In an article for World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR), commentators discuss the latest twists and turns in the referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal on the legality of Oral Proceedings by videoconference, G1/21.
Director of Oxon IP and President of the European Patent Litigators Association (EPLIT), Leythem Wall, is quoted as saying:
“G1/21 is one of the most highly awaited decisions in recent history of the EPO. The replacement of the president of the boards of appeal as chairman of the ruling panel was therefore necessary, and the minimum step that needed to be taken to mitigate any perception of partiality of the EBA. While EPLIT has no concerns about the competence and personal integrity of Carl Josefsson, he was directly involved in the drafting and introduction of Rule 15(a) RPBA.”
The WIPR article can be viewed here
