HOFFMANN EITLE is attending the INTA Annual Meeting 2024

We are pleased to announce that HOFFMANN EITLE is attending this year's International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting on May 18-22, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. HOFFMANN EITLE will be rep...

EPO amends the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA)

Last year, HOFFMANN EITLE reported on our response to planned changes to the RPBA, which govern appeal proceedings before the Boards of Appeal. The EPO has now amended the RPBA, taking some of our...

HOFFMANN EITLE congratulates newly qualified German Patent Attorneys in 2023

We are happy to welcome four new German Patent Attorneys to our team, and therefore, congratulate Andreas Beer (Mechanical Engineering, Munich) Saskia-Berenice Gressel (Biotechnology, Munich)...

Abolition of the EPO's "10-Day Notification Rule"

The EPO's "10-day notification rule" will no longer apply to communications issued by the EPO on or after November 1, 2023. For example, if the EPO issues a communication of intension to grant (Ru...

Our response to the proposed new amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA)

The EPO has opened a User Consultation on the proposed new amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA). The amendments seek to support more ambitious timeliness objectives,...

Brazil joins the Hague System for International Design Protection

As of August 1, 2023, Brazil has officially become a member of the Hague Agreement on the international registration of industrial designs, making it the second Latin American country - after Mexic...

HOFFMANN EITLE congratulates newly qualified European Patent Attorneys

We are very proud to announce the HOFFMANN EITLE colleagues who have passed the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) this year. Congratulations go to: Saskia Gressel (Biotechnology, Munich) T...

HOFFMANN EITLE welcomes new partner to the London office

We are pleased to announce that David Miller has joined the firm as a partner in the biotechnology team, based in the London office. David brings over 15 years of practice in the field of patent l...

Hoffmann Eitle Launches Firmwide “Fit-For-the-Future” Initiative to Transform IP Service Delivery in Partnership with IP Technology Specialist MaxVal

Los Altos, California, October 4, 2022: Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB (“Hoffmann Eitle”), one of Europe’s leading IP law firms, today announced that it has selected Symphony, fro...

HOFFMANN EITLE congratulates newly qualified European Patent Attorneys

We are very proud to announce the HOFFMANN EITLE colleagues who have passed all four papers of this year’s European Qualifying Examination (EQE). Congratulations go to: Arianna Bartolini (Chemi...