Maiwald blog articles
Illuminating Judgment – Protectability of Designs for Mirrors With Luminous Edge
In a judgment from June 2021, the OLG Frankfurt a.M. has given important guidance on the scope of protection of designs consisting of black and white line drawings (OLG Frankf...
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Clinical Trials Regulation Now Applicable – Careful, When It Comes to IP
The Clinical Trials Regulation entered into application on 31 Janu...
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The Unified Patent Court and the Unitary Patent
In 2022, a new court system and a new patent will begin The new Unified Patent Court wil...
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Why artificial intelligence should be a legal entity
The Legal Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office recently confirmed in the merged proceedings J 8/20 and J 9/20 that the inventor named in a patent application must be ...
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Medical devices: EU Decision on Further Harmonized Standards
Further harmonization of standards Commission ...
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EPC, UPCA: First impacts of the start of the UPCA provisional application period on EPO proceedings
In view of the forthcoming introduction of the Unitary Patent, the European Patent Office (EPO) has now declared that it will allow requesting a delayed grant and early reques...
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