| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1994:J001194.19941117 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 17 November 1994 | ||||||||
| Case number: | J 0011/94 | ||||||||
| Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal: | G 0002/94 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 92118493.3 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | E05D 15/526 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | DE | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | W. HAUTAU GMBH | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.1.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | I. The following points of law are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal: 1. May a board of appeal exercise discretion in deciding whether or not a person not entitled under Article 134(1) and (7) EPC to represent parties to proceedings before the EPO may make submissions during oral proceedings in addition to the pleadings by the professional representative? 2. If the answer to question 1 is "yes": (a) What criteria must the board observe when exercising this discretion? (b) Do special criteria apply to former board of appeal members? II. To be effective declarations regarding procedure need to be clear. Ambiguous declarations are ineffective. |
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| Keywords: | Pleading by a person other than an authorised professional representative during oral proceedings Former board of appeal members as participants on the representatives' side Effectiveness of ambiguous declarations regarding procedure: lack of clarity |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/j940011ep1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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