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T 0301/95 (Straw man) of 27.6.1997

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T030195.19970627

Date of decision:

27 June 1997

Case number:

T 0301/95

Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal:

Application number:

IPC class:

Language of proceedings:

DE

Distribution:

A

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 32Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	DE \| EN \| FR
Versions:	OJ

Title of application:

Apparatus for preparing thermoplastic products

Applicant name:

INDUPACK A

Opponent name:

Emmerich Hartdegen

Board:

3.2.05

Headnote:

The following points of law of fundamental importance are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal under Article 112(1)(a) EPC:
1. Is an opposition filed by an indirect representative ("straw man") admissible?II. If the answer to I is no, to what extent does the objection to a "straw man" have to be investigated if circumstances are cited raising reasonable suspicion that the opponents are not acting in their own interests?

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 99
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 107
European Patent Convention 1973 R 55(c)

Keywords:

Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Admissibility of opposition filed by a straw man
Evidence of acting as a straw man

Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:

G 0001/84
G 0009/93
T 0010/82
T 0025/85
T 0635/88
T 0582/90
T 0289/91
T 0548/91
T 0339/93
T 0590/93
T 0798/93

Citing decisions:

G 0004/97
T 0052/96
T 0711/99

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t950301du1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

19 references found.

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Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 1/2021, p179 - Annex 1 - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2020)

X OJ EPO SE 1/2020, p174 - Annex 1 - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2019)

X OJ EPO SE 1/2019, p158 - XVI. - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2018)

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III N 2.5 Reasons for observations

X CLR III N 4.4.1 General

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0001/84 (Opposition by proprietor) of 24.7.1985

X G 0009/93 (Opposition by patent proprietor) of 6.7.1994

X G 0003/97 (Opposition on behalf of a third party) of 21.1.1999

X G 0004/97 (Opposition on behalf of a third party/GENENTECH) of 21.1.1999

General Case Law

X T 0010/82 (Opposition; admissibility) of 15.3.1983

X T 0025/85 (Opponent - Identifiability) of 18.12.1985

X T 0635/88 (Opponent-Identifiability) of 28.2.1992

X T 0582/90 (Zeugeneinvernahme in Frankreich/TRAPEZGURT) of 11.12.1992

X T 0289/91 (ACE inhibitors) of 10.3.1993

X T 0548/91 (Dipeptides/SCHERING) of 7.2.1994

X T 0339/93 (Modified vaccinia virus/HEALTH RESEARCH, INC.) of 18.4.1996

X T 0590/93 (Photosensitive resins) of 10.5.1994

X T 0798/93 (Identification of real opponent) of 20.6.1996

X T 0711/99 (Transfer of opposition/L'OREAL) of 21.10.2003