

X G 0003/04 (Intervention/EOS) of 22.8.2005

X G 0001/05 (Exclusion and objection/XXX) of 7.12.2006

General Case Law

X T 0791/06 () of 30.9.2008

X T 0007/07 (Ethinylestradiol and drospirenone for use as a contraceptive/BAYER … of 7.7.2011

X T 0898/07 ("Beitritte - zulÃ¤ssig""Einspruchsgrund nach Art. 100 c … of 30.4.2009

X T 0305/08 () of 18.2.2010

X T 1196/08 () of 10.11.2010

X T 1871/09 () of 24.11.2015

X T 1961/09 () of 26.6.2013

X T 0078/11 (Steuerungssystem/PILZ II) of 22.11.2012

X T 0223/11 (Ibandronic acid/HOFFMANN - LA ROCHE) of 22.5.2012

X T 0614/13 (ZulÃ¤ssigkeit des Beitritts/EMS-PATENT) of 2.7.2015

X T 0384/15 (Earpiece/FREEBIT) of 27.4.2018

X T 1746/15 () of 13.11.2017

X T 1259/16 (Glatiramer acetate III/TEVA) of 12.9.2017

X T 0439/17 () of 7.5.2019