| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T054013.20170329 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 29 March 2017 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0540/13 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 01270991.1 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | H04L 29/00 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Method of certifying transmission, reception and authenticity of electronic documents and related network unit | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | KP TWELVE SRL | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | INTESA S.p.A. INFOCAMERE Soc.Cons./ACTALIS S.p.A./CEDACRI S.p.A./POSTCOM S.p.A. Microsoft Deutschland GmbH |
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| Board: | 3.5.03 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Admissibility of opposition of opponent 01 Admissibility of opposition - yes Added subject-matter (patent as granted and auxiliary requests 5 to 10, 13 to 23) - yes Admissibility of auxiliary requests 3, 4, 11, 12 - no (not admitted by opposition division) Admissibility of late-filed auxiliary request 24 - no (prima facie not allowable) |
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When the opposition division decides that an opposition is inadmissible in a case where at least one other admissible opposition has been filed, it is not necessary for the opponent of the opposition held inadmissible to appeal this decision in order to preserve party status in appeal proceedings initiated by another party (see points 1.2 to 1.5 of the reasons). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t130540eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021