considered the provision of only one enabling way of the claimed invention in the form of the threshold value of 100:0% not sufficient regarding the distribution of 50:50% to 100:0% of the steam...

step-by-step. The information provided by the stepwise execution of the software product represented a form of disclosure of a specific embodiment of this method. Moreover, any interested person...

However, the text of the regulation gives no indication of such an extension of the requirements. Hence, the invalidity applicant is still only required to prove that an act of disclosure has...

Europe GmbH filed a nullity complaint against the German part of the patent, alleging that the claimed method lacks (i) sufficient disclosure, (ii) novelty over three prior art documents, and...

manifest in that only 12 of the 26 claims of the foreign-language application were entirely translated. The legal fiction of the non-filed application – that is the denial of the filing date –...

Regional Court of Karlsruhe (“Higher Regional Court”) relates to the specification of various criteria regarding the enforcement of standard-essential patents laid down by the Court of Justice o...

Court, an average degree of distinctiveness of the claimed mark and, in light of identity of goods and high similarity of the 3-D signs at issue, an overall sufficient likelihood of confusion....

is one of the most rapidly developing fields of technology. The patentability of AI is a complex and evolving area of law. In particular, before the European Patent Office, there are a number of...

it about? Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the fastest advancing areas of technology. The legal issues surrounding the patentability of AI are varied, complex, and constantly evolving....

release of March 17, 2014 BARDEHLE PAGENBERG has been successful before the Board of Appeal of the Office for the Harmonisation of the Internal Market (OHIM) in Alicante, Spain, in upholding two...

light of the entire disclosure. Rather, they have regularly taken the position that the meaning of the claim needs to be clear from the wording of the claim alone. Does this mean that, as a...

protection afforded by this provision. II. Analysis of the three main arguments 1. Burden of proof Lidl argued that the burden of proving the applicability of the grace period exception lies...

opposition was based on the grounds of inadmissible extension, lack of novelty and lack of inventive step. Document D1 was cited to substantiate lack of novelty, and the opponent argued that the...

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...

III. The Decision of the German Federal Court of Justice The German Federal Court of Justice confirmed infringement of the patent-in-suit, but dismissed the Defendant’s defense of compulsory...

publication of a technical brochure, non-patent, or patent literature) state of the art within the meaning of Article 54(2) EPC, irrespective of whether the composition or internal structure of...

background of the spatial limitations of the chosen means of communication (Sec. 5a (3) UWG)—the provision of the necessary information by indicating a URL or a QR code is sufficient. 3. The...

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...