The Federal Supreme Court has issued a new decision (BGH X ZR 29/15 ) on the subject of equivalent patent infringement.
Prosecution history and the doctrine of equivalence
Author: dreiss
Joint Communication from the Office of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the national offices on the common practice of design requirements
Within the framework of the convergence program of the EUIPO and the national offices for a common practice in a project concerning the requirements for graphic representations of designs, guidelines were developed and published in a Joint Communication of 15 April 2016.
Legal effects of the Brexit referendum
Are there any immediate legal effects on your existing intellectual property rights due to the United Kingdom’s (UK) decision to leave the European Union (EU)?(Read more…)
New draft on a bill concerning the adaption of German patent law provisions on the basis of the European patent reform
On May 25, 2016, the government has adopted the draft of a law on the Convention of 19 February 2013 concerning a Unified Patent Court submitted by the Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection. (Read more…)