Maiwald blog articles
On the Draft of the New Supply Chain Law: More Protection of Human Rights but More Obligations for Companies
Published on 15 February 2021 following an agreement between the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Labour, it was adopted by the Federal Cabinet on 3 March 2021: the dra...
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Permissible Amendment of the Action During Appeal and Obligation to Bear Costs in the Event of Equivalent Patent Infringement Despite Winning the Case
As the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court has stated in a recent decision (decision of March 18, 2021 - 2 U 18/19) in accordance with its previous ruling practice, there are no...
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EPA: Videoconferencing at the EPO – Springboard Into a Digital Age
“The question of which communication channels people trust more in the case of inconsistent messages was investigated in a number of studies conducted by the Iranian-Ame...
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Generics: No Grounds for an Injunction if the Legal Situation Is Not Sufficiently Secure
In two parallel injunction proceedings (with different outcomes), the OLG Düsseldorf had the opportunity to again address the principles of its established case law on the as...
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FCJ: Distribution of Free Samples to Pharmacies
In the underlying case, the plaintiff, making refence to Section 47 (3) AMG (Medicinal Products Act) and Section 7 (1) HWG (Law on Advertising in the Health Care ...
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Transparency Regulation – Considerable Change in the EU Food Law
The new Transparency Regulation was published in the Official Journal on 6 September 2019. It entered into force 20 days after publication and becam...
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