the legal and factual framework of opposition proceedings established by the notice of opposition 8 , it also deprives the proprietor of a fair chance to have his patent maintained in an...

national patents is in column DE/FR/UK from the outset. For a patent granted in the course of year 4, the renewal fees for the application and the patent sum up over the 20 years’ full term of...

with more design patent. However, as comparatively very few Chinese design patents are granted to foreigners, this would not be easy until foreigners catch up with their Chinese design patent...

unsatisfactory as it takes away the patent proprietor’s full flexibility when handling their patent and/or patent application; however, practical considerations might force patent proprietors to...

Bringing the UPCA into force does not (yet) render obsolete national patent infringement proceedings based on European patents without unitary effect. In its judgment dated February 14, 2024...

for standard essential patents shall be established. It shall include any standard for which FRAND commitments have been declared (Art. 21) and patent owners shall register any patent they...

international clients in patent infringement and parallel validity proceedings, in particular advising patent pools and proprietors of standard essential patents in complex patent infringement...

satisfied with the mention of the patent-in-suit and the patent claim asserted, making reference to the relevant section of the LTE standard which implements the teaching of the patent-in-suit....

d companies (Penta Shoes S.L. and Calzados D’Simons S.L.) before the Regional Court of Cologne (Germany), arguing that the challenged sandals infringe its copyrights on its basic sandal models...

juridiques et rédaction de compte-rendus, participation à la rédaction d’actes (consultations, oppositions, écritures judiciaires), lien avec les juridictions et l’Administration ainsi qu’avec...

interpretation of a patent claim in distinction from the state of the art cited by the patent description. Accordingly, when interpreting a patent claim, it must be taken into account that a pat...

Supprimer la sélection Kathrin Aftahy Patent Engineer Bureau Munich +49 89 928 05-0 kathrin.aftahy(at)bardehle.de Dr. Georg Anetsberger German and European Patent Attorney Bureau Munich +49 89...

applying their national acquiescence rules to conflicts between registered trademarks, although the opposite position is also well established. For example, the German Trademark Law provides in...

problem and is thus eligible for patent protection. The referral decision’s criticism on this approach is unjustified, and does not have any legal basis in the European Patent Convention, which...

This appeal concerns the decision of the Opposition Division rejecting the opposition against European patent EP 2 626 911. Its claim 1 specifies a material that is suitable for encapsulating a...

complaint at an early stage. Thus, patent proprietors may now, for example, await the outcome of opposition or nullity proceedings brought against the infringed patent, or initially just bring...

of the patent-in-suit. Sanofi and Regeneron defended the validity of the patent-in-suit against Amgen’s counterclaim for revocation by arguing, inter alia , that the subject-matter of the patent...

fees. Consider the following situation: A European patent application containing more than one invention is based on a preceding international patent application (PCT application) which was only...