It is no secret that the healthcare system in Germany is not sufficiently digitized. The German Federal Ministry of Health has therefore developed a strategy to digitize and simplify healthcare for the German population. At...more
The German patent system has repeatedly proven to provide reliable and effective means to enforce patent rights against infringers. There are three key reasons why the German patent system is so attractive for patentees when...more
The European Union (“EU”) and its Member States are struggling with the pace of their vaccination programs. This is partly due to shortages of vaccine availability. Germany, like the rest of the EU, is scrambling to obtain...more
3/2/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EU ,
Germany ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Liability ,
Ministry of Health ,
Patents ,
Supply Shortages ,
Third-Party ,
Vaccinations
On November 26, the Dusseldorf Regional Court handed down a long awaited decision in the so-called automotive patent wars (case ID 4c O 17/19). The court referred heatedly debated questions in connection with the enforcement...more
12/16/2020
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
European Commission ,
Federal Cartel Office (the FCO) ,
FRAND ,
German Federal Supreme Court ,
Germany ,
Huawei ,
International Litigation ,
Nokia ,
OEM ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
ZTE
On May 1, 2020 the last part of the German Trademark Law Modernization Act (Markenrechtsmodernisierungsgesetz – “MaMoG”), which contains practical relevant amendments to the procedural rules of the German trademark system,...more
With brexited UK announcing that it will not join Europe’s long-awaited Unified Patent Court (UPC), the establishment of an efficient pan-European patent litigation system faces ever-mounting challenges. Last Friday, the...more