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In 2024, the possibility of patenting software-based inventions will continue to be a key issue for many companies. In view of the rapid pace of technological progress, many companies are...
How can artificial intelligence (AI) itself and its use be protected? If artificial intelligence (AI) itself generates inventions, can they be protected at all? Dynamics in development Artificial intelligence (AI)...
The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court recently ruled that a declaration to cease and desist pre-formulated by a law firm can be classified as a general terms and conditions (judgment of...
The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have jointly prepared a study entitled“Linking patents, trademarks and startup financing“. The aim was to gain an insight...
The loss of sales and the liability risk that plagiarism and trademark infringements on the Internet entail impressed many of the participants in our webinar “Combating plagiarism and trademark infringements...
Counterfeits and trademark infringements damage your company: Instead of a counterfeit, the buyer would have purchased the original. We will explain protection and defense options to you. You can also...
On this occasion, we would like to draw your attention to a warning issued by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) on June 26, 2023, in which a...
After decades of development, the “sunrise period” of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) started on March 1, 2023, followed by the entry into force of the UPCA on June...
In practice, contractual penalties are a common means of sanctioning breaches of cease-and-desist declarations. The declaration to cease and desist is “subject to penalty” precisely because a contractual penalty is...