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Victor Lopes Aguiar analyses whether there has been a growing trend in AI-related patent applications at the EPO or whether, we are still far from a particularly inventive technology boom.
Martin Hackler and Sebastian Ochs explore the ECJ ruling on the requirements for validity of a patent in preliminary injunction proceedings.
Stanislav Lechzier and Dr. Holger Gauss outline the dispute between a German show promoter and the world-famous singer Tina Turner related to the use of Turner’s name and the photo of look-alike on a promotion poster for a tribute show.
The new Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office (EPO) came into force as of March 1, 2022. Dr. Markus Grammel analyses the implications on requirements for description amendments before grant which were introduced in 2021.
Dr. Martin Ahr sheds light on the requirements for domestic representatives and explains how the Federal Patent Court and GPTO balance requirements with everyday practice.
Mark Peters and Stanislav Lechzier take a close look at the Sales of Goods Directive and the Digital Content Directive that will be implemented into German law effective January 01, 2022 and the resulting changes to the German Civil Code (BGB).
Dr. Sabine Koch highlights important amendments to the existing law that came into force with the Second Act of the Simplification and Modernisation of German Patent Law (“2. PatModG”).
In the third part of the series “Navigating the EPO’s“ problem-solution approach”, Dr. Markus Grammel explains the definition of the objective technical problem, which serves as a basis for how the notional skilled person analyses the prior art with regard to obviousness.
Dr. Holger Gauss and Saskia Mertsching take a look at the regulations on when and how Instagram influencers need to mark their posts and give an outlook to the amended UWG that will come into force in May 2022.
Emily Wilson gives a comprehensive overview of the study into the Music Streaming Market that will be launched by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
In part II of this series, Tommy Großkreutz and Dr. Markus Grammel shine a spotlight on the closest prior art (CPA) and how it is selected.
Mark Peters and Stanislav Lechzier summarize the requirements and important takeaways from court rulings now that the Trade Secret Act has been in force for almost 2 ½ years.