This year BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT will once more be organising the intensive workshop, “Obtaining, Enforcing and Evaluating Intellectual Property Rights in Europe”. It will take place between 26th June to 05th July in Munich, divided into two parts – patent law and trademark law. Content, workshop program and registration papers are available to download here (as pdf file in English).
ON 24 June 2014, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and patent law specialist Dr Ute Kilger will speak at the BIO International Convention in San Diego, California. The BIO International Convention is the biggest and most important event on the international life science calendar and sets the trend. This year, it will be held from 23 to 26 June in San Diego, California. Together with other top experts in the field, Dr Ute Kilger will sit on the panel “Show Me the Data! and will discuss Threshold Patent Application Disclosure Requirements and Post-Filing Evidence Admissibility in the U.S., Europe, Canada, and China” (16:15 –17:15 Uhr, Room 23ABC).
BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and lawyer Dr Rudolf T. Böckenholt will give a speech to the Member Meeting of the Action Group against Product and Trademark Piracy (APM) on 24 June 2014 in Berlin. His speech is entitled “Strategic Protection of Property Rights and Social Media Response”. The APM is a joint initiative of the German Association of Chambers of Trade and Industry (DIHK), the Federal Association of German Industry (BDI) and the Brand Association has since 1997 has worked as an Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property.
On 18 July 2014, the 11th edition of the Copyright Commentary Fromm/Nordemann appeared, published by Prof. Axel Nordemann and Prof. Jan Bernd Nordemann. Both are partners at BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT. The authors contributing to the works are – with the exception of Copyright Crime – all from BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT: Dr. Thomas W. Boddien, Prof. Dr. Christian Czychowski, Dr. Andreas Dustmann, Dr. Anke Nordemann-Schiffel, Prof. Dr. Axel Nordemann, Prof. Dr. Jan Bernd Nordemann, Dr. Martin Schaefer, Dr. Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann, Dr. Martin Wirtz. Fromm/Nordemann is the oldest commentary on the Copyright Act from 1965. Since its first edition in 1966, it has become the standard reference work on copyright practice. The 11th edition follows in this tradition. It too is a reference work by practitioners for practitioners. Thanks to its clear and unambiguous language, Fromm/Nordemann is also suitable for non-lawyers.
Since its last edition, copyright law has experienced various changes. In particular, the Term of Protection Act, the Ancillary Copyright Act for Press Publishers, the rules on orphaned and out-of-print works as well as the Act Against Dubious Business Practices and new rules for warnings. All statutory amendments as well as current case law at both European and national level is taken into account by authors and included in the commentary.
Comprehensive commentary is also provided on the Publishing Act in the 11th edition. The Copyright Administration Act and copyright aspects of settlement agreements are also explained. The contents of the website Fromm/Nordemann are now also available as an app for Apple iOS and Android smartphones. Electronic editions of Fromm/Nordemann can also be obtained as eBook from the Kohlhammer-Shop and from juris. (ISBN 978-3-17-023028-6)
On 11 June 2014, Prof. Christian Czychowski will give his maiden lecture at the law faculty of the University of Potsdam. The title of the lecture is: “Is there a right of anonymity in the digital world? – A contribution to the current discussion on copyright infringment in the internet and data storage. The university made Czychowski an honorary professor effective from January 2014. Czychowski will hold lectures and seminars in his special discipline Media Law as well as on all fields of Intellectual Property, in particular on Copyright, Trademark Law, Unfair Competition and Personality Law. The lecture will be given at 14:15 in House 6 Lecture Room 1, August-Bebel-Str. 89, 14482 Potsdam-Babelsberg.
The “CEPIC, Centre of the picture industry” will hold its congress this year between 04 June and 07. June 2014 in Berlin. CEPIC sees itself as the centre of the picture industry and coordinates the concerns and interests of picture agencies and photo archives both within and outside the European Union. BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and lawyer Prof Jan Bernd Nordemann will give a speech on Friday, 06 June on “Social Media: Terms & Conditions”. In the afternoon, Nordemann will take part in a workshop on copyright and competition law with respect to Google Images and the impact on the picture business as speaker.
BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and lawyer Dr. Rudolf Böckenholt discusses the decision of the European Court of Justice from 15 May 2014 (C-97/12 P – Louis Vuitton Malletier/OHIM) in the specialist magazine GRUR Prax 12/2014. The case concerned the question as to whether in the case of pure picture marks the principles established in case law on the distinction of 3D brands are to be applied and whether this also covers picture marks which only show parts of the product. Official practice of stretching the distinction for specific goods to generic terms or semantically related terms remains under review. The European Court of Justice affirmed all three questions which prevents its restrictive case law on 3D marks from being undermined and gives those registering marks and important aid in the proper construction of their goods and service directory. Dr. Böckenholt is specialist lawyer for industrial property rights and has contributed regularly to GRUR-Prax since 2009. Subscribers can access the entire article from 13 June 2014 here.
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