In July, the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) received increasing reports of forged payment requests. The payment requests were said to be associated with invoices relating to trademark matters. In an effort to deceive the recipient, the requests illegally bear the DPMA logo and contain a fake signature from an alleged DPMA official. Some…
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On June 10, 2021, the German Federal Cabinet approved the draft of a second law for the “simplification and modernization” of patent law. Among other things, the bill provides for an amendment to Section 139 of the Patent Act, which governs the right to injunctive relief by the patent proprietor in the event of patent…
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The Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has commented on this in its decision T 844/18 (Crispr/Cas) and continues its previous line: For an effective claim of priority of an earlier application (with several applicants) by only some of the applicants of this earlier application in the form of a subsequent application,…
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Carina Ehrig has given a talk on “From the idea to the property right – patent strategies for SMEs and scientists” at the Dresden Industry Talks on March 25, 2021. The Industry Talks are organized by the DPG’s Arbeitskreis Industrie und Wirtschaft (AIW) of the German Physical Society (DPG). The series of DPG Industry Talks events is…
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On April 26, 2019, the German Act on the Protection of Trade Secrets (GeschGehG) came into force. The law is based on the EU know-how Directive 2016/943 of 08.06.2016. The law strengthens the protection of trade secrets. A very important innovation, however, is that “appropriate secrecy measures” must be taken to ensure that know-how actually…
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We are pleased to announce that from 01.04.2020 patent attorney Dr. Carina Ehrig is a partner in our firm. Dr. Ehrig studied physics at TU Dresden and did her PhD in a research department at Siemens AG in Erlangen in cooperation with the Institute of Materials Science (i-MEET) of FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg. After obtaining her PhD…
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