On 9 and 10 November 2017, a conference will be held in Washington, D.C. by University College London in collaboration with George Washington University entitled “Patents in Telecoms and the Internet of Things”. Professor Dr. Heinz Goddar will be moderating Panel IX on 10 November covering the topic “Patent Assertion Entities”. Further information
On 31 October 2017, a business workshop on the topic of “Licensing” organised by the Licensing Executives Society (LES Spain) will take place in Madrid. It will involve presentation from Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar covering “Licensing subjects” and “Sample agreements for R & D cooperation” respectively. Prof. Goddar led the German Federal Ministry of Economics’s working group with a partner, which drafted the sample agreements. These can be viewed on the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy’s (BMWI) website and downloaded free of charge.
Further information on the event can be found here.
During the Executive Commission Meeting at the Congress in Catania (Sicily) in October 2017, patent attorney Nils T.F. Schmid was appointed Honorary President by delegates of UNION IP.
Together with patent attorney Philippe Overath, he was also elected to lead the Statute Commission as Vice President.
UNION IP of European Practitioners in Intellectual Properties is an independent non-profit organisation of experts focused on intellectual property. It was founded in 1961 under the name “UNION of European Patent Attorneys”. It is active throughout Europe and offers IP experts a professional forum.
On 15 November 2017, the 11th Göttingen Copyright Congress will take place, this year focusing on the current debate on copyright at the European and national level. Dr. Martin Schaefer will be among the speakers at the event; he will participate in the podium discussion on the current state of copyright law in Brussels and Berlin. The programme will be led by Prof Gerald Spindler and Prof Andreas Wiebe from the University of Göttingen. Further information and registration
The current edition of “Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2017” counts the BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT lawyers Dr. Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann and Dr. Florian Schwab among the most important lawyers for trademark law in Germany.
This year, a total of 45 renowned lawyers were selected for Germany, “who can truly be considered leaders in the field”, as WWL stated. The “Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2017” identified internationally leading trademark law experts (in total: 1441) in 81 countries. The online version can be accessed here and includes around 17,000 specialists from 37 fields of law across the globe.
On 27 October 2017, the licence course (module range “Licence Projects, Module VII: “Technology Transfer and Licensing in Europe, China/Japan and USA” will take place in Stuttgart. The module range is organised by LES Germany. Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar will host the course. He will also co-host a “License Game” in the same course. The event is free of charge for members of LES Germany. Registration necessary. Further information
In autumn 2017, the trademark seminar will take place at five locations throughout Germany. Get an overview of current issues in trade mark law and meet our experts. Select a date/venue for detailed event information and registration: Munich on 27.09.2017, Berlin on 11.10.2017, Bremen on 18.10.2017, Frankfurt am Main on 08.11.2017 and Düsseldorf on 15.11.2017.
This is the finding of the “Focus Special Top Lawyers / Corporate Law Firms in Germany” (Oct/Nov: 2017) in which BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT remained among the top law firms in Germany in Patent Law, Media Law and Brand Law. This annual listing names leading lawyers and law firms in a total of 26 specialist legal fields. The list, compiled by the news magazine, respectively the statistics company Statista, is based on colleague and client recommendations, for which over 9,000 lawyers in corporate law firms and around 3,300 people in companies were surveyed. The firms named in the list have made a special name for themselves in their respective specialist fields. The Focus Special is available from 19 September. FOCUS
At Mannheim Patent Days 2017, on 12 October, Professor Dr. Heinz Goddar will give a dinner speech on “Inventor Quality, Inventor Honour and Inventor Compensation in the Era of the Internet of Things”. Further topics, which the event will provide updates on, range from “Implementation of the Community Patent and UPC” to “New German Patent Case Law” and “Industry Patent Department 2025 and Industry 4.0”. The Mannheim Patent Days take place from 12 to 13 October. Further details on the event can be found here.
Der Leaders League Report 2017 lists BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT again as “leading” in the category “Patent Prosecution” in Germany. Dr. Jan B. Krauß, Dr. Steffen Schmidt and Dr. Markus Engelhard are highlighted here. In the category “Trademark Prosecution” Dr. Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann is mentioned as “excellent”. Dr. Michael Rüberg is recommended for “Patent Litigation” and Dr. Rudolf Böckenholt for “Trademark Litigation”. Leaders League is an independent media company and international ratings agency. The entire ranking can be accessed at
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