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HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 12/21
Dear Colleagues and Friends, This issue of Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly begins with a review of some of the legal provisions of the EPO's Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA), two years a...
find out moreUpdate on the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPCA)
As you may have heard, there is now a strong likelihood that the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPCA) will enter into force very soon, maybe even by the middle of 2022. Therefore, it may no...
find out moreHOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 9/21
Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we begin with an article that revisits the recurring issue of the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court, whose ent...
find out moreBest Lawyers Ranking: best lawyers and law firms in Germany 2021
We are proud of our colleagues who have been ranked by Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers for 2021: Thorsten Bausch Mike Gruber Niels Hölder Peter Klusmann Wedig von der Osten-Sacken Leo Polz Joa...
find out moreHOFFMANN EITLE congratulates thirteen newly qualified European Patent Attorneys
We are proud to announce that thirteen of our colleagues have passed all four papers of the 2021 European Qualifying Examination (EQE). Congratulations go to: Felix Briza (Mechanics, Munic...
find out moreFinancial Times - HOFFMANN EITLE Europe’s top 10 patent law firm
Based on recommendations from clients and colleagues compiled by Financial Times research partner Statista, HOFFMANN EITLE has again been recognized by this independent survey as one of the leading...
find out moreIntroducing: HOFFMANN EITLE QUARTERLY
HOFFMANN EITLE QUARTERLY will be published – as the name suggests – four times a year and will cover new case law and legislation, recent legal developments and points of practice. This first issue...
find out moreAmicus Curiae Brief G1/21
The European Patent Office has been planning to make oral proceedings by videoconference (in the following: video proceedings) the "new normal" even after the end of the current pandemic. In regard...
find out moreUPC on standstill
The long-awaited implementation of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has come into a halt – again. After the Bundestag (the German parliament) and Bundesrat (the “upper house”) had consented to the Ag...
find out moreChanges in the designation of the inventor (Rule 19 EPC) at the European Patent Office
As of April 1st 2021, Rule 19 EPC, which regulates the designation of the inventor, will be changed. Most notably, paragraphs (3) and (4) will be deleted, which means that inventors will no longer...
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