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Publication
20.05.2009
Patent Protection of Software Simulators:
Practice at the European Patent Office and Open Questions Author(s): Michele Baccelli, Mitsuyoshi Hiratsuka Michele Baccelli, Patent Attorney and member of HOFFMANN EITLE's electrical engineering...
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Publication
01.09.2008
Germany: Troubled Waters for Pharma IP
Author(s): Dr. Thorsten Bausch Thorsten Bausch, European and German patent attorney, partner and member of HOFFMANN EITLE's chemistry group, has written an article on the apparent difficulty of ph...
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Publication
30.04.2008
HOFFMANN EITLE Newsletter 04/2008 - Rise of claims fees of the EPO
Author(s): Dr. Klemens Stratmann und Peter Wiedemann With its Newsletter 02/2008, HOFFMANN EITLE already provided general information on the fee increases scheduled by the EPO. With the present ne...
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Publication
31.03.2008
HOFFMANN EITLE Newsletter 03/2008
UK Patents Court holds that computer program claims are patentable Author(s): David Sproston On 25 January 2008, the UK Patents Court issued a decision in Astron Clinica and Others, which has cha...
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Publication
29.02.2008
HOFFMANN EITLE Newsletter 02/2008
Decisions CA/D 15/07 and 16/07 of the EPO Administrative Council Author(s): Roy Marsh und Alistair Russell EPO to discourage tall stories and wild claims – applicants should prepare now, if they w...
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