The well-established exchange program for the next generation of leading patent infringement attorneys of the Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA), the “Global Fellows Series”, will take place again in 2020, from March 2 to 7 at the Haus der Bayerischen Wirtschaft in Munich. Numerous speakers from the business community as well as from the judiciary and the legal profession are expected to attend.

Participants can look forward to a number of highlights: There will be a mock trial under the direction of Federal Supreme Court Judge Dr Klaus Grabinski, as well as visits of the EPO, DPMA and BPatG. In addition, participation in a patent infringement hearing before the LG Munich is planned.

As co-chair of the Global Fellows Committee of the FCBA, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and attorney Dr. Michael Rüberg will once again lead the event in Germany this year, together with Dr. Martin Meggle-Freund, MFG Patent Anwälte.

Further information on the forum and the event can be found here.

How many video platforms can the German market handle? Can advertising-financed business models become serious competition for subscription models? Is a battle breaking out among the platforms or will viewers be able to selectively combine offers from different platforms in the future? These questions will be addressed at the Producer’s Brunch on 24.02.2020 on the occasion of the 70th International Film Festival in Berlin. Details of the event can be found here.

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Patent Attorney und Honorary President of UNION-IP Nils T.F. Schmid hosts a topnotch half-day event on February 21, 2020 on “Inventive Step is not so obvious – How to deal with differences across Europe”.

The workshop is in English and takes place at the German Patent and Trademark Office (Zweibrückenstraße 12, 80331 Munich). Speakers are, among others: Presiding judge Federal Patent Court (Munich), Sir Robin Jacob, Sir Hugh Laddie Chair of Intellectual Property Law, UCL Faculty of Laws, and formerly Lord Justice Jacob, Court of Appeal of England and Wales (London) and Dr. Carsten Winterfeldt, Carsten Winterfeldt, Regierungsdirektor, Patent Department, German Patent and Trademark Office (Munich). For more information, please contact Nils T.F. Schmid. Details about the event can be found here.

UNION-IP of European Practitioners in Intellectual Property is an independent non-profit organization of experts in the field of intellectual property. It was founded in 1961 under the name „UNION of European Patent Attorneys“. UNION-IP is a professional platform for IP-professionals across Europe.