Twenty-four EU Member States have signed the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA).Initially, the UPCA will enter into force in the seventeen states that have ratified…
The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPC) are about to enter into force.The Unitary Patent is a "European patent with unitary effect" for all…
The German Federal Constitutional Court at Karlsruhe rejected two new applications for preliminary injunction against the European Unitary Patent by a decision of June 23, 2021. In…
In the past Corona pandemic year 2020, 13.5% more trademarks were registered at the German Patent and Trademark Office than in the previous year 2019. This many…
A joint study by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) reveals that companies with intellectual property rights have on average…
In order to differentiate a European patent application or a European patent from the prior art, it is often necessary to amend the main claim in its…
At the core of the decision 'Mädelsabend' is the demarcation from the decisions of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) on '#darferdas?' of June 21, 2018…
Since the two decisions “Broccoli-II” and “Tomatoes II” (G 2/12 and G2/13) of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) of March 2015…
In principle, patents may only be granted in the form in which they were applied for. Any change to the documents requires the written consent of the…
With a decision dated November 28, 2018, the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) sought to reject patent application DE 10 2018 001 184 entitled "Laser-assisted milling". However,…
Another pilot project started by the EPO concerns notification by email during examination proceedings in relation to scheduled oral proceedings. The pilot project started on September 1, 2020…
For some years now, oral proceedings before the examining division at the European Patent Office (EPO), in which a patent applicant negotiates alone with the Patent Office…
The three-dimensional "square" packaging shape of Rittersport chocolate, which is protected as a trade mark, remains protected according to the BGH (Federal Court of Justice) ruling of…
In a study on “Trends in trade with counterfeit and pirated goods” conducted by the European Union Intellectual Property Office and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…
Our „Update“ contains among others some news articles: Artificial intelligence as inventor -- The printed copy at the EPO -- The figurative trademark „BREXIT“ -- Rubik’s cube…
Currently, all deadlines set by the EPO have been extended until at least June 2, 2020 due to the current circumstances. Deadlines at the Office of the…
February 2020 1. Transition period The United Kingdom departed the EU on 31 January 2020. The withdrawal agreement now provides for a transition period until 31 December…
This case dealt with the question if the registration of the figurative mark “BREXiT” is allowable. The question was if Art. 7 I b and Art. 7…
At present, the “patent world” is dealing with decisions of receiving offices responsible for the formal examination of patent applications, which reject patent applications in which an…
In its judgment in Case T-601/17, the General Court of the European Union held that the Union trademark Rubik's Cube should not have been registered as a…