standard ip - 29 september 2010, page-5

marcmarcoz, I think you are right,

"(iii) The interests of the parties

14. It is readily apparent that the parties have legitimate interests that lie in opposing directions."



Aotea, not sure exactly, hopefully someone who is up to speed on Patents, may be able to enlighten us all.
I am curious about this section,

"The objection

The applicant?s objection can be summarised as:

The opponent deliberately forewent the opportunity to provide detailed evidence, indicating it is not a serious opposition;
The opponent is merely belatedly trying to overcome deficiencies in its case;
Mr Gasparini is not a person skilled in the art, as he is a person who is inventive;
Mr Gasparini is not independent;
There is no explanation of why the documents were not found earlier; and
The documents are not relevant, as there is no evidence they meet the requirements of section 7(3)."


and yet they were allowed an extension?