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26 April 2023

To mark World IP Day and its theme of "Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity," our Global head of IPMT, Miriam Gundt shares why diversity in IP is essential to advancement...

Insights and Analysis

25 April 2023

To mark World IP Day and its theme of "Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity," our Global head of IPMT, Miriam Gundt shares why diversity in IP is essential to...

Insights and Analysis

26 July 2022

Until recently, the “SPC Manufacturing Waiver” law did not have a major impact in practice as its application was initially limited to SPCs that are applied for on or after 1...

News

19 May 2020

The Federal Court of Justice revoked the decision of the Dusseldorf appeals court which originally had allowed Haier's FRAND defence. The written grounds of the decision have not been...

Insights and Analysis

21 April 2020

Our fourth annual Global Intellectual Property Outlook reflects on some of the biggest developments from 2019, and provides valuable insights on upcoming changes in 2020. From key decisions ...

News

03 April 2020

As the spread of COVID-19 accelerates across the globe, everyone wants to find a way to tackle the pandemic, from Governments asking manufacturers to urgently make vital equipment to...

News

20 March 2020

On Friday, 20 March 2020, the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) published its decision on the Constitutional Complaint filed against the national German Act of Approval to the ...

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20 March 2020

Today, on 20 March 2020, the Federal Constitutional Court in its decision on the Unified Patent Court ruled on the constitutional complaint against the law approving the agreement of 19...

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28 February 2020

In the patent grant proceedings for two European Patent Applications, the EPO has ruled that an AI machine cannot be named as an inventor in a Patent Application. Doing so does not comply...