12/08/09
Opposition/Intervention & Litigation: Parallel proceedings at the UK court and the EPO
One strategy for a party which anticipates being sued for infringement of a European patent is to launch opposition proceedings at the European Patent Office (within 9 months of grant). Any subsequent attempt by the patent proprietor to litigate under the patent can be met with a request for the court to stay proceedings until the European Patent Office has ruled on the opposition.
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