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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/vico-oral-proceedings-on-legality-of.html?showComment=1625590811388#c4884012959285928751 | Jul 07 00:46 |
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| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | ViCo oral proceedings on the legality of ViCo oral proceedings - G1/21, The Sequel - The IPKat | Jul 07 00:46 | |
| schestowitz | " | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | It is clear that with the original composition of the EBA the answer to G 1/21 was known in advance as four members of the EBA had publicly expressed the view that it should be left to the discretion of the boards which form OP should take. With two of those send out by their peers the answer is not so clear cut, certainly in view of some of the questions raised by members of the EBA during the OP. | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | It remains scandalous that the first deliberation on partiality was taken in the absence of the parties and the parties did not receive the declarations of the members suspected of partiality. This also explains the further requests on partiality from the opponent. The fact that the chair of the boards which was also chair of the EBA in G1/21 before he was removed does not simplify the matter. | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | The attitude of the president’s representative was obnoxious to say the least. Claiming against any for form of common sense that Art 116 in the absence of any specific indications gave the right for the EPO to decide the form of OP by ViCo and the parties have no say in the matter. He went so far as to claim that there has never been a right to have OP on the premises and that a right which does not exist cannot be taken away. | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | One thing became clear during the OP is that OP by ViCo have no legal basis in the EPC as it stands. | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | For the president’s representative G 3/19 (the famous dynamic interpretation) has shown that it was perfectly possible to amend the EPC by way of secondary legislation. The absence of the rapporteur in G 3/19 could save us from a further dynamic interpretation. | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | For the president’s representative G 2/19 only provided that only in case of the OP on the premises of the EPO that the sentence in said decision “Users of the European Patent Organisation's services can legitimately expect that the European Patent Office's departments will not perform acts at whatever other place they choose” was valid. | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | In case of OP by ViCo “The venue of the oral proceedings will be deemed to be the location where the opposition division is set up.” See decisions of the president of 01.04.20 and 14.04.20 on OP by ViCo before ED resp. OD. In other words the location is purely virtual. | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | This actually the wish of the president. In its New Normal the president wants to set up a virtual EPO where ED and OD will only be residing on paper at a given location of the EPO. | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | Without the possibility of the BA to have the discretion to decide on OP by ViCo without the consent of the parties and the possibility to authorise its members to be sitting wherever they desire when having OP by ViCo, the president cannot implement his New Normal. | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | This is actually the true reason why the president is so keen to obtain a positive reply from the EBA in G 1/21. With Mr J., Mr B, Mrs R and Mr A the result was acquired, now I am not as sure as only Mrs R and Mr E. were left. | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | The comparison 300/3000 does not hold. It simply means that the parties could have cases decided and a backlog of opposition decisions could be avoided. It does not mean that all the parties were keen on mandatory OP by ViCo after the pandemic. In view of the majority of the amicus curiae the contrary seems correct. | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | It is difficult to understand why mandatory OP by ViCo after the pandemic would give quicker access to justice as the periods to summon and to file documents under R 116(1) do not change whether the OP is by ViCo or in presence and certainly do not justify pushing for mandatory OP by ViCo outside the pandemic. | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | " | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | http://suepo.org/july_2021_press_articles/d-47420 | Jul 07 00:47 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-suepo.org | | Jul 07 00:47 | |
| schestowitz | "(Kluwer Patent Blog posted on 03/07/2021) "European Patent Office publishes Annual Review 2020". We recommend reading the comments on the article as well." | Jul 07 00:47 |
| schestowitz | http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/07/03/european-patent-office-publishes-annual-review-2020/#comments | Jul 07 00:49 |
| schestowitz | " | Jul 07 00:49 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-patentblog.kluweriplaw.com | European Patent Office publishes Annual Review 2020 - Kluwer Patent Blog | Jul 07 00:49 | |
| schestowitz | Like every document coming from the present management of the EPO it is full of buzzwords and tries to give a glorious picture of the EPO. | Jul 07 00:49 |
| schestowitz | If one knows the reality behind it, it is far from being glorious. | Jul 07 00:49 |
| schestowitz | The actual president of the EPO had been chosen to restore social peace at the office. In matters of being disliked by his staff he achieved in less than three years what his predecessor took much longer to achieve. | Jul 07 00:49 |
| schestowitz | The constant attack on the salaries and pensions and the fact that even examining staff can only have 5 year contracts, renewable once, before hoping to get a non-time limited contract is covered up by meaningless management warble. It is clearly management by fear, and if you dare say something you are out quicker than you think. | Jul 07 00:49 |
| schestowitz | When a staff member leaves the office before ten years he has accrued no right for a pension from the EPO. He just gets back the sums he has put in the pension scheme and has to look what he can do with it. The EPO is not any longer an attractive employer. Any potential staff with a family and children will not leave his country of origin, sever all links with his social security scheme, to come to such a wobbly situation. | Jul 07 00:49 |
