Before the pandemic, nobody entertained the notion of doing oral proceedings by ViCo, even though the same technology being used now already existed.

From a common sense perspective, if you are going to try to persuade someone of something that they might not initially agree with, you would want to try to persuade them in person.

Why would this be different now?

European Patent Attorney Henrik Skødt looks back at a year with ViCo’s as a consequence of the lockdown of Europe in this article.