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…
Client Information / February 2024
Caution when advertising with sustainability
In recent years, more and more companies have been using various types of climate and environmental claims in advertising for their products.
Trends and tips regarding the UPC
After seven months of proceedings at the Unified Patent Court (UPC), we can already look back on more than 200 cases, with more than three quarters of…
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