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Procedural right to equality of arms and hearing respondents in preliminary injunction proceedings – German Federal Constitutional Court, decision dated June 3, 2020, case no. 1 BvR 1246/20

With its decision dated June 3, 2020, the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) confirms and…

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Trademarks
Reform of the German Trademark Act transposing Trademark Directive (EU) 2015/2436: Significant amendments and new possibilities

The Modernization Act came into effect in two steps:  The first part became effective on January 14,…

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Designs, Sports
Protectability of a design, the representations of which show different embodiments of a product – Federal Court of Justice, decisions of Dec. 20, 2018, docket nos. I ZB 25/18 – Sporthelm [sports helmet] and I ZB 26/18 – Sportbrille [sports glasses]

In two groundbreaking decisions that change the settled case law, the Federal Court of Justice…

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"Hard" Brexit? – What happens to EU trademarks and Community designs?

On March 29, 2019, the United Kingdom (UK) will leave the European Union (EU). If this should happen…

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Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU): Features not protectable by design law, if, from an objective point of view, they have been chosen solely on the basis of considerations of functionality (Judgment of March 8, 2018, Case C-395/16 – DOCERAM)

Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU): The appearance of a product is only solely dictated…

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German Federal Court of Justice: Right of prior use under design law based on preparatory acts pursuant to the German Design Act (DesignG) requires acts in Germany (judgment dated June 29, 2017, docket no. I ZR 9/16 – Bettgestell)

The German design manufacturer e15 Design und Distributions GmbH (e15) is the proprietor of German…

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European Court of Justice: No limitation of relevant prior art to certain product categories // Taking notice of relevant prior art by the informed user not required (judgment of Sept. 21, 2017, cases C 361/15 P and C 405/15 P – shower drainage channel)

The Dutch company Easy Sanitary Solutions (ESS) filed the registered Community design (RCD) No.…

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