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HOFFMANN EITLE is pleased to announce that our firm has been favourably reviewed in the 2019 Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars Firm Rankings. Our firm has maintained its tier 1 ranking...

Who bears the burden to show that an objective technical problem has been credibly solved? S. Kutik (IT), J. Renken (DE), German and European Patent Attorneys Under the EPO’s problem solution...

We are proud to announce that nine of our colleagues have passed the European Qualifying Examination 2019. Congratulations go to (in alphabetical order) Andreas Beer (Mechanik, Munich) Rifat Camurdan (E-Technik, London)...

On 1 January 2020, a revised version of the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA) will enter into force. The new rules include several significant changes and introduce...

Angela Wenninger-Lenz and Felicitas Richter, both German attorneys at law and members of the Soft IP group at HOFFMANN EITLE, have compiled a summary of the latest amendments to the German...

Debra Lewis, UK and European Patent and Trademark Attorney, and Felicitas Richter, German attorney-at-law in the soft-IP group at HOFFMANN EITLE, have compiled a summary about the latest Brexit developments in...

Table of Contents PART A Substantive Requirements of European Patent Law Disclosure concepts and novelty Inventive Step Prior Art Sufficency of Disclosure Patentable Subject Matter I Patentable Subject Matter II PART...