We are a dedicated specialist IP firm with experience of handling patent oppositions across various industry sectors and scientific fields. Our teams have the necessary skills and experience to effectively manage oppositions, and we are large enough to supplement both the time and resource required to achieve success.
In this episode, Appleyard Lees partners, patent attorneys, and experienced opposition specialists, Bobby Smithson and Jennifer Delaney, give their outlook on patent oppositions and appeals at the EPO in 2022. They discuss virtual hearings, how the latest Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal have been implemented, and recent case law, including the pending referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal: G2/21
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BSc, PhD, CChem, CSci, MRSC, CPA, EPA, MITMA
David is a UK and European Patent Attorney specialising in the fields of polymers, pharmaceuticals, catalysis, process technology, sealing technology and industrial biotechnology. David has a PhD in surface chemistry from UCL. He advises mu…
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MA (Hons), Mathematics; Masters, Computer Science, CPA, EPA
Julia has worked in the patent profession in the Cambridge area for over twenty-five years and in January 2017 she opened our Cambridge office. She oversees the patent portfolios for a wide variety of direct clients. Julia’s mathematics b…
