The President of the BoA and the President of the EPO will submit a joint proposal to relocate the Boards of Appeal to the centre of Munich.

The Enlarged BoA issued the reasons for its decision of 16 July 2021, in which it ruled that oral proceedings can be held by videoconference.

Because of COVID-19, the BoA has revised some measures regulating the arrangement and conduct of oral proceedings.

New Case Law publication containing summaries of decisions in the language of the proceedings now published

New Article 15a of the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA) on oral proceedings by videoconference enters into force on 1 April 2021.

The canteen facilities on the premises of the Boards of Appeal in Haar have reopened as a takeaway-only service.

The Boards of Appeal recently introduced a new service on their webpage.

Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.08 issued the written decision in case T 844/18 confirming the revocation of a patent related to CRISPR gene editing. Th

The Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal were last revised in 2019 and the revised version (RPBA 2020) came into force on 1 January 2020. It is

The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued decision G 1/19 (Simulations) today.