Client information / February 2025
Decision “Servicemodul” by the Federal Court of Justice
In the recent decision of the Federal Court of Justice dated November 26, 2024 (Case No. X ZR 114/22, “Servicemodul”), decisive principles regarding…
New EU design law
On 1 May 2025, Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024, also designated as the European Union…
Client Information / August 2024
Claim interpretation by the EPO (Referral G 1/24)
In order to determine the scope of protection of a European patent or a European patent application, the wording of a patent claim must be interpreted…
Client information / August 2024
Necessity of a warning letter despite opposition
Trademark disputes often start in the course of collision monitoring when the owner of an earlier trademark first becomes aware of the application or…
Solutions for the use of YouTube videos as prior art in China
In China, it is particularly difficult to draw the attention of a patent examiner to a YouTube video as relevant prior art, as the YouTube platform is…
Client Information / May 2024
Risk from so-called 'patent trolls' in Germany?
A major advantage of the Unified Patent Court is that its decisions will have direct and uniform effect in up to 17 EU member states without the need…
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