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"License Agreements with German Companies", in: Legal Counseling on Intellectual Property License Agreements (Revised Edition), ed. Yamagami/Fujikawa (Tokyo 2011), p. 854-866 (in Japanese)

This Japanese-Language compendium (Japanese Title: "Chizai License Keiyaku no Hōritsu Sōdan") addresses legal questions that often arise out of intellectual property license agreements.

"Cloud Computing Inventions - Patentability and Infringement Under Current European/German Law" in Patents & Licensing, April 2011, Vol. 41, No. 2, 25-32

Dr. Thomas B. Koch and Dipl.-Ing. Benjamin Hansis of HOFFMANN EITLE's electrical engineering department discuss the impact of cloud computing on claim drafting and infringement.

Now available: 2nd edition of "Concise International and European Law"

Author: Dr. Anja Petersen-Padberg The second Edition of the "Concise International and European IP Law is now available. The book provides a commentary on the following international treaties and EC laws:...

"Lost in Translation? Not Anymore! The Federal Court of Justice of Germany Has Rendered A Decision on Incomplete Translations of European Patents" in the European Intellectual Property Review (eipr), March 2011, Vol. 33, No. 3, 191-193

Dr. Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine and Dr. Simon Klopschinski, members of HOFFMANN EITLE's legal department, review a judgment of the German Federal Court of Justice dated March 18, 2010, ruling that an incomplete...

"Problems and Current Solutions of The German Dual Track System in View of a Series of Recent Federal Supreme Court Decision ('Crimping Tool I-IV')" in Patents & Licensing, February 2011, Vol. 41, No. 1, 35-38

Dr. Thomas B. Koch and Dipl.-Ing. Benjamin Hansis of HOFFMANN EITLE's electrical engineering department report on and analyze a series of four recent decisions of the Federal Supreme Court ("Bundesgerichtshof", BGH)...

"Developments in German case law regarding 'Computer-implemented inventions' and some comparison with EPO practice", CIPA Journal, December 2010, 719-722

Over the past two years, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) issued a series of decisions consolidating the previous approach and clarifying some further points concerning inventions in the...

"Patent and Utility Model Laws" in "Compendium of Japanese Business Law", ed. Baum/Bälz (Cologne 2011), p. 837-963 (in German)

Five attorneys-at-law and one patent attorney of HOFFMANN EITLE comprehensively discuss on more than 100 pages the laws regarding patents and utility models in Japan.

"Standard Contract Terms" and "Consumer Protection" in "Compendium of Japanese Business Law", ed. Baum/Bälz (Cologne 2011), p. 521-532 & p. 567-603 (in German)

Dr. Marc Dernauer, LL.M., attorney-at-law at HOFFMANN EITLE, discusses the law of standard contract terms and consumer law in Japan.

"Patent Protection of DNA in Europe" in Patents & Licensing, December 2010, Vol. 40, No. 6, 28-33

Dr. Joachim Renken and Dr. Joseph Taormino of HOFFMANN EITLE' biotech department report on the decision C-428/08 ("Monsanto") of the European Court of Justice, clarifying the applicability of the Biotechnology Directive...

German Court Decisions in Patent Infringement Matters and Similar Cases in 2009, in: Chizai Kanri No. 12/2010, p. 1949-1970 (in Japanese)

Dr. Marc Dernauer und Dr. Clemens Tobias Steins, attorneys-at-law of HOFFMANN EITLE, report on important court decisions of the German Federal Court of Justice (the German Supreme Court in civil matters)...