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Germany deposited its instrument of ratification of the UPC Agreement

Today, the German government deposited its instrument of ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) with the European Council, which triggers the official entry into force of th...

First training for all UPC appointed judges

In January and early February, the Advanced preparatory training for all judges appointed to the Unified Patent Court, as well as an internal rules and practice training for staff from the differen...

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 Quarterly Newsletter 12/22

Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we continue with our series of articles addressing patenting computer-implemented inventions and artificial intelligence...

Start of the UPC Sunrise Period postponed to March 1, 2023

The start of the sunrise period, i.e. the three month period preceding the actual start of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), has been postponed by two months and is now scheduled for March 1, 2023. (...

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 Quarterly Newsletter 9/22

Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we continue with our series of articles addressing patenting computer-implemented inventions (CII) and artificial intell...

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...

MIP IP Stars Rankings 2022

HOFFMANN EITLE congratulates Anne Schön for being recognised as TOP 250 Women in IP by IP STARS (Managing IP). We are glad to have received further numerous awards by IP STARS: Thorsten Bausch, Ni...

HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 6/22

Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this year's second issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we begin a series of articles on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) at the EPO. The se...