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...

When Are Products “Available to the Public” in the Sense of Art. 54(2) EPC?

There is a new and very interesting referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the EPO (T438/19). The referral questions relate to the scenario that the prior art of interest is a product on...

Decision G 2/21 is out!

The Enlarged Board of Appeal has issued its decision in G 2/21, which will have a significant impact on the role of plausibility in assessing sufficiency of disclosure and inventive step both at th...

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...

China has joined the Hague System

On 5 February 2022, China declared its accession to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (“Hague System”). As of 5 May 2022, it wil...

The provisional application phase of the UPC Agreements has begun!

Another important step towards the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) – according to the EU Council’s Website Austria has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Protocol on the Provisio...

HOFFMANN EITLE congratulates thirteen newly qualified European Patent Attorneys

We are proud to announce that thirteen of our colleagues have passed all four papers of the 2021 European Qualifying Examination (EQE). Congratulations go to: Felix Briza (Mechanics, Munic...

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...