Maiwald blog articles
Unitary Patent System: Provisional Application of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) starts
On January 18th, Austria has deposited its instrument of ratification on the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application as the thirteenth m...
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Patent: Suspension of Infringement Proceedings in the Case of (Future) Nullity Suit
Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, order of 22 September 2021, Case No. I-2 W 17/21 – Suspension standard ...
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Possible Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal on the Applicability of the “Joint Applicants Approach” (T 1513/17)
Whether a Euro-PCT application validly claims the priority of an ea...
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Interest in Legal Protection for a Nullity Action – Part 4
Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 11 August 2021, ref. no. X ZR 96/18 This series of articles deals with the most rece...
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German Act against Unfair Competition (Amended Version): Dispute about the Free Choice of Legal Venue (fliegender Gerichtsstand) – Continued
The Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt a.M. takes side with the Regional Courts of Frankfurt and Düsseldorf in the controversy about the abolition
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Partially Good – Unregistered Design for Partial Area of a Vehicle Bodywork
The ECJ has now ruled on the conditions under which a company can rely on the protection of a non-registered design only on a partial area of a product, if the product as a wh...
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