| schestowitz | The nepotism at the EPO has taken proportions which are hard to believe. Having connections with the Iberian Peninsula in general and Alicante in particular gives you a good chance to be propelled in the higher salary levels when entering the EPO. Otherwise you are just good for the coal front. | Jul 07 00:49 |
| schestowitz | The only thing which matters to management is churning out “products” as quickly as possible. Timeliness is what counts, the rest is secondary. The latest folly of EPO’s management is to put most of the staff which is allowed to be present in the office in open space offices, and this applies to examiners as well. | Jul 07 00:49 |
| schestowitz | Most of the staff members, and this is also valid for members of the BA, will not even have an allotted desk, less an office. They will have to put their name on a list and on the days they are allowed to come in look which desk is free! | Jul 07 00:49 |
| schestowitz | Money has been provided in the budget to refurbish the EPO buildings in order to create those open spaces. When you know that the BA will come back into town, near Hackerbrücke, you wonder why all this money has been spent on rented accommodation in Haar with a very long lease. | Jul 07 00:49 |
| schestowitz | As far as quality is concerned one has just to look at decisions of the BA. When you look at some recent decisions on substantial procedural violations you have to realise that the three man division exists only on paper. Working in home office, which should become the norm in the future, is certainly not enhancing the feeling of belonging and the cooperation with colleagues. But on a glossy paper everything looks honky dory. | Jul 07 00:49 |
| schestowitz | The number of patents revoked or severely limited after opposition is dramatically increasing. In general the search can be qualified as being sub-optimal, and examination is even worse. It would be interesting to see the real internal quality figures. There are far from being as glorious as the office tries the outside word to believe. But they will never be published. | Jul 07 00:49 |
| schestowitz | As far as public user consultation is concerned, receiving 150 responses is anything to be proud of when you compare with the number of applicants and qualified representatives. The reason for this is very simple: why bother to send in suggestions and comments as the EPO will ignore most of them. | Jul 07 00:49 |
| schestowitz | The same is happening for OP by ViCo without consent of the parties, cf. G 1/21. The way the PD legal affairs behaved during yesterday’s OP before the EBA is perfectly illustrating the disdain of the present management for the users of the EPO. Alleging that there was never a right for OP in person and that Art 116 does not forbid OP by ViCo and it is for the office to decide on the form OP can take and the parties have no say as the office knows | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | what is good for the parties, could not give a worse impression. | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | Something has gone wrong at the EPO. It has become a playground for co-opted pseudo managers full of themselves and who do not have the faintest idea of the “products” delivered, but know very well how those “products” should look like. | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | REPLY | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | Anon Y. Mouse | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | JULY 4, 2021 AT 5:51 PM | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | This is the first that I have ever heard about the Boards of Appeal moving back into Munich. | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | Is that true? Has this been publicly confirmed? It would be a welcome move, but I find it hard to believe that the EPO management would reverse such a recent decision so easily (even if that decision has proven immensely unpopular both within the EPO and with its users). | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | REPLY | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | Attentive Observer | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | JULY 4, 2021 AT 8:10 PM | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | The members of the boards have been informed. They have the same conditions than other staff members: no personal desk. If they want a desk they have to apply for one! | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | Modern management! | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | REPLY | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | Observer | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | JULY 3, 2021 AT 7:08 PM | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | Wouldn’t a link to the press release have been more efficient? Everything is perfect, and moving according to plans. | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | REPLY | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | Concerned observer | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | JULY 5, 2021 AT 11:36 AM | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | A masterclass in crafting seemingly positive conclusions from rather unpromising material. For example, consider the statement “The consultation cycle was considered a success”. Whilst this sounds positive, it could actually be (and most likely is) an example of the management marking their own homework … as it does not indicate WHO considered the consultation cycle to be a success. | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | The report is also excellent text to use when playing buzzword bingo. However, when it comes to providing an accurate picture of the current state of the EPO, it seems to me that this document is rather useless. I suppose that this is all that one can expect when the management has no fear of being held accountable for making false or misleading statements. | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | Another trick seems to be to design key performance indicators that look good for (and are easily managed by) EPO management, but that are in fact not intended to provide a meaningful insight into real world performance. For example, how do the five pillars of “quality” (“design; support; shared values; metrics and continual learning; and dialogue”) lead to high quality patent search and examination? It seems to me that it all rather depends | Jul 07 00:50 |
