filing of the basic patent and the grant of the marketing authorization. Moreover, he proposed that the extension of the patent term should start running from the expiration of the patent,...

nat., Dipl.-Chem. Patent attorney, European Patent Attorney, European Trademark and Design Attorney, UPC Representative, Counsel, Hamburg office Dr. Sabine Kossak specializes in patent...

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...

Unitary Patents; the national courts retain concurrent jurisdiction for European bundle patents. The renewal fees for the Unitary Patent were calculated by the Select Committee of the European P...

opposition to a patent. Claim 1 of said patent includes the term 'gathered sheet', the interpretation of which was disputed by the parties, and the novelty of the claim hinged on its meaning....

injunctive relief under Sec. 139 German Patent Act (PatG), on the qualified notification under Sec. 83 German Patent Act and on the protection of trade secrets during patent litigation. 1. Claim...

examination and refers to national commentary literature on patent law for supporting its view. However, at least in this respect, patent law, which is still purely national, cannot be compared...

deeper knowledge of the European patent system and increased acceptance of decisions among international applicants — and thus ultimately also to improved quality of new patent applications. b....

including the patents-in-suit, is offered via a patent pool issued by Via Licensing Corporation. There is a standard license agreement on the licensing of the patent pool, determining the...

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...

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...