BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partners explain “Industrial Property Rights in Insolvency”.

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In May and June, the Neue Deutsche Kongress GmbH will hold the Credit in Insolvency Days 2015 at three different venues: Munich, Oberursel (near Frankfurt/M.) and Dusseldorf. The events will focus on the rights and options available to merchants and will explain how these can secure the interests of their customers in the case of insolvency and how they can hedge against the risks of insolvency. BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner Prof. Dr. Christian Czychowski and Dr. Julian Waiblinger will speak at this event on the aspect of “Industrial Property Rights and their Licensing in Insolvency”. Dr Julian Waibinger will kick off the series on 20 May in Munich. Prof Christian Czychowski will continue on 9 June in Oberursel and then follow on 23 June in Dusseldorf.

“Ring Lecture IP: In Practice” with speech by Dr M. Schaefer – 13.05.2015, Berlin.

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In the summer semester 2015, the Centre for Intellectual Property at the Technical University of Berlin will hold the Ring Lecture IP: In Practice. Here, various representatives from legal practice will give lectures on current questions and aspects of intellectual property law. The Ring Lecture series is aimed at students, staff as well as teachers at the Technical University of Berlin and gives an insight into the special legal questions which arise in connection with technology and practice. BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and lawyer Dr. Martin Schaefer will give a lecture on the following topic in this lecture series on 13 May: “I need a homepage – what must I pay attention to?” The lecture takes place between 6pm and 7.30pm. in lecture hall H 0112 at Technical University Berlin. Registration necessary.

Prof J. B. Nordemann hosts congress “10 Years Unfair Commercial Practices Directive”

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On 7 and 8 May 2015, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin will host the congress “10 Years of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive: Experiences and Perspectives”. In May 2005, the Directive 2005/29/EC on Unfair Commercial Practices entered into force. The directive introduced fundamental amendments to the law on unfair competition in the European Union. Ten years on, the congress is now to have the opportunity to look back on developments and answer questions from a European, German and Austrian perspective. Representatives from the European Commission, from responsible national ministries, from academia and industry will discuss various aspects of the topic. The event will be hosted by BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner Prof. Dr. Jan Bernd Nordemann.