Knowledge & Events
Dr. Julian Wernicke with article on invoices as proof of use in trade mark law in GRUR-Prax 07/2024
In issue 07/2024 of “GRUR-Prax – Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht, Praxis im Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht”, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT lawyer Dr. Julian Wernicke discusses a judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 7 February 2024 (T-792/22), which deals...
IP Summer Course 2024
We are pleased to announce our event series "IP Summer Course - Obtaining, Enforcing and Evaluating Intellectual Property Rights in Europe" for 2024. In-house counsels, patent and trade mark managers as well as IP experts are cordially invited to Munich from June 20 to 28, 2024 to learn and exchange information on important aspects of obtaining and protecting intellectual property in Europe.
Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar and Melanie Müller write article as part of commemorative publication for Prof. Dr. Thomas Kühnen
Commemorative publication on the occasion of Prof. Dr. Thomas Kühnen’s retirement from judicial service Prof. Dr. Thomas Kühnen set standards as a patent attorney and as a judge for patent law at the Higher Regional Court Dusseldorf. He retired from...
Patent Applications for AI Technologies at Record High
The innovation landscape in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is flourishing. This is the result of a recent analysis by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA). Speaking in Munich, Eva Schewior, President of the DPMA, reported that...
Prof. Dr. Goddar, Dr. Xia Pfaffenzeller and Melanie Müller are patent experts at the China IP SME Helpdesk of the European Commission
In addition to BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and patent attorney Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar and patent attorney Dr. Xia Pfaffenzeller, both of whom have been patent experts in the China IP SME Helpdesk program of the European Commission for some...
Trade Mark Misuse in Practice
To the chagrin of honest entrepreneurs, trade marks are sometimes misused and used against them. The aim of the applicant may be to obtain a blocking position against competitors. Alternatively, the application may be speculative, based on the hope that...
Felix Hermann reappointed to the SACEPO Working Party on Guidelines
Personal appointment “ad personam” by the President of the European Patent Office, António Campinos. For the second time, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT patent attorney and partner Felix Hermann has been appointed to the Working Party on Guidelines of the Standing Advisory...
Dr. Eckhard Ratjen comments on the GC judgment T-736/22 on the question of the likelihood of confusion of trade marks when descriptive elements of signs are identical in GRUR-Prax 06/2024
In issue 06/2024 of “GRUR-Prax – Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht, Praxis im Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht”, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and attorney at law Dr. Eckhard Ratjen discusses the General Court judgment T-736/22 on the likelihood of confusion in the case...
“Only the register is relevant in opposition proceedings” – Dr. Rudolf Böckenholt on the decision of the General Court in GRUR-Prax 6/2024
In the current issue 6/2024 of “GRUR-Prax – Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht / Praxis im Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht”, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and attorney at law Dr. Rudolf Böckenholt explains a decision of the General Court of 20 December 2023...
