On December 4, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued an important judgment in joint referral cases C-580/23 (Mio) and C-795/23 (USM Haller System) and clarified the rules...
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Data Act: New challenges for cloud providers – information obligations and mandatory contract clauses
With the Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854) ("DA"), the European Union is pursuing the goal of making the data economy fairer, more transparent, and more interoperable. The new regulations have...
CJEU Expands Possibilities for Sending Newsletters Without Consent
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued an important judgment in Case C-654/23 (Inteligo Media SA, 13 November 2025) extending the range of permissibility to send newsletters...
New article in the IAM Guide to Life Sciences: Key Issues for Senior Life Sciences Executives 2025
The 2025 edition of IAM’s Guide to Life Sciences: Key Issues for Senior Life Sciences Executives features a new article by our patent experts Dr. Markus Grammel (patent attorney and partner),...
New interview with Gero Maatz-Jansen
Partner Gero Maatz-Jansen was once again invited by Potomac Law Group partners Reza Mollaaghababa and Joseph Murphy to share his perspective on key aspects of European patent law. In this episode,...
Key Provisions of the EU AI Act Taking Effect on 2 August 2025
The landscape of AI regulation in Europe evolves. Several foundational rules—such as the ban on certain prohibited AI practices (Article 5) and the promotion of AI literacy (Article 4) - have been...
Auxiliary Requests in Appeal Proceedings: No Preclusion According to the BGH
Our partner Dr. Markus Grammel analyzes for GRUR Patent (published by C.H. Beck Verlag) the recent decision “Planungseinrichtung” (X ZR 92/22) by the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which...
Fundamental structure and experience with the new European unitary patent system
In the current issue of pharmind (87, No. 4/2025; in German), Dr. Julia Traumann and Dr. Markus Grammel provide an in-depth analysis of the fundamental structure and early practical experience with...
CJEU and UPC Expand Jurisdictional Reach – What it Means for Patent Litigation in Europe
The recent judgments by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in BSH Hausgeräte GmbH v. Electrolux AB (C-339/22) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in FUJIFILM Corporation v. Kodak GmbH...
SPC Manufacturing Waiver – An Overview
Dr. Julia Traumann HOT TOPIC: Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPC) Manufacturing Waiver pursuant to Article 5(2) b) of the Amended Regulation (EC) No. 469/2009 concerning the Supplementary...
AI Regulations: prohibited practices and new regulations since February 2025
Chapters I and II of the AI Regulation came into force on February 2nd, 2025. In addition to Article 4, which obliges providers and operators of AI systems to ensure AI expertise, Article 5 of the...
New article in the IAM Guide to Life Sciences edition
In the latest issue of the IAM Guides to Life Sciences: Key issues for senior life sciences executive 2024, an article by our patent specialists Dr. Markus Grammel (patent attorney and partner),...