Dear all
we received a letter from Carlsberg. They want their (second) patent EP2384110 to be revoked (see attachment). They also want the public hearing in June to be cancelled.
I can not find similar communication on the third patent EP2575433 - so it is not yet clear whether this is the end of the Carlsberg saga.
The process is not so easy: I think they can not simply ask for immidiate revocation. The Board of Appeal might proceed without Carlsberg participating. So it is too early to conclude whether the hearing will take place.
But anyway, this is some success, it also might be that the other brewing companies put pressure on Carlsberg.
so let us prepare for some media release while also informing the breweries.
maybe just keep this internal for a moment, so we can prepare the next steps after some more consideration.
Cheers
Christoph