WIPR Leaders 2016: BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT represented with four partners.

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In its new international rankings, the “World IP Review Leaders 2016” includes a total of four BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partners. Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar and Christian W. Appelt are included in the “Patent” category; the “Trade Mark” category lists amongst others Dr. Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann as “leader” for Germany. WIPR Leaders 2016 is compiled by Newton Media Ltd. Both listings can be accessed here as e-magazine. Patents and Trademark Leaders.

“Trademark seminars 2016” held by BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT in Munich, Frankfurt, Bremen, Berlin and Düsseldorf.

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BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT will be resuming its successful range of “trademark seminars” at a total of five locations in autumn 2016. They are aimed at trademark owners both with and without prior knowledge of this legal field. The dates of the individual seminars in 2016 are:
“Munich trademark seminar” Munich, 21 September 2016
“Frankfurt trademark seminar” Frankfurt am Main, 19 October 2016
“Bremen trademark seminar” Bremen, 26 October 2016
“Berlin trademark seminar” Berlin, 2 November 2016
“Düsseldorf trademark seminar” Düsseldorf, 9 November 2016
Dr. Rudolf Böckenholt, Dr. Martin Wirtz, Dr. Anke Nordemann-Schiffel and Dr. Carl-Richard Haarmann will elucidate various aspects of trademark and competition law. This year, the focus will be on the following topics: “Trademark Management within the Enterprise – from a Lawyer’s Perspective” (Dr R. Böckenholt). Dr M. Wirtz will present “Latest Developments in Trademark Law”. Dr A. Nordemann-Schiffel will talk about the “Latest Developments in Relation to Likelihood of Confusion” Dr C.-R. Haarmann will illustrate “Process Strategies in Complex, Cross-Boundary Violation Proceedings” based on a case study. Each seminar starts at 2:00 pm and finishes around 5:00 pm.

AIPPI World Congress in Milan with panel participation by Prof J. B. Nordemann.

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The World Congress of the Association International pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI) will take place between 16 and 20 September 2016 in Milan. Prof. Dr. Jan. B. Nordemann will take part here on Panel VII “High Technology – No frontiers: the European Digital Single Market” on 19 September 2016. Other participants on the panel are Julia Reda, Pirate Party Germany/ MEP and Ted Shapiro, Wiggin (UK). The panel will be hosted by Stefan Neumann, Hughes Hubbard (FR). Participants will explain and discuss the current state of the DSM project as well as the interfaces with copyright law.

Course: “IT Law for Software Developers – 9 Topics That You Should Be Aware Of” – by Prof. Dr. Czychowski.

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The Hasso Plattner Institute offers on its openHPI und mooc.house (Massive Open Online Courses) platforms one of the first online courses in IT law by and with Prof. Dr. Czychowski. This two-week course is aimed at software engineers and at business founders or entrepreneurs in IT. The course explains the key aspects of contract law, copyright law, trademark law, patent law, data protection law and a number of references to questions on corporate buyouts from two specialist attorneys, Prof. Dr. Czychowski and Dr. Brandi-Dohrn (of the lawfirm Boetticher Rechtsanwälte). Course information: 14 September 2016, 8:00 am (UTC) until 12 October 2016, 10:00 pm (UTC). Further information mooc.house is a platform of the Hasso Plattner Institute on which businesses and institutions can offer in-house, private-label training content. openHPI is the internet-based education platform of the Potsdam-based Hasso Plattner Institute.

“Düsseldorf IP Conference 2016“ by JETRO – with speech by Prof H. Goddar.

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The Japan External Trade Organisation JETRO will hold the “Dusseldorf IP Conference 2016” on 9 September 2016. BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar will give a speech here on the subject of “German Employee‘s Invention Law and its recommended practical Application”. JETRO (Japan External Trade Organisation) was established in 1958 to promote external trade and supports companies which invest in Japan, cooperate with a Japanese company or otherwise wish to export their products to Japan. More details on the event can be found at.

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partners acknowledged in “Who´s Who Legal: Trademarks 2016”.

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The BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partners Dr. Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann and Dr. Florian Schwab are numbered among the most important lawyers for trademark law in Germany in the recently published “Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2016”. This year, only 44 renowned lawyers in total have been selected for Germany. “Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2016” determines the world’s leading trademark law experts (1160 in total) in 82 countries. The online version, which can be viewed at www.whoswholegal.com, brings together approximately 17,000 specialists from 36 fields of law.

“Protection of Innovations” – article by N.T.F. Schmid in “Innovation”, a special publication by the BWA.

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BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and patent attorney Nils T. F. Schmid has written an article, “Protection of Innovations”, which has been published (page 22 et seq.) in the specialist brochure “Innovation – Werttreiber der Wirtschaft” [“Innovation – Value Driver of the Economy”], a special publication of the Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade [Bundesverband für Wirtschaftsförderung und Außenwirtschaft e.V.] (BWA). “It would seem that numerous barriers to innovation, particularly in small and medium-sized enterprises, are resulting in the (existing) innovative strength not being utilized. (…) The uncertainty about economic success is causing fewer resources to flow into innovations. Even if innovation/know-how is created, dealing with this remains a challenge for the entrepreneur,” explains Niels T.F. Schmid. In his article Schmid provides an overview of strategies for dealing with know-how and also draws up a comparison of the various strategies in order “if necessary, to deduce economic instructions.” The entire article as well as the BWA’s specialist brochure can be downloaded here.