| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T000209.20120312 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 12 March 2012 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0002/09 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 02077838.7 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | H04N 9/16 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Display device | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | DSM IP Assets B.V. | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.5.04 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | 1. An opposition filed within the framework of a test case is not inadmissible for that sole reason, provided that the prosecution of the proceedings thereby instituted is contentious because the parties defend mainly opposing positions. (See point 1.3.3) 2. The content of an e-mail did not become available to the public within the meaning of Article 54(2) EPC 1973 for the sole reason that the e-mail was transmitted via the Internet before the filing date of 1 February 2000. (See points 4.6 to 4.8) |
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| Keywords: | Admissibility of a contrived opposition test case (yes) Novelty and inventive step (yes - no public availability of an e-mail transmitted via the Internet) |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t090002eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021