On 17 March 2016, the Forum Institut für Management GmbH will hold a seminar on 3D printing: Risks for Patents, Trademarks & Designs”. Two BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partners and lawyers Prof Jan B. Nordemann and Dr Michael Rüberg will explain the current state of developments and the impact of 3D Printing on Copyright, Trademark Law and Patent Law. Participants will be shown how they can protect their intellectual property, instructed as to the current legal situation and shown what products are most at risk. They will also be given advice as to what to do if printing data in respect of their products are found online. The seminar will take place in Munich and is aimed at lawyers and patent attorneys, in-house counsel, employees of IP departments, managing directors affected by product piracy or those with strong replacement part businesses. Further information and registration.

On 14 March 2016, ALAI Deutschland (Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale) will hold a conference in Frankfurt am Main entitled “Perspective on Enforcement of Right in the Internet”, which is comprised of the parts “Liability of Access Providers” and “Follow the Money”. The conference will discuss the question whether and under what circumstances access providers and companies advertising on piracy sites can be sued. In the part “Liability of Access Providers”, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner Dr. Martin Schaefer will speak on “The Legal Situation in Germany after goldesel.to”; Dr Romain Heidiger, University of Göttingen, will then present “The Legal Situation in Austria”. Professor Peukert and Professor Loewenheim will guide attendees through the event. The conference will take place at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Campus Westend, Casino, Raum 1.802. from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Registration and further information.