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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...