brand eins – BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT among the best commercial law firms 2023

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Award in the fields of trademarks and designs as well as patent law

In this year’s issue of the business magazine brand eins, the top business law firms in Germany are once again presented. BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT can look forward to an excellent rating in the areas of “Trademarks and Designs” and “Patent Law”.

Together with the independent statistics portal “Statista”, the medium surveys more than 2,500 lawyers and in-house lawyers every year for the ranking and thus determines the most sought-after law firms in 24 legal fields. The best lists can be viewed in the current industry report brand eins / thema “Wirtschaftskanzleien 2023” and online.

Silke Freund with article in the maga­zine of the Japa­nese Patent Attorneys Association on inno­vations in the German Trademark Law

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With the entry into force of the Trademark Law Modernization Act (MaMoG) on January 14, 2019, there have been extensive changes in the German Trademark Act (MarkenG). The aim of the MaMoG is to adapt the MarkenG to the requirements of the new EU trademark law line. This is intended to further harmonize trademark law in the European Union and strengthen the rights of trademark owners.

In her article for the magazine of the Japanese Patent Attorneys Association, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and attorney at law Silke Freund goes into detail about the changes in the course of the amendment of the German Trademark Act. Mentioned here are new absolute grounds of refusal, new revocation and invalidity procedures before GPTO as well as the newly introduced German certification mark.

In conclusion, Silke Freund comes to the conclusion in her article that the Trademark Law Modernization Act has so far proven its worth with regard to the harmonization of trademark law in the EU and has thus fulfilled its primary purpose.

The article by Silke Freund is available here as a PDF.

Best Lawyers 2024: BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT named “Law Firm of the Year

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The law firm receives the title “Law Firm of the Year 2024” for the category “Intellectual Property” in Germany. Dr. Martin Schaefer is honored by the jury as “Lawyer of the Year 2024”.

In its current ranking, the U.S. trade publication “Best Lawyers” recognizes BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT with the title “Law Firm of the Year 2024” in the category “Intellectual Property”. Since the jury awards this title only once for each legal field and country, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT can thus consider itself at the top of the intellectual property law firms in Germany.

With the title “Lawyer of the Year 2024”, Dr. Martin Schaefer also receives outstanding recognition. At the Berlin office, the BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and attorney at law deals with the field of copyright as well as copyright contract law in the music, literature, fine arts, design, architecture, science, software and games industries. His particular focus is on legal issues relating to the music industry as well as collective and individual rights administration.

As in previous years, the jury of the professional publishing house honors numerous BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT patent attorneys and attorneys at law with the title “Best Lawyer” for 2024:

Christian W. Appelt, Munich, Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Thomas Bittner, Berlin, Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Rudolf Böckenholt, Bremen, Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Andreas Dustmann, Berlin, Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Markus Engelhard, Munich, Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Sebastian Engels, Berlin, Intellectual Property Law

Silke Freund, Munich, Media Law

Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, Munich, Intellectual Property Law

Peter Gross, Munich, Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Carl-Richard Haarmann, Munich, Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Ute Kilger, Berlin, Biotechnology Law and Life Sciences Practice

Dr. Ludwig Kouker, Bremen, Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Dennis Kretschmann, Munich, Intellectual Property Law

Dr.-Ing. Uwe Manasse, Bremen, Intellectual Property Law

Malte Nentwig, Bremen, Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Eckhard Ratjen, Bremen, Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Michael Rüberg, Dusseldorf, Munich, Paris, Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Martin Schaefer, Berlin, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law (Lawyer of the Year 2024)

Dr. Sebastian Schlegel, Berlin, Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Stefan Schohe, Munich, Patent Attorney, Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Florian Schwab, Munich, Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Martin Wirtz, Berlin, Intellectual Property Law

 

According to its own information, Best Lawyers is the oldest and most renowned ranking service for lawyers worldwide. The peer review process is used to select the award-winning lawyers. The ratings are based on survey results from leading lawyers in a geographic area and a defined legal practice area. The ranking of the U.S. trade publisher is also published annually in Handelsblatt, but under the current year’s number.

The list of “Best Lawyers 2024” by BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT is available online here on the website of the US-American trade magazine and here in the Handelsblatt. The profiles of the awarded BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT lawyers can be found here.

Fabio Adinolfi writes in GRUR 12/2023 on the protec­tion of work titles under trademark law

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In the recently published GRUR issue – Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 12/2023, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT lawyer Fabio Adinolfi sheds light on the shadowy existence of the trademark law protection of working titles among the trademark rights.

In doing so, he concentrates in detail on particularly practice-relevant questions in connection with the creation of protection as well as the likelihood of confusion with trademarks, among others. This is done with the aim of closing the gap left open by the lack of case law and legal literature.

In his comprehensive contribution, he examines the following aspects in detail:

  1. the work title – definition and delimitation
  2. the origin of title protection
  3. expiry of title protection
  4. enforcement of title protection rights

In conclusion, he comes to the conclusion that some relevant legal questions concerning title protection law, which is highly relevant in practice, are still open and that parts of the previous case law should be critically questioned. The latter would lead to a corresponding need for advice, especially as the popularity and reach of titles should not be underestimated.

Read the entire article (in German) by Fabio Adinolfi entitled “Der kennzeichenrechtliche Werktitelschutz – das Aschenputtel unter den Kennzeichenrechten“ in the 12/2023 issue of GRUR from page 858 onwards. Registered users of Beck-Online can download it here.

Leaders League Rankings 2023: BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT among the best again

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Award in seven categories. 20 lawyers highlighted in part multiple times.

This year, the Leaders League jury honors the law firm in the categories “Germany – IP Agencies – Patent Prosecution” and “Germany – IP Agencies – Trademark Prosecution” with the rating “Excellent”.
Special mention goes to Christoph Angerhausen, Christian W. Appelt, Dr. Markus Engelhard, Dr. Steffen Schmidt, Dr. Stefan Schohe, Dr. Volker Scholz and Dr. Jakob Valvoda for the patent area and Peter Gross, Dr. Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann, Dr. Florian Schwab and Dr. Martin Wirtz for the trademark area.

“Highly recommended” is the verdict of Leaders League in the current ranking for Dr. Carl-Richard Haarmann and Dr. Michael Rüberg in the category “Patent Litigation” as well as for Dr. Andreas Dustmann, Silke Freund, Dr. Carl-Richard Haarmann and Dr. Eckhard Ratjen in the field of “Trademark Litigation”.

The jury also makes recommendations for the following areas and attorneys:

With the guiding principle “Excellence in Leadership and Management”, Leaders League sees itself as a media and rating agency for top executives on an international level and provides up-to-date news and analyses as well as directories on companies, rankings, professional events and digital products.

WIPR Leaders 2023: Three partners honored as “outstanding IP practitioners”

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Once again, three BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT attorneys and partners have been singled out in the WIPR Leaders Directory, which is published annually by World IP Review magazine.

In 2023, patent attorneys Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar (life sciences, engineering, pharmaceuticals, software, technology) and Christian W. Appelt (design, engineering, litigation, patents, software) and attorney Dr. Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann (design, domains, trademark, unfair competition) will once again be honored as “outstanding IP practitioners”.

The WIPR Leaders Directory is a guide for leading IP experts worldwide and lists over 2,500 attorneys in the fields of patent, trademark and copyright law in 2023. In order to be included, a team of experts reviews the work results, qualifications and commitment of the nominees in an extensive evaluation phase.

You can view the ranking of BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT attorneys online here.