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Colorful Car Wash Not a Trademark

The German Federal Patent Court decided that the fact that a car wash is depicted in color does not, as a rule, confer the necessary distinctive character on a corresponding f...

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Definiteness of the Application for an Injunction – Reference to a USB Stick is admissible in exceptional circumstances – muenchen.de

Higher Regional Court of Munich, final judgment of 30 September 2021 - Ref. 6 U 6754/20 Section 253 (2) o...

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EPO: New referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal – post-filed experimental evidence and plausibility; G 2/21

At last: the long-awaited referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal with respect to one of the most controversially discussed issues in EP patent matters in recent times, i.e. ...

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Review of the Vertragshandbuch Pharma and Life Sciences

The updated handbook provides a comprehensive collection of annotated sample contracts for all common regulatory areas related to a product's life cycle, from development to c...

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The Closed Season Is Over – Vertical Antitrust Violations Are Not Trivial Offences

It is a widespread misconception that only horizontal antitrustviolations (such as in truck, beer or sausage cartels), i.e. practices between competitors that violate antitrus...

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