hearing of October 25, 2022, the Opposition Division followed the line of argument of the opposing party and revoked the patent in its entirety both in terms of the granted claims and in terms o...

prosecution as well as opposition proceedings before the European and German patent offices. She also acts for clients in patent litigation proceedings. Thanks to several years of...

assists clients in examination proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office. He also deals with opposition, appeal, and nullity proceedings as well as...

counsel and US attorneys. Format: Live stream The UPC’s approach towards the burden of production is currently in a state of evolution. This developing case law is likely to have a direct impact...

nt proceedings play out? Will the Federal Patent Court issue fully-fledged preliminary opinions within six months of service of the complaint, as foreseen by the new law? What will be the impact...

nt proceedings play out? Will the Federal Patent Court issue fully-fledged preliminary opinions within six months of service of the complaint, as foreseen by the new law? What will be the impact...

not seem to be allowable for lack of novelty, or at least lack of inventive step. On November 20, 2024, the oral hearing in the appeal proceedings took place. At the end of the oral hearing, the...

examination of original support to the detriment of an exhaustive examination of inventive step. This webinar discusses whether German patent nullity proceedings, initiated after expiry of the...

examination of original support to the detriment of an exhaustive examination of inventive step. This webinar discusses whether German patent nullity proceedings, initiated after expiry of the...

enforcement of such patents from the enforcement of patents in other technical fields. This is true not only to proceedings on the merits, but also regarding preliminary injunction proceedings....

member of our team of experts, the main areas of practice of Sarah Stratmann include drafting patent applications and assisting in grant procedures as well as opposition and patent nullity proce...

field of intellectual property, focusing particularly on patent litigation. As a member of a team of attorneys-at-law and patent attorneys, she also assists in opposition and nullity proceedings...

the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) rendered a decision regarding the requirements for the validity assessment of the patent-in-suit in preliminary injunction (“PI”) proceedings. Even though...

the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) rendered a decision regarding the requirements for the validity assessment of the patent-in-suit in preliminary injunction (“PI”) proceedings. Even though...

NanoString in September 2023, which was later lifted by the Court of Appeal, namely in February 2024, in view of validity concerns in the context of preliminary relief sought. This marks another...

was no longer necessary and the proceedings were terminated. The background of this case is that NanoString had already previously tried to obstruct/delay the grant of an injunction in parallel...

Lindner brings a wealth of experience in European patent law, particularly in the fields of life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and organic chemistry. His experience is based on many years of work...

flexible in tailoring the ideal IP protection in consideration of the risks and benefits of the respective systems. In the fourth part of our IP Experts LIVE series on the Unitary Patent and the...