Upon a nullity action filed by the Vestel Germany GmbH, the Court declared the patent null and void with effect for the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany (decision of June 20, 2012 –...

at-Law, Partner), Peter K. Hess (Patent Attorney, Partner), Dr. Niels Malkomes (Patent Attorney), Nadine Heiartz (Attorney-at-Law) Dr. Sebastian Stier (European Patent Attorney, Counsel), Legal...

the field of intellectual property law since 2015. One focus of her work is on patent prosecution, opposition and opposition appeal proceedings, as well as the preparation of infringement and...

expertise in handling all patent grant procedures to the existing prosecution practice of BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, particularly with respect to patent drafting, prosecution, and opposition. His...

PAGENBERG Symposium discussed the pros and cons of the current legal protection for software in Germany. Does patent protection for software offer an incentive for innovation and a fair balance...

states equal those of a national patent. However, the notion of a unitary patent was not given up. After the Munich Diplomatic Conference of 1973, at which the European Patent Convention was...

in-situ detection of RNA molecules (the patent). 10x Genomics obtained an exclusive license to the patent from the patent owner President and Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard Corporation). On...

On October 2, 2014, patent infringement proceedings experts from Japan and Germany will meet at the German Patent and Trademark Office in Munich in order to discuss cutting-edge topics of...

validity of a patent. Register for this webinar now to stay up to date on these matters, to learn about the course EPO case law is taking, and how it affects the daily practice of patent...

complaint for patent infringement against Cisco in July 2004 at the Mannheim District Court, Germany’s second most frequently used forum for patent cases. The Mannheim District Court found the p...

unitary patent system. Possibly as early as 2016. Without doubt, this is a historic achievement and a great opportunity – for companies holding patents, for companies using patents, for patent...

conflict between the Germany company and the French company is continuing in other fora – cases are pending in Munich and Frankfurt before the civil courts, before the German Patent and...

holds a number of corresponding European and US patents amongst others. One of these patents, the German part of European Patent 0 776 760 B2 (“the Patent” below) protected an innovative design...

Unified Patent Court Litigation from the perspective of a German Patent Judge (Dr. Matthias Zigann, Presiding Judge, Munich Patent Litigation Chambers) Young practitioners in patent law are...

(German and European Patent Attorney, Partner) Anita Peter (Attorney-at-Law, Senior Associate) Dr. Anna Giedke (Attorney-at-Law, Senior Associate) Dr. Felix Grödl (German and European Patent...

aft mbB as one of the top corporate law firms in the category patent law in its special November/December issue with the title “Germany’s top lawyers”. In its special edition the news magazine...

Müller-Stoy (Attorney-at-Law, Partner), Peter K. Hess (Patent Attorney, Partner), Dr. Christian Haupt (Patent Attorney), Dr. Niels Malkomes (Patent Attorney), Dr. Thomas Gniadek...

the end of the nineties and since then distributed also in Germany. The original rear light was not protected by a design or patent in Germany. The Dusseldorf District Court and Dusseldorf...