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Order of the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court concerning the effective service of an application
- November 1
- IP-NEWS
In the order of October 13, 2023, the Court of Appeal ruled that a statement of claim may be validly served even if annexes mentioned in the statement of claim are not attached, provided that the statement of claim enables the defendant to assert its rights in court proceedings before the UPC even without the annexes. In this case, however, a request by the defendant for a...mehr
Enlarged Board of Appeal sets new EPO priority rules
- November 1
- IP-NEWS
The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a landmark decision in cases G 1/22 and G 2/22: First, the Enlarged Board of Appeal ruled that the EPO is competent to assess whether a party is entitled to priority. It may therefore be assumed that the EPO will continue to examine the validity...mehr
INTA Leadership Meeting 2023 in Houston
- September 11
- MEET US Uncategorized
The INTA Leadership Meeting will be held from 14 - 17 November 2023 in Houston. The following participants will attend for Müller Schupfner & Partner: Attorney at Law Mascha Heidelberg mascha.heidelberg@mspartner.de...mehr
Landmark decision on platform liability in design law
- September 7
- IP-NEWS
In its decision of August 22, 2023 (14c O 67/23), the LG Düsseldorf ruled that Amazon is liable for an infringement of a Community design offered by third parties on its marketplace. In this regard, the LG Düsseldorf states that a claim against Amazon under the Community Design Regulation (Art. 19 (1) CDR) is justified...mehr
Board of directors and managing directors not personally liable for a company’s antitrust fines
- August 1
- IP-NEWS
In its ruling of July 27, 2023 (VI-6 U 1/22), the 6th Cartel Senate of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (OLG) confirmed that neither the board of directors of a company nor the management must assume personal liability for antitrust fines. According to antitrust regulations, different fine standards are provided for...mehr
INTA Annual Meeting 2022, Washington DC
- March 9
- MEET US
30 April until 04 May 2022 Participants:Patent Attorney Peter Müller, München, peter.mueller@mspartner.deAttorney at Law Mascha Heidelberg, Hamburg, mascha.heidelberg@mspartner.de...mehr
Current Case Law on sufficient disclosure of inventions
- October 18
- IP-NEWS
Judgment of 24.06.2020, [2020] UKSC 27, Supreme Court United Kingdom. A claimed product is sufficiently disclosed if at least one way of carrying out the invention is clearly indicated by the disclosure of the patent enabling the person skilled in the art to prepare substantially the full range of products covered by the...mehr