Dr. Stefan Schohe – Comments on the Opinion G 3/08 by the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT expert Dr. Stefan Schohe provided a contribution on current legal developments in the field of computer-implemented inventions in issue 06/2010 (p. 285) in the professional journal “Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte”. Dr. Schohe commented on the opinion G 3/08 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office, which discusses of the role of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office and the issue of patentability of computer-implemented inventions in a fundamental manner. The opinion was preceded by extensive proceedings, during the course of which about 100 amicus curiae briefs were filed.