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06-May-09 -
Federal Court of Justice: “Compulsory License Objection” Is In Principle Admissible in Patent Infringement Suits
Press release no. 95/2009 issued by the Federal Court of Justice regarding compulsory license objections
10-Feb-09 -
German Federal Court of Justice restores Lilly's Olanzapine Patent
The German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) has issued the long awaited reasoning of its landmark decision "Olanzapin" (X ZR 89/07) restoring Eli Lilly's European Patent EP-B-0 454 436. The patent had been revoked by the first instance court (Federal Patent Court) for want of novelty, but now is fully in force again. The Federal Court of Justice took the opportunity to clarify its existing case law on novelty, bringing it in closer harmony with the Case Law of the European Patent Office. The earlier Federal Court of Justice decision “Fluoran” which had given rise to a lot of misunderstandings and criticism was re-interpreted more narrowly and partly reversed (see below, lit. c).
28-Oct-08 -
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to join the European Patent Organisation
On October 28, 2008 the Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MK) deposited its instrument of accession to the European Patent Convention (EPC).
23-Oct-08 -
Software patents at the European Patent Office (EPO): referral from the President of the EPO to the Enlarged Board of Appeal
The President of the EPO, Mrs. Alison Brimelow, has referred a number of questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal regarding the patentability of programs for computers under the European Patent Convention (EPC).
01-Sep-08 -
Implementation in Germany of the “Enforcement Directive” of 29 April 2004
On 1 September 2008, the "Act on Improving Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights" entered into force in Germany, thus implementing the European Directive 2004/48/EC ("Enforcement Directive").
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