China, patent infringement proceedings between WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH and Molex LLC et. al. relating to a Chinese patent (No. 201510695626.3) from the same patent family as that of the...

two European patents, namely EP 2 794 928 (classic bundle patent validated in Germany, France and the Netherlands) and EP 4 108 782 (Unitary Patent valid in all 17 UPCA member states): 10x...

office Having served as a judge at the European Patent Office for many years, Dr. Albert Lindner has extensive knowledge of EP patent prosecution, opposition, and appeal proceedings. After...

the epic and already historic patent litigation spanning the UPC, Germany, the EPO, and the US against Bruker (formerly NanoString) shortly after the EPO upheld a key patent-in-suit, namely EP 4...

European Patent Attorney, Vice Managing Partner) Dr. Michael Kobler (Attorney-at-Law) Dr. Hans Wegner (German and European Patent Attorney, Partner) Dr. Georg Anetsberger (German and European Pa...

design law topics in Germany and abroad. Nico Karius, Dr.-Ing., M.Sc. Hearing Technology and Audiology Patent attorney, European Patent Attorney, Hamburg office Dr. Nico Karius is a patent...

3 Added matter – tailwinds for patentees in opposition proceedings? The decision could help patentees in opposition proceedings defend against the ground for opposition of extension beyond the...

any time, even during the nine-month opposition period. Accordingly, within the opposition period, the validity of a bundle patent may be challenged by an opposition before the EPO and in...

matter of the patent claims in the published version of the patent application. The version of the patent claims that was granted later and, thus, the subject matter of the granted patent, was...

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...

the last decades, patent practitioners got the impression from their daily experience that the chances to enforce a patent were substantially weakened since the chances to get the patent...

creation of the unitary patent. However, this takes only account of the proceedings up to grant, not considering opposition proceedings, in which the EPO may revoke a unitary patent which is...

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...

aspects: General structure of patent litigation in Germany Pros & Cons of the venues in Germany Possible defences to raise as a defendant How to use foreign proceedings in Germany Are you...

aspects: General structure of patent litigation in Germany Pros & Cons of the venues in Germany Possible defences to raise as a defendant How to use foreign proceedings in Germany Are you...

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...

ground for opposition of a lack of the possibility of performing and repeating the invention had been asserted and the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office had revoked the patent-in...

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...