Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars 2018: Once again exceptional ranking for BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT

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As shortly before in the field of Trade mark experts at BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT were this year too ranked in the top group in the Patent category. IP STARS 2018 highlights the firm’s exceptional service by including it in its Tier 1 list.

Mentioned by name as IP Stars were Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, Christian W. Appelt and Dr. Markus Engelhard, in the fields of Patent prosecution, Patent litigation and Patent counselling & strategy.

IP STARS is one of the leading manuals on IP specialists worldwide. In 1996, the first ranking was published. The publication is the result of comprehensive research by an experienced team of analysts and journalists in offices in Hong Kong, London and New York.

The current publication can be accessed here.

Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars 2018: Once again exceptional ranking for BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT

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As shortly before in the field of Trade mark experts at BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT were this year too ranked in the top group in the Patent category. IP STARS 2018 highlights the firm’s exceptional service by including it in its Tier 1 list.

Mentioned by name as IP Stars were Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, Christian W. Appelt and Dr. Markus Engelhard, in the fields of Patent prosecution, Patent litigation and Patent counselling & strategy.

IP STARS is one of the leading manuals on IP specialists worldwide. In 1996, the first ranking was published. The publication is the result of comprehensive research by an experienced team of analysts and journalists in offices in Hong Kong, London and New York.

The current publication can be accessed here.

Claim by Deutsche Post AG rejected

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Dr Florian Schwab reports on the complex trademark decision of the European Court of Justice from 20 February 2018 T-118/16)  in the online magazine World Trademark Review.

The Court rejected the likelihood of confusion with the common element POST and rejected the claim brought by Deutsche Post AG.

In a detailed discussions, in particular regarding similarity of word elements, the Court found that the mark overall was sufficiently different due to the preceding word element BE and that the union trademark registration was valid.

Read the entire article here. This article appeared on 13.03.2018 in WTR Daily (component of World Trademark Review).

Claim by Deutsche Post AG rejected

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Dr. Florian Schwab reports on the complex trademark decision of the European Court of Justice from 20 February 2018 T-118/16) in the online magazine World Trademark Review.

The Court rejected the likelihood of confusion with the common element POST and rejected the claim brought by Deutsche Post AG.

In detailed discussions, in particular regarding similarity of word elements, the Court found that the mark overall was sufficiently different due to the preceding word element BE and that the union trademark registration was valid.

Read the entire article here. This article appeared on 13.03.2018 in WTR Daily (component of World Trademark Review).

Patent seminar, Bremen, April 11, 2018

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A patent seminar will be held in Bremen on April 11, 2018 Experts will provide information on the following topics:

  • Patent lawyer Dr. Volker Scholz: The right claim: defining the object of invention
  • Patent lawyer Fritz Jetzek: Utility patents: useful protection
  • Patent lawyer Dr. Uwe Manasse: Separation of patent breach and invalidity procedures: judgement against despite uncertain legal validity?
  • Patent lawyer Dr. Matthias Philipp: Recognising patent breaches in practice
  • Patent lawyer Dr. Martin Erbacher: US patent applications: slightly different from the rest

Detailed information on the event location is available in the programme. Please register with Dr. Volker Scholz by reply card or email.

Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars 2018: Rank 1 for the category Trade mark Germany

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Another award for the experts at BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT comes in the year 2018: In the Trade mark category, the firm spearheads the list of IP STARS – following on from its success last year in the categories of Copyright, Patent contentious and Patent prosecution.

IP STARS is one of the leading manuals on IP specialists worldwide. In 1996, the first ranking was published. The publication is the result of comprehensive research by an experienced team of analysts and journalists in offices in Hong Kong, London and New York.

The current IP Stars list can be accessed here.

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT Partner at the #Karajan #MusicTech Conference on 23.03.2018 in Salzburg

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The Eliette and Herbert von Karajan Institute acting in coordination with the Salzburg Easter Festival and the University Mozarteum Salzburg will hold a one-day conference on music and technology – the #Karajan #MusicTech Conference.

Prof. Dr. Christian Czychowski will take part in a panel discussion at the event together with Ferdinand von Strantz, CEO Highlight Event AG, and Matthias Röder, CEO Karajan Institute. Here, new forms of exploitation of classical music – in particular in connection with streaming – will be discussed.

More details on the event can be found at.

Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars 2018: Rank 1 for the category Trade mark Germany

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Another award for the experts at BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT comes in the year 2018: In the Trade mark category, the firm spearheads the list of IP STARS – following on from its success last year in the categories of Copyright, Patent contentious and Patent prosecution.

IP STARS is one of the leading manuals on IP specialists worldwide. In 1996, the first ranking was published. The publication is the result of comprehensive research by an experienced team of analysts and journalists in offices in Hong Kong, London and New York.

The current IP Stars list can be accessed here.

German Unfair Competition Act (UWG) regulates entries on member structure – Dr Rudolf Böckenholt explains the details in his recent GRUR-Prax article

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In Edition 5/2018 (p. 134), Dr Rudolf Böckenholt explains the decision of the Saarland Higher Regional Court which held that, in accordance with §8(3)(2) UWG, associations must set out their active legitimation as regards member structure without giving rise to an actual presumption from previous actions against third parties. 

The magazine GRUR-Prax can be accessed from the publisher. More details can be found at.

German Unfair Competition Act (UWG) regulates entries on member structure – Dr Rudolf Böckenholt explains the details in his recent GRUR-Prax article

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In Edition 5/2018 (p. 134), Dr. Rudolf Böckenholt explains the decision of the Saarland Higher Regional Court which held that, in accordance with §8(3)(2) UWG, associations must set out their active legitimation regarding member structure without giving rise to an actual presumption from previous actions against third parties. 

The magazine GRUR-Prax can be accessed from the publisher. More details can be found at.