instances of the EPO have significant effects on the patentability of inventions under European patent law. All of them concerned the validity of patents to be assessed in opposition proceedings...

examination or opposition proceedings before the EPO. 1. Facts of the case The referring decision T 439/22 concerns an appeal against the rejection of an opposition to a patent. Claim 1 of said...

small, medium-sized and large producers of trademarked goods from various European countries in proceedings before the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union. He also...

87(1) EPC in favor of the EPO’s competence and the autonomous law of the EPC. The EBoA moreover circumvented the disputed concept of the “PCT joint applicants approach” in favor of the even more...

Karlsruhe. With its decision of May 8, 2012, the Supreme Court confirmed the decision of the first instance and dismissed the appeal of Procter & Gamble. The reported case is one of the first...

Press release of November 20, 2014 On October 30, 2014 the Federal Patent Court (FPC) issued a decision to revoke the German part of the European patent EP 1 571 938 of Nike International Ltd....

national courts of the member states - if a decision of the EEUPC were to be in breach of European Union law, it could not be the subject of European infringement proceedings nor could it give...

chairman of a Technical Board of Appeal and Member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal, EPO, Munich; Senior Consultant, BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, Munich. Rudolf Teschemacher , Dr. iur., formerly chairman ...

payment of considerable sums by the manufacturer of originator medicines to the manufacturers of generic medicines for a delay of the latters’ market entry. The perception of the manufacturers o...

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-suit by...

Court for the District of Delaware. The German success of 10x Genomics is of particular interest since Nanostring Technologies Inc. tried to prevent the pronouncement and enforcement of the...

to create a community patent, i.e. a patent of the Union which is self-contained in respect of grant and validity, have been made since the late fifties of the last century and turned out to be...

matters of IP, specializing in patent, trademark, design and copyright law. He brings a wide perspective, contacts and experience from former steps in his career such as at the Milan branch of...

experts will provide you with insights on selected aspects of German and European IP law with a focus on practical and strategic guidance. At the end of each seminar, there will be a Q & A...

with a plurality of sensors, allowing for the production of paper pads of various lengths. The Patent particularly protected automatic on-demand production of a paper pad upon removal of the...

compensation of a co-authorized person was also said to be excluded. c) Beginning of the statutory period of limitations It is a prerequisite of the beginning of the standard statutory period of...

aware of in the course of your work for or cooperation with BARDEHLE PAGENBERG: Violations of criminal law Violations punishable by fines, namely those that affect the life, health, or rights of...

even known on the day of the application of the patent-in-suit. The broad interpretation of the patent-in-suit by the Mannheim and Dusseldorf District Courts was felt by many of the defendants...