EPO revokes KPN tech patent after citing UPC case to accelerate appeal
By Inbar Preiss ( January 30, 2025, 16:33 GMT | Insight) -- A patent held by Koninklijke KPN has been revoked by the European Patent Office after it rejected the Dutch telecom network provider’s requests for an extension in view of parallel proceedings at the Unified Patent Court. The revocation comes in response to Beijing Xiaomi Software’s appeal of an EPO decision to maintain KPN’s patent, followed by the intervention of a German subsidiary of China's OPPO Guangdong Mobile Telecommunications.A patent held by Koninklijke KPN has been revoked by the European Patent Office after it rejected the Dutch telecommunications network provider’s requests for an extension in view of parallel proceedings at the Unified Patent Court....
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