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15 June 2021PatentsTerry Instone

A guide to ‘straw person’ oppositions

In European patent oppositions, the term ‘straw person’ is used to describe a person, natural or legal, who files an opposition against a patent on behalf of a third party, with the real opponent remaining anonymous throughout the proceedings.

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