With its new decision FRAND-Einwand II, the German Federal Court of Justice did not only confirm its…
This IP Report takes a look at the application of amended Art. 13(1) and (2) RPBA 2020 in these…
In proceedings before the IP Office of the United Kingdom (UKIPO), representation by a lawyer or…
May oral proceedings before courts be held as pure video conferences, even in times outside of a…
According to a judgment by the Higher Regional Court of Duesseldorf dated August 13, 2020, a…
Starting with a summary of the provisions in the Withdrawal Agreement, we will present a more…
European patents on plants, plant material or animals exclusively obtained by means of an…
The history of the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court project has been full of surprises…
By its recently published judgment dated May 5, 2020, docket no. KZR 36/17, the German Federal Court…
With its decision dated June 3, 2020, the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) confirms and…
The Modernization Act came into effect in two steps: The first part became effective on January 14,…
The Act has been declared null and void because it had not been approved by the two-thirds majority…
The decision relates to the specification of various criteria regarding the enforcement of…
The decision has many facets and includes important statements regarding the general question of the…
What will become of the European Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court after the United…
The Higher Regional Court of Munich upheld the first-instance judgment in so far as it found a claim…
With the notice on handling the defense of compulsory license under antitrust law according to…
On January 14, 2020, the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection published a bill…
