Romuald Singer
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Romuald Singer was director of the international section of the Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), Strasbourg, and chairman of the Enlarged and the Legal Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office
(EPO). He also authored the first edition of a well-known commentary on the European Patent Convention
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Appeal procedure before the European Patent Office
Decisions of the first instances of the European Patent Office can be appealed, i.e. challenged, before the Boards of Appeal of the EPO, in a judicial procedure , as opposed to an administrative procedure. These boards act as the final instances in the granting and opposition procedures before the...
(EPO). He also authored the first edition of a well-known commentary on the European Patent Convention
European Patent Convention
The Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973, commonly known as the European Patent Convention , is a multilateral treaty instituting the European Patent Organisation and providing an autonomous legal system according to which European patents are granted...
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Further reading
- J.B. van Benthem, "The European Patent System and European Integration", Translation of a revised version of the Romuald Singer Memorial Lecture held at the Patent Forum 1992 in Munich. Consulted on April 22, 2011.
- "Romuald Singer Memorial Lecture: European patent system and European integration", IICInternational Review of Intellectual Property and Competition LawThe International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law , formerly International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law, is a review published by the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, based in Munich, Germany. There are eight issues per...
1993, pp. 435-445