revocation of the patent in opposition or national validity proceedings. Therefore, we propose establishing a method for quality control which regularly checks opposition and opposition appeal...

In the oral opposition appeal hearing dated January 11, 2021 (appeal no. T2619/18-3-2.01), the Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office decided to set aside the decision of the opposition...

extensive experience in the patent field, including EPO oppositions and appeals and drafting and prosecution of patent applications. He offers in-depth expertise in pharmaceutical patent issues,...

not only the general structure of patent litigation in Germany, but also provides you with practical insights into the benefits of litigating your patents in Germany. We will also provide an...

sufficient for assuming patent infringement in Germany if the infringer realizes only some of the claimed method steps within Germany and the other claimed method steps outside Germany. The...

not only the general structure of patent litigation in Germany, but also provides you with practical insights into the benefits of litigating your patents in Germany. We will also provide an...

product by its foreign customer to Germany if the supplier knows that the customer will offer and sell the product in Germany. Rather, liability for patent infringement in Germany may already be...

immediately affect the unitary patent system because the Boards of Appeal are integrated into this system as competent to finally decide on the revocation of unitary patents in opposition appeal...

legal validity of the patent-in-suit justifying the issuance of a preliminary injunction can generally only be assumed if the patent-in-suit has already survived first-instance opposition or...

Under the European Patent Convention and the German Patent Act, the validity of any granted European or German patent can be challenged. Due to the possibilities to file either an opposition or...

challenged the validity of EP 1 428 470 by an opposition at the European Patent Office (EPO). However, independent claim 1 as granted was maintained by the Opposition Division of the EPO by its...

EPO have significant effects on the patentability of inventions under European patent law. All of them concerned the validity of patents to be assessed in opposition proceedings. Applicants...

in Germany: Patent Contentious, Patent Prosecution, Trade Mark in France: Patent Contentious We are pleased, honored and humbled to be finally awarded by Managing Intellectual Property as "Germa...

German Federal Patent Court dismissed a nullity complaint filed by KCC Europe GmbH against the German part of European patent 1 412 307, owned by Rogers Germany GmbH. The attacked patent relates...

the UPC, Partner) Dr. Ludger Eckey (Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC, Partner) Stefan Wiethoff (Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, Representative...

don'ts when it comes to patent enforcement in Korea? And more importantly: How does the Korean patent system compare to the new European patent system and the current situation in Germany? We...

Seitz). Prof. Peter Chrocziel was the head of Freshfields’ patent litigation practice group in Germany. “We are very glad to welcome one of Germany’s most esteemed experts for IP and antitrust...

a supplier that sells patent-infringing products to a customer abroad who, in turn, delivers these products to Germany is jointly responsible for a patent infringement in Germany if they...