| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1999:G000397.19990121 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 21 January 1999 | ||||||||
| Case number: | G 0003/97 | ||||||||
| Referral: | T 0301/95 | ||||||||
| 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 AG | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Hartdegen Emmerich Ing. | ||||||||
| Board: | EBA | ||||||||
| Headnote: | 1(a): An opposition is not inadmissible purely because the person named as opponent according to Rule 55(a) EPC is acting on behalf of a third party. 1(b): Such an opposition is, however, inadmissible if the involvement of the opponent is to be regarded as circumventing the law by abuse of process. 1(c): Such a circumvention of the law arises, in particular, if: - the opponent is acting on behalf of the patent proprietor; - the opponent is acting on behalf of a client in the context of activities which, taken as a whole, are typically associated with professional representatives, without possessing the relevant qualifications required by Article 134 EPC. 1(d): However, a circumvention of the law by abuse of process does not arise purely because: - a professional representative is acting in his own name on behalf of a client; - an opponent with either a residence or principal place of business in one of the EPC contracting states is acting on behalf of a third party who does not meet this requirement. 2: In determining whether the law has been circumvented by abuse of process, the principle of the free evaluation of evidence is to be applied. The burden of proof is to be borne by the person alleging that the opposition is inadmissible. The deciding body has to be satisfied on the basis of clear and convincing evidence that the law has been circumvented by abuse of process. |
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| Keywords: | Admissibility of opposition - acting on behalf of a third party Circumvention of the law by abuse of process |
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