“purchasing” the patent family (patent families) which the patent-in-suit is part of – allow for reliable conclusions regarding the revenues or profits to be expected specifically in Germany...

applying their national acquiescence rules to conflicts between registered trademarks, although the opposite position is also well established. For example, the German Trademark Law provides in...

for standard essential patents shall be established. It shall include any standard for which FRAND commitments have been declared (Art. 21) and patent owners shall register any patent they...

This appeal concerns the decision of the Opposition Division rejecting the opposition against European patent EP 2 626 911. Its claim 1 specifies a material that is suitable for encapsulating a...

registered trademark DI GIOIA, addressed a cease-and-desist letter to L’Oréal’s distributors in Germany, requesting to immediately stop distribution and destroy all ACQUA DI GIOIA perfume...

(German and European Patent Attorney, Partner) Simon Schopper (Attorney-at-Law) Dr. Jochen Baumann (German and European Patent Attorney) Christof Wolpert (in-house; Senior Director Patents I...

fees. Consider the following situation: A European patent application containing more than one invention is based on a preceding international patent application (PCT application) which was only...

assumption of inaccurate prior art described in the patent by mistake. This is because the Plaintiff as patent proprietor should know his own patent and its content in detail. Pursuant to the...

is producing and distributing fashionable headphones in over 90 countries worldwide, including Germany. Since 2012, Zound Industries struggles with several competitors (inter alia, Lidl)...

For a patent granted in the course of year 4, the renewal fees for the application and the patent sum up over the 20 years’ full term of the patent, as follows: D. Comments For a typical patent...

complaint at an early stage. Thus, patent proprietors may now, for example, await the outcome of opposition or nullity proceedings brought against the infringed patent, or initially just bring...

former German design law and published on July 25, 2001, claiming priority from a Japanese design patent application. Overall, this dispute is remarkable for three reasons: First , this case is...

national patents is in column DE/FR/UK from the outset. For a patent granted in the course of year 4, the renewal fees for the application and the patent sum up over the 20 years’ full term of...

with more design patent. However, as comparatively very few Chinese design patents are granted to foreigners, this would not be easy until foreigners catch up with their Chinese design patent...

satisfied with the mention of the patent-in-suit and the patent claim asserted, making reference to the relevant section of the LTE standard which implements the teaching of the patent-in-suit....

d companies (Penta Shoes S.L. and Calzados D’Simons S.L.) before the Regional Court of Cologne (Germany), arguing that the challenged sandals infringe its copyrights on its basic sandal models...

Appeal, The Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) have developed a well-balanced and consistent framework for the assessment of patentability for computer-implemented inventions...

including Germany. In October 2013, the German Patent Act ( PatG ) was amended to also exclude animals and plants exclusively produced by means of an essentially biological process from patentab...