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Lego may defend the design protection of a building block before the General Court
- February 1
- IP-NEWS
In the judgement of 24.01.2024, ref. T-537/22 of the European Court of Justice in the dispute over the design of a Lego building block, the validity of the Community design of a Lego building block was confirmed. The rival company Delta Sports had already tried uns...mehr
Müller Schupfner & Partner appoints Dr Stephan Kratz as partner
- January 30
- FIRM-NEWS
Munich and Hamburg, 26 January 2024 - Müller Schupfner & Partner have appointed Dr Stephan Kratz as a partner with effect from 1 January 2024. Dr Kratz has been working for MSP at the Munich office since November 2016. In addition to his degree and Ph....mehr
New ECTA Patent Committee: mission, vision, and destiny
- January 22
- IP-NEWS
The European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA) has established a Patent Committee, which is a surprising move since its traditional focus on trademarks. However, considering ECTA's evolution into various intellectual property (IP) fields over the years, including geographical indications, designs, copyright, and others, and the internationalization...mehr
A dynamic and exciting area of IP law: #patents.
- October 17
- IP-NEWS
We are pleased to announce that ECTA (European Communities Trademark Association), an association with a long history in various aspects of IPR, is embarking on this important issue of the intellectual property law. Today, ECTA's Board of Supervisors officially gave the go-ahead for the establishment of a Patent Committe...mehr
International Convention on the Enforcement of Mediation Results
- December 16
- IP-NEWS
The Singapore Convention, formally the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, entered into force on September 12, 2020. It offers parties the opportunity to enforce international agreements reached through mediation to settle disputes across borders. Up to now, the parties involved were dependent on voluntary compliance w...mehr
Bundestag paves way for the Unified European Patent Court
- December 16
- IP-NEWS
On Thursday, November 26, 2020, the Bundestag approved the Federal Government's draft law on the Convention of February 19, 2013 on a Unified Patent Court. The Convention has now been ratified by 16 signatory states including France and the United Kingdom. Only ratification by the Federal Republic of Germany was still re...mehr
BGH: Interest in legal protection regarding dependent claims and further independent claims in a patent nullity action
- December 16
- IP-NEWS
Decision X ZR 96/18 "Data Packet Conversion” In the recently published decision in the patent nullity action "Data Package Conversion", announced on August 11, 2020, the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) discussed the question, whether a nullity action is admissible, if it is directed to an independen...mehr
New Chamber for Copyright Law at the Regional Court Munich I
- December 16
- IP-NEWS
On 1 October 2020, the 42nd Civil Chamber at the Regional Court Munich I commenced its work under the chairwomanship of Dr. Elke Schwager. With immediate effect, the newly established chamber will handle all disputes concerning Copyright Law for the first and second instance, Design Law including Community Design Law, Publishing Law and disputes concerning...mehr
German Bundesrat confirms Law to Strengthen Fair Competition
- December 16
- IP-NEWS
On 9 October 2020, the German Bundesrat approved the law to strengthen fair competition, which the Bundestag had already passed on 10 September 2020. The declared aim of the law is to prevent the abuse of cease and desist letters and preliminary injunctions and to protect in particular self-employed persons and small and medium-sized enterprises from the consequences of ma...mehr
BGH: Defense of a patent in the appeal instance in patent nullity proceedings with amended claims
- December 16
- IP-NEWS
Decision of 23 April 2020, X ZR 38/18 - Niederflurschienenfahrzeug In the lower instance at the Federal Patent Court, the patentee limited claim 1 by a an additional feature. However, the Federal Patent Court considered the added feature to be not sufficiently clear disclosed as belonging to the inventio...mehr
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