Germany
IP STARS, Managing IP’s accreditation title, reveals its latest rankings for patent work, including which firms are moving up
Jorg Thomaier, who has been head of IP at the German pharma company since 2010, will leave later this year and hand the reins to the company’s head of patents
Leaders at the IP firms, which have joined forces with backing from a PE investor, share their vision of building the number one pan-European IP practice
Stefan Müller discusses managing deadlines, the importance of reflection, and why IP is more than just a 'nice to have'
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Sponsored by Bird & BirdRichard Vary, Clemens Heusch and Matthias Schneider reveal their views on component-level versus end-point licensing and Unwired Planet -
Sponsored by Maiwald Intellectual PropertyIn Germany, inventions which are created by employees during the term of their employment, so-called service inventions, are subject to the Act on Employees' Inventions (ArbnErfG). According to the act, all rights in the invention are assigned to the employer if the employer does not release the invention to the employee.
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Sponsored by Maiwald Intellectual PropertyIn the present case, the German Federal Court of Justice again had to deal with the question of how a representation of information within the meaning of Article 52(2)(d) EPC is to be distinguished from a technical feature.
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Sponsored by Maiwald Intellectual PropertyThe European Commission, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the relevant national authorities recently agreed on a number of measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 disruptions on the conduct of inspections at manufacturing sites or other sites relevant to medicinal products in the European Union. These are included in the Notice to stakeholders: Questions and answers on regulatory expectations for medicinal products for human use during the COVID-19 pandemic, https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/human-use/docs/guidance_regulatory_covid19_en.pdf.
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Sponsored by Maiwald Intellectual PropertyIn the future, it will be more difficult to obtain an injunction for patent infringement through preliminary injunction proceedings.
