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The new law is aimed to better align the bifurcated German infringement and nullity proceedings which are dealt with by two different courts, i.e. a state court and the Federal patent Court, respectively. The purpose of the amendment is to accelerate the nullity proceedings in order to close the so-called injunction gap that often resulted from the...

At the start of January 2021 the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) will automatically “clone” all granted EUTMs, designations of EUTMs under the International registration system, Registered Community Designs and Hague designs designating the EUIPO, on to the UK register allowing the protection to continue in the UK.

A benchmark of leading European patent law firms shows that Richardt outperforms other firms in the growing field of International Patent Classification (IPC) class GO6F that covers computer implemented inventions and software.

The EPO has released an update of their guidelines in particular as they relate to software implemented, mathematical and AI inventions. Please find below my respective summary, critique and practical advice. In essence, I do believe that the guidelines are inconsistent as regards the protection of AI inventions as such inventions are not “math per se” - a...

Applicants for trademarks and designs are faced with the choice of either applying for a national German IP right at low cost or for a Europe-wide IP right at higher costs. In addition to costs, however, the enforceability of intellectual property rights must also be considered, as two recent rulings by the European Court of Justice and the Federal Supreme...

In the electronic age many technological developments deal with the special way information is presented to a user. Examples are user interfaces of cars, telephones, medical apparatuses etc. Generally presentation of information  in the sense of Art. 52(2)(d) EPC is excluded from patentability. However, this does not necessarily mean that user interfaces are...

如果为欧洲 (EP) 或国际 (PCT) 申请，优先权的转移在适当情况下是必要的，优先权申请的申请人与后一申请的申请人不同的。根据欧洲专利律师 (EPO) 的判例法，如果通知社区在几个申请人的情况下发生变化，着甚至有可能是必须要做的。

关于适用于转让协议效力的法律以及由此产生的实质性和正式效力要求，欧洲专利局和国家法院，特别是联邦最高法院 (BGH) 作出了不同的决定。因此，在实践中，对转让协议进行进行设计，使其不论在任何情况下，不论相关司法管辖区有何特点，都能具有效力，是非常明智的。但是，应特别注意：

(a) 签字权限：转让协议的签字人是否具有必要的委托书，如有疑问他们是否可以证明？

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