calculation of that security must take into account, inter alia, the number of the past acts of use of the patent in question, and the infringer must be able to render an account in respect of...

Presiding Judge’s proposal of withdrawing the request for a preliminary injunction, but will have to bear the costs of the proceedings nonetheless. The present litigation is one of a range of...

areas of the upper. The nullified patent was asserted by Nike International Ltd. against the “adizero primeknit“-shoe of adidas AG in preliminary injunction proceedings at the Regional Court of...

this group of companies which were also unlawfully using the trademark LAMBRETTA. In addition, the Court imposed a penalty in case of continuation of the infringement and ordered the publication...

Today, SIGG offers a wide collection of functional and fashionable bottles for every walk of life. The decision of the Hamburg Appeal Court, adopted in interim proceedings, is not subject to any...

Court declared the patent null and void with effect for the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany (decision of June 20, 2012 – 5 Ni 57/10 [EP]). Thomson Licensing is allowed to file...

Registrar of the Court of Justice, a decision is to be expected in accordance with the present usual duration of proceedings of approximately 18 months, i.e. probably in late autumn 2011. In the...

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due to the principles of party presentation applying to invalidity proceedings, it is not the EUIPO’s task as part of the assessment of novelty to combine different elements of an earlier...

lawsuit – which is part of a series of further proceedings brought by the Via Vadis group in the United States and Luxembourg –, Via Vadis alleged infringement of the German part of European...

the understanding of the feature of the labyrinth with its twofold change of direction that was of decisive importance. In its interpretation of the labyrinth feature, the Federal Court of...

strategies. BARDEHLE PAGENBERG is at the forefront of these developments, being involved in 119 of all pending cases (corresponding to a market share of more than 33%) – acting for plaintiffs...

prohibiting distribution of key rings of the type “LOXX b eye” of IDENTA Ausweissysteme GmbH. The Court had found these key rings to be an almost identical imitation of the model “Classic” of...

motivated talent joins the teams of candidates and paralegals. “We are extremely glad to further strengthen our mixed team of attorneys and patent attorneys, especially in the field of pharma,...

57 of the Withdrawal Agreement provides that the proprietors of such rights shall ipso iure become the holders of an enforceable intellectual property right in the United Kingdom, under the law ...

opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office. Pioneer limited the subject matter of EP 2 923 876 during the opposition proceedings by amending the main request. This amendment led to...

interpretation of a key claim feature. EP 805 concerns a specific mechanism for shifting video quality during streaming. The Court concluded that the accused services of AYLO do not make use of...

(Case C-34/10) – the Court of Justice of the European Union had to decide on a referral by the German Federal Supreme Court in a nullity appeal proceedings with respect to a patent of the stem...