BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT has been distinguished by the US publication ‘Best Lawyers’ as ‘Law Firm of the year’ in the field of ‘Intellectual Property Law in Germany 2019’.

A total of eleven lawyers were also given individual mention in the 10th edition of ‘Best Lawyers’. Dr. Rudolf Böckenholt – IP expert at BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT’s Bremen office and a recent addition to the “Best Lawyers” – states: “We are very pleased by this award. Our highest professional competence and strong commitment for our clients have been recognised by this award.”

The experts at the offices in Berlin, Bremen and Munich are:

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

Dr. Martin Schaefer, Berlin, Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Rudolf Böckenholt, Bremen, Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Ludwig Kouker, Bremen, Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law

Malte Nentwig, Bremen, Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law

Christian W. Appelt, Munich, Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law, Specific Focus: Patent

Dr. Markus Engelhard, Munich, Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law

Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, Munich, Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law, Specific Focus: Patent

The ratings for law firms and lawyers are based on the assessment of colleagues from other firms in peer to peer review. ‘Best Lawyers’ is therefore considered one of the most respectable legal rankings.

The list of ‘Best Lawyers’ can be found here.

Patent lawyer Nils T.F. Schmid was able to successfully represent Sprick GmbH before the Federal Patent Court: In invalidity proceedings, it was confirmed that the procedure used by Ranpak in the processing of packaging source material with special perforation of the paper track is not eligible for patent protection.
 

Three years ago Ranpak issued warning to Sprick GmbH. Nils T.F. Schmid (BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT) and Dr Sabine Rojahn (TaylorWessing) were unable to decide on the infringement dispute on behalf of their clients. Düsseldorf Regional Court affirmed patent infringement.
 

In invalidity proceedings which ran in parallel, the Court affirmed the invalidity of the patent. The particular type of perforated source paper material as well as the cushioning conversion machine which is to be loaded with it is not eligible for patent protection.
 

Sprick GmbH is happy by this win: “As manufacturer of paper and cardboard based on 100% recycled paper (Blue Angel certified), we develop and produce packaging systems and packaging machines and are ourselves providers of packaging materials. That the invalidity of the patent registered by our rival was determined strengthens our position and allows us to move forward in this field.”
 

This decision has far-reaching consequences for the entire industry, which benefits not least by sharp increases in e-commerce.
 

Representative for Sprick GmbH:

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT (Munich) – Nils T.F. Schmid, Patentanwalt, European Patent and Trade Mark Attorney, Partner
TaylorWessing (Munich) – Dr Sabine Rojahn, Solicitor, Of Counsel

Representative for Ranpak Inc.: Bardehle Pagenberg

In this year’s international rankings, the “World IP Review Leaders 2018” again includes BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT experts.

Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar and Christian W. Appelt are included in the “Patent” category; Dr. Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann is included in the “Trade Mark” category as ‘Leaders’ for Germany.

The WIPR Leaders Manual lists over 1,700 lawyers; in order to do this, it surveys the opinion of 12,000 IP experts. Editors research and assess information regarding qualification, expertise and commitment.

You can access the detailed profiles of the WIPR Leaders here.

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).

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.