tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352189175211648260.post6815384126551443660..comments2023-10-24T14:45:41.342+02:00Comments on K’s Law: T 1050/09 – You Can’t Relyorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992102028406713066noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352189175211648260.post-35497490606462721902011-06-16T13:18:14.503+02:002011-06-16T13:18:14.503+02:00I agree. The legal basis for deeming a request for...I agree. The legal basis for deeming a request for OPs to be conditional is ... tenuous.oliverhttp://k-slaw.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352189175211648260.post-33454548685789198932011-06-16T11:29:21.157+02:002011-06-16T11:29:21.157+02:00I have serious doubts that A. 116 allows the EPO t...I have serious doubts that A. 116 allows the EPO to disregard an unconditional request for oral proceedings. This article regulates a procedural aspect of the proceedings and does not seem to allow any "reasonableness" test on the request. The wording is extremely clear "Oral proceedings shall take place ... at the request of any party to the proceedings".<br /><br />I find the approach of the Guidelines more than appropriate, to ask the party whether it really wants oral proceedings to take place.pat-agoni-ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383461539323071512noreply@blogger.com