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Second medical use claims in the UPC system: prerequisites and mechanism of examination for infringement

First UPC landmark decision sets infringement and validity standards

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FRAND objection: Higher Regional Court of Munich, final judgment dated March 20, 2025

In this final judgment, the Higher Regional Court of Munich commented for the first time on the…

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IP Reports, Designs
Design Grace Period: European Court Provides Clarity on Scope and Application

The case concerned a registered Community design for an LED light bulb (RCD no. 003619881-0001).

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The „Neoperl” decision of the CJEU on the limits of the power of the General Court to alter prior decisions – C 93/23P, Neoperl AG

Application for registration of a tactile position mark – No obligation to examine absolute grounds…

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The End of Automatic Permanent Injunctions for Patent Infringement? Towards a Disproportionality Defense Before French Courts

A recent decision by the Paris Court of Appeal has challenged the approach of granting permanent…

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Cross-border long-arm jurisdiction of the courts of EU Member States for global patent infringement within centralized infringement proceedings

The CJEU strengthens cross border litigation options and clarifies a long-standing question on…

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The RCD is dead – Long live the EU design!

After a total of ten years of preparation and consultation, the European Union (“EU”) finally…

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Free assignment of intellectual property rights in France: be careful!

A recent decision by the Lyon Judicial Court has confirmed a case law with important practical…

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Recent decision by the EUIPO Board of Appeal: Sound marks representing the acceleration of a vehicle cannot be registered for vehicles

The EUIPO Board of Appeal has rejected Porsche AG’s application for a sound mark representing the…

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The "klimaneutral" decision of the German Federal Court of Justice dated June 27, 2024, and its impact on advertising with climate neutrality

This judgment is one of a series of decisions and the first supreme-court ruling on “climate-neutral…

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Filing of divisional patent applications after publication of the mention of the grant under the European Patent Convention

Decision J 01/24 of the Legal Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office dated April 16, 2024

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Olympic & Paralympic Games: Paris IP Court is Ready to Play

Mobilization of Paris Intellectual Property Judges during the Olympic & Paralympic Games

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UPCA not applicable in national infringement proceedings – Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe, judgment dated February 14, 2024, docket no.: 6 U 232/22

Bringing the UPCA into force does not (yet) render obsolete national patent infringement proceedings…

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Streitfälle werden immer komplexer

Der neue Unified Patent Court (UPC) erweist sich als echter Gamechanger, der auch für…

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G1/22 and G2/22: Happy Claimants of Priorities and disappointed Opponents

The recent decisions G1/22 and G22 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA) of the European Patent…

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Referral G 1/23 (T 438/19): clarification on how to construe G 1/92?

This appeal concerns the decision of the Opposition Division rejecting the opposition against…

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BARDEHLE PAGENBERG represents 10x Genomics in first UPC preliminary injunction hearing against NanoString

On September 5 and 6, the first preliminary injunction hearing before the Unified Patent Court,…

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