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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
Federal Supreme Court (BGH): Square packaging for Ritter Sport chocolate remains protected as a trademark
- December 16
- IP-NEWS
Decisions of 23 July 2020 - I ZB 42/19 and I ZB 43/19 The square shape of Ritter Sport chocolate remains protected under trademark law, since the shape is not determined by the nature of the goods themselves and therefore no grounds for cancellation apply....mehr
German Federal Constitutional Court declares UPC Agreement void
- December 16
- IP-NEWS
On 20 March 2020 the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has declared the German law ratifying the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPC Agreement) to be void. In 2017 a constitutional complaint against the German act of parliament approving the UPC Agreement has been filed which was based on the argument that...mehr
UK is leaving the EU
- December 15
- IP-NEWS
Important news on IP rights after Brexit The UK is leaving the EU on January 31, 2020. As a result, there will be no changes on patents, but for holders of EU and IR (designating the EU) trademark and design. However, these changes will not t...mehr
Federal Supreme Court confirmed trademark infringement by third-party linked Google advertisements
- December 15
- IP-NEWS
Decision of the Federal Supreme Court of July 25, 2019 – I ZR 29/18 The company ORTLIEB attacks advertisements appearing when entering the search terms „Ortlieb bicycle bag“, „Ortlieb luggage bag“ or „Ortlieb outlet“ in Google linking to an Amazon offer overview and forwarding to offers of competi...mehr
German design law: Federal Court of Justice overturns the “overlap theory”
- December 15
- IP-NEWS
When filing an individual German design application, up to 10 photographs or other graphic representations can be submitted that show the design to be protected. Up to now, the overlapping characteristics found in all of the depictions on file were used to judge a design’s eligibility for protection (see BGH decision from 2001-02-15, Az. I ZR 333/98 – Sitz-Lie...mehr
The new Protection of Trade Secrets has taken effect on April 26, 2019!
- December 15
- IP-NEWS
Until April 26, 2019, trade secrets were protected by the Unfair Competition Act, namely §§ 17 to 19 UWG. These provisions have now been repealed and integrated into the new law.The following provisions entered into force: • Introduction of a legal definition of trade secrets:Trade secret means information which it is sec...mehr
ECTA ®ETREAT Follow-up
- December 15
- IP-NEWS
Also this year's ECTA ®ETREAT Workshop on "Trade Marks: Case Law of the EUIPO Boards of Appeal and German Courts Trademark" was successfully organized by Müller Schupfner & Partner. It took place at the German Patent and Trademark Office on 06 March 2019. Despite Ash Wednesday and Bavarian carnival holidays, around 160 participants took par...mehr
Müller Schupfner & Partner organizes and moderates the ECTA MUNICH ®ETREAT
- December 15
- IP-NEWS
Workshop "Case Law of the EUIPO Boards of Appeal and German Courts" on March 06, 2018, 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the German Patent and Trademark Office Forum in Munich...mehr
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