23rd May 2023
A recent decision, T 1158/20, of the EPO’s Technical Board of Appeal tells us that hosting oral proceedings by videoconference can be, for some cases, an equivalent alternative to in-person oral proceedings.
16th Jul 2021
Following the oral proceedings that took place two weeks’ ago, the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal has today (16 July 2021) given its answer to the referred question in case G1/21 – whether oral proceedings can be held by video conference without the consent of the parties.
18th Mar 2021
While the United Kingdom’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has drawn criticism, there are ways in which the UK has performed well and that perhaps even warrant the accolade “world beating” or, at least, world leading. One of these is the recent success of the vaccine rollout. Another less heralded but equally impressive achievement […]