“Portability for online services” – Producer brunch to mark the 67th Berlinale.

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To mark the 67th Berlinale, media.connect brandenburg, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT, the Media Institute Berlin Brandenburg (mabb) and the Permanent Representative of the Federal State of Brandenburg will hold the sixth Producer Brunch on 13 February 2017. This year, the central theme will be “Portability for online services and cross-border radio broadcasts – who benefits? And who doesn’t? Attending the event will be BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT Partner Prof. Dr. Jan B. Nordemann who will give the keynote speech. The background here is provided by draft EU regulations for the “cross-border transmission of online content services” and “certain online broadcasts by radio institutions and the dissemination of television and radio programmes”, which have met with a range of criticism. The first draft only affects contents in national or territorially limited online services. The second affects the transmission in proprietary online networks whereby transmission on the internet is expressly excluded. Both drafts have been criticised by one camp as too timid and narrow and from the other as too broad. The discussion is intended to show who benefits from the proposals and who will experience them as a limitation. The panel will be hosted by BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner Olaf Wolters. Appearing on the panel will be:

  • Christoph Bellmer, eXaring AG
  • Maria Martin-Prat, European Commission
  • Lutz Reulecke, Sky Deutschland
  • Christian Sommer, Motion Picture Association (MPA)
  • Dr Anja Zimmer, Media Institute Berlin-Brandenburg (mabb)

The event begins at 10 a.m. in the Kurfürstensaal at the Permanent Representative of Brandenburg in Berlin. Registration at

Article by Dr. M. Schaefer published in “Musik & Ästhetik” (01/2017).

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BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner Dr. Martin Schaefer’s article “Who has a share in the exploitation of music on the internet? Copyright as an expression of ‘attribution of gain’” has been published in the journal “Musik & Ästhetik” (issue 81, January 2017, pages 100 et seq.). In his article, Dr. Schaefer uses the EU’s current draft directive on copyright in the digital single market as an opportunity to discuss the fact that platforms such as YouTube are used at two levels: “at user level by uploading and at platform level by marketing of the aggregated contents. There is still some work to do before the EU draft directive makes good on the promise of its heading for Article 13 ‘Certain uses of protected content by online services’”, writes Schaefer.

The technical journal “Musik & Ästhetik” is published by the Klett Cotta Verlag and examines the ranges of topics that make up “music” from technical, artistic, philosophical, cultural and political viewpoints. This issue and individual articles can be obtained from here.

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partners honoured in “Who´s Who Legal: Trademarks 2017”.

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The BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partners Dr. Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann and Dr. Florian Schwab have been named among the most important lawyers for trademark law in Germany in “Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2017”, which has just been published.
A total of just 62 renowned lawyers have been selected for Germany this year. “Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2017” names the world’s leading experts in trademark law (1406 in total) in more than 82 countries. The online version can be viewed at.

Three BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partners honoured in “Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2017”.

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Three BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partners amongst others Dr. Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann and Dr. Florian Schwab have been named among the most important lawyers for trade mark law in Germany in “Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2017”, which has just been published.

A total of just 62 renowned lawyers have been selected for Germany this year. “Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2017” names the world’s leading experts in trade mark law (1406 in total) in more than 82 countries. The online version can be viewed at.

Prof H. Goddar also listed in 2017 in the “Who´s Who Legal: Patents“.

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BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar was again listed in the “Who’s Who Legal: Patents 2017” as among the most important patent lawyers.
The publication refers to Prof Goddar as one of the four “Most Highly Regarded Individuals” and as “internationally known and widely respected patent attorney with a specific technical background in physics”.
This year, only 21 renowned lawyers have been selected for Germany. The “Who’s Who Legal: Patents 2017” lists the world’s leading patent law experts (total: 1577) in more than 69 countries. The print edition of the yearbook will be published in March 2017, the online version can be accessed.

Prof H. Goddar also listed in 2017 in the “Who’s Who Legal: Patents“.

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BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar was again listed in the “Who’s Who Legal: Patents 2017” as among the most important patent lawyers. The publication refers to Prof Goddar as one of the four “Most Highly Regarded Individuals” and as “internationally known and widely respected patent attorney with a specific technical background in physics”. This year, only 21 renowned lawyers have been selected for Germany. The “Who’s Who Legal: Patents 2017” lists the world’s leading patent law experts (total: 1577) in more than 69 countries. The print edition of the yearbook will be published in March 2017, the online version can be accessed.