Introducing: HOFFMANN EITLE QUARTERLY

HOFFMANN EITLE QUARTERLY will be published – as the name suggests – four times a year and will cover new case law and legislation, recent legal developments and points of practice. This first issue...

US and European Patent Practice - A Comparison

We are pleased to announce the publication of a series of articles comparing US and European patent practice in the life sciences sector. The articles, which have been written in collaboration with...

Unwired Planet v Huawei - UK Supreme Court decision on FRAND Licensing for SEPs

UK Supreme Court decision on FRAND Licensing for SEPs The UK Supreme Court has handed down a landmark judgment in Unwired Planet v Huawei ([2020] UKSC 37) with significant repercussions in the fie...

How CJEU Santen is expected to shape landscape of patent extensions by SPCs

The Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU’s) recently rendered Judgment in Santen v INPI (C-673/18) is expected to shape the landscape of patent extensions by Supplementary Protection Cert...

COVID-19 Patent Issues: FAQ

At Hoffmann Eitle, we are currently receiving questions from clients about IP-related aspects arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. As reported in the press, many companies are working hard to make i...

Effects of Brexit on European Union trademarks and registered designs:

Update February 2020 What has happened so far? A brief overview The United Kingdom (UK) formally left the European Union (EU) (Brexit) on January 31, 2020 on the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement...

epi Information September 2019

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 app...

HOFFMANN EITLE congratulates newly qualified European Patent Attorneys

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 C...

Revised Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA) will enter into force on 1 January 2020

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 stricter standar...

Summary on the Latest Amendments to the German Trademark Act

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 Trademar...