Our colleague Stephen Avery, partner at HOFFMANN EITLE (London office), has contributed a collection of memorable experiences which he gained in the past 30 years or so of practice at the...
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In the May 2010 issue of the magazine "Corporate Counsel", attorney-at-law Angela Wenninger of HOFFMANN EITLE's trademark department reports on the European Court of Justice's (ECJ's) recent decision on the use...
read moreThe first special issue of the "Journal of Japanese Law", edited by Dr. Harald Baum and Prof. Dr. Moritz Bälz presents the fundamentals of the Japanese law of patents and utility...
read moreAll attorneys-at-law or (prospective) patent attorneys of HOFFMANN EITLE, have contributed a comprehensive section on the Japanese law of patents and utility models in the newly published "Handbook on Japanese Commercial...
read morePeter Schweighart and Henrik Vocke, European and German patent attorneys and partners in HOFFMANN EITLE's mechanical engineering group, have written an article explaining the rules governing utility models in Germany.
read moreMichele Baccelli and Mitsuyoshi Hiratsuka co-authored a publication on patent protection of certain software inventions in the Journal of the Japanese Group of AIPPI (Vol. 54, No. 4, 2009, 178-190, in...
read moreThorsten Bausch, European and German patent attorney, partner and member of HOFFMANN EITLE's chemistry group, has written an article on the apparent difficulty of pharma patents to survive revocation proceedings before...
read moreWith its Newsletter 02/2008, HOFFMANN EITLE already provided general information on the fee increases scheduled by the EPO.
read moreOn 25 January 2008, the UK Patents Court issued a decision in Astron Clinica and Others, which has changed the way in which the UK Intellectual Property Office treats the allowability...
read moreEPO to discourage tall stories and wild claims – applicants should prepare now, if they want to enjoy a foolproof April 1st 2009
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