License Agreements with German Companies
Publication | 07.06.2011
in: Legal Counseling on Intellectual Property License Agreements (Revised Edition), ed. Yamagami/Fujikawa (Tokyo 2011), p. 854-866 (in Japanese)
Author(s): Dr. Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine, Dr. Clemens Tobias Steins, LL.M.
This Japanese-Language compendium (Japanese Title: "Chizai License Keiyaku no Hōritsu Sōdan") addresses legal questions that often arise out of intellectual property license agreements. Dr. Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine and Dr. Clemens Tobias Steins, attorneys-at-law of HOFFMANN EITLE contributed one section addressing particular issues which Japanese companies may encounter when entering into a license agreement with a German company.
In particular, the below-listed issues are featured:
- Important points to consider when entering into a license agreement with a German company
- Procedures for obtaining a patent right/utility model right in Germany
- Trademark rights in Germany
- Court proceedings regarding the breach of a license agreement