Martin, Stefan --- "The Boards of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office: an alien within the landscape of European administrative law!" [2018] ELECD 918; in Geiger, Christophe; Nard, A. Craig; Seuba, Xavier (eds), "Intellectual Property and the Judiciary" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 337

Book Title: Intellectual Property and the Judiciary

Editor(s): Geiger, Christophe; Nard, A. Craig; Seuba, Xavier

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781788113076

Section: Chapter 13

Section Title: The Boards of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office: an alien within the landscape of European administrative law!

Author(s): Martin, Stefan

Number of pages: 13

Abstract/Description:

The Boards are an independent body within the European Union Intellectual Property Office entrusted with the adjudication of all appeals from all decisions of the examiners, the Opposition Division, the Cancellation Division or the department in charge of the Register. They provide a second independent review of a case and filter the number of cases reaching the General Court. This chapter investigates the legal nature of the Boards and revisits the issue of the standard of review of the decisions of the Boards.