| schestowitz | upon what “metrics” you decide to measure, as well as what is meant in reality by the other four pillars. For example, experience teaches us that “dialogue” can actually be EPO-speak for “we announce new measures and then offer you an opportunity to provide comments that we have no intention of taking into account”. Anyone who spent time preparing and submitting comments on Art 15a RPBA can bear witness to this. | Jul 07 00:50 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/PaoloFurani/status/1412531571442294786 | Jul 07 06:55 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@PaoloFurani: #Linux #foundation as a Farce The corporations that run the so-called ‘Linux’ Foundation have already decimated the… https://t.co/rwMD2RXKgX | Jul 07 06:55 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@PaoloFurani: #Linux #foundation as a Farce The corporations that run the so-called ‘Linux’ Foundation have already decimated the… https://t.co/rwMD2RXKgX | Jul 07 06:55 | |
| schestowitz | ""#Linux #foundation as a Farce The corporations that run the so-called ‘Linux’ Foundation have already decimated the domain http://Linux.com The Morally and Financially Corrupt Linux Foundation | Jul 07 06:55 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.linux.com | Linux.com - News For Open Source Professionals | Jul 07 06:55 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/PaoloFurani/status/1412528837754241031 | Jul 07 06:56 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@PaoloFurani: @tonroosendaal https://t.co/prLjHDKH2U | Jul 07 06:56 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | The Morally and Financially Corrupt Linux Foundation | Techrights | Jul 07 06:56 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/PaoloFurani/status/1412529806848278529 | Jul 07 06:56 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@PaoloFurani: @tonroosendaal https://t.co/a3vleaXD6L | Jul 07 06:56 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | Linux Foundation as a Farce | Techrights | Jul 07 06:56 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/manticlops/status/1412651360949002241 | Jul 07 06:58 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@manticlops: @schestowitz An unusual foray into bigotry. | Jul 07 06:58 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/AmbyR00/status/1412466902048313344 | Jul 07 06:59 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@AmbyR00: @schestowitz Hopefully. This is the first I hear of it, and I use Audacity fairly often. | Jul 07 06:59 | |
| schestowitz | x https://juliareda.eu/2021/07/github-copilot-is-not-infringing-your-copyright/ | Jul 07 07:22 |
| schestowitz | # m$ apologist | Jul 07 07:22 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-juliareda.eu | Julia Reda – GitHub Copilot is not infringing your copyright | Jul 07 07:22 | |
| schestowitz | x https://threatpost.com/linux-variant-ransomware-vmwares-nas/167511/ | Jul 07 07:23 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-threatpost.com | Linux Variant of REvil Ransomware Targets VMware’s ESXi, NAS Devices | Threatpost | Jul 07 07:23 | |
| schestowitz | x https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/blogs/linuxbased-malware-requires-linux/ | Jul 07 07:23 |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/russia-adopts-law-that-shakes-cognac.html?showComment=1625655015128#c5489199946154861572 | Jul 07 22:12 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Russia adopts law that shakes Cognac and Champagne importers - The IPKat | Jul 07 22:12 | |
| schestowitz | "Dear reader, thank you for your comment! Regarding the requirement for the transition period of 7 years, it is a separate provision, applicable to "cognac" in general (to any cognac sold in Russia, not only to what is defined as "Russian cognac" by the law). See Art. 4(3) of the amending law (here is the direct link to Art. 4: http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_389127/ad890e68b83c920baeae9bb9fdc9b94feb1af0ad/)" | Jul 07 22:12 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.consultant.ru | ???? 4 / ????????? | Jul 07 22:12 | |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/vico-oral-proceedings-on-legality-of.html?showComment=1625646082291#c8801631953561387953 | Jul 07 22:13 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | ViCo oral proceedings on the legality of ViCo oral proceedings - G1/21, The Sequel - The IPKat | Jul 07 22:13 | |
| schestowitz | "The founding fathers of the EPO are spluttering in their cocoa or turning in their graves. Sad days." | Jul 07 22:13 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/double-trouble-eba-finds-legal.html?showComment=1625666024859#c7549694668709799094 | Jul 07 22:15 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Double trouble: EBA finds legal justification for the prohibition of double patenting (G4/19) - The IPKat | Jul 07 22:15 | |
| schestowitz | " | Jul 07 22:15 |
| schestowitz | According to thw wording of A.125 "the European Patent Office shall take into account the principles of procedural law generally recognised in the Contracting States." | Jul 07 22:15 |
| schestowitz | Having decided that A.125 could be applied to cover double patenting, it reached the opinion that it "is unable to conclude that the prohibition on double patenting is a principle generally recognised in the Contracting States." | Jul 07 22:15 |
| schestowitz | That, in my view, should have been the end of the matter. Revisiting the Travaux cannot determine what the current position is in the contracting states, as required by A.125, it can only provide an historic perspective. The Travaux were not created by the current contracting states, only a sub-section of them. | Jul 07 22:15 |
| schestowitz | " | Jul 07 22:15 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/csolisr/status/1412767649298276361 | Jul 07 23:16 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@csolisr: @NoraDotCodes Ooh boy, @schestowitz will have a field trip with this one | Jul 07 23:16 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/AmbyR00/status/1412735192633155585 | Jul 07 23:19 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@AmbyR00: We probably should keep a keen eye on what is happening in China. https://t.co/imf8lWXEW8 | Jul 07 23:19 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: ● NEWS ● #NewYorkTimes #Politics ☞ For China’s Business Elites, Staying Out of Politics Is No Longer an Option https://t.co/bBTiQQODi9 | Jul 07 23:19 | |
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