Maiwald blog articles
EPO: Double Patenting; G 4/19
On 22 June 2021, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued decision G 4/19 (Double patenting), in which it held that a European patent application can ...
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German Act Against Unfair Competition (Amended Version): Continuing Dispute About the Free Choice of Legal Venue (Fliegender Gerichtsstand)
The controversy surrounding the abolition of the free choice of legal venue by the Law to Strenthen Fair Competition of 2 December 2020 (see article...
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ECJ Takes Action Against the Bad Habit of the Repetition Trademark
With a judgment of April 21, 2021 (case number T-663/19), the ECJ has made a decisive contribution against the bad habit of the filing of repetition trademarks, with w...
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Despite Criticism: German Bundestag Votes for Introduction of Proportionality Test in Patent Law
In the night from 10 to 11 June 2021, the German Bundestag voted in the 2nd/3rd reading in favour of the Federal Government's bill on the simplifica...
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