SONN Patentanwälte – IP Attorneys

1. UPC: Revocation Action Rendered Moot after Final Revocation by the EPO

   The Central Division Milan rules on the procedural consequences of a parallel, final patent revocation by the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office. Since the patent was definitively and entirely (ex tunc) revoked by the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office, the action for...

2. UPC: Milan Central Division on Revocation Action Becoming Devoid of Purpose After EPO Revocation

   In these proceedings, the Milan Central Division addresses the consequences of a complete revocation of the patent in suit by the European Patent Office on a parallel revocation action pending before the Unified Patent Court. Since the patent was finally and fully revoked (ex tunc) by the Opposition...

3. Inadmissible deletion of a disclaimer

   The deletion of a disclaimer expressly disclosed as a "non-part" of the invention in the originally filed application is not admissible if the deletion of the disclaimer results in the "non-part" then being partially claimed after all. The facts that the application is a divisional application and...