WTR1000: Exceptional ratings for BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT once again secure 1st place

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‘WRT 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2019’ once again gave best markets for a total of seven BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT lawyers.

The specialist publisher says of the firm in general: “BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT is doubtlessly among the top law firms in Germany. There are many experienced, circumspect lawyers working at an extremely high level.”

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT therefore spearheads – as in previous years – the ‘Gold Level’. Florian Schwab, Partner at the Munich offices, comments on this long-standing success as follows: “We are very happy that our work has been rated so positively and at the same time are glad to be able to start each day with such a successful BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT team.”

Individual mention for their excellent work was given to:

WTR 1000 each year lists the leading law firms and personalities in trade mark law in 70 countries. The detailed entries can be found here.    

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT winner of the Global IP Awards ‘German Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year 2019’

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At the gala dinner on 29 January 2019 in London, representatives of the firm accepted the Global IP Award ‘Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year 2019’. Over 200 guests from more than 50 countries celebrated the award in Plaisterers’ Hall.

The Global IP Awards were developed by the IP Media Group that publishes both IAM as well as the World Trademark Review (WTR). An editing and research team of 16 people combining decades of experience in the global IP market identified the exceptional services in the field of IP.

Read the press release here.  

Fromm/Nordemann: Copyright law. Commentary on Copyright Act in 12th edition and 50th anniversary – with various contributions from BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT

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This standard commentary for copyright practice includes all statutory innovations – including the Knowledge Society Copyright Act (UrhWissG) enacted on 30 June 2017 – as well as current German and European jurisprudence. The Publishing Act (VerlG) is also commented on as is the Portability Ordinance, the first EU regulation in the field of copyright law. New additions include comments on Open Source Software as well as on plagiarism.

Editors from BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT:

Dr. Sebastian Engels
Dr. Martin Schaefer
Dr. Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann, M. Jur.
Dr. Martin Wirtz

You can read an interview about the necessity of the revision after just four years on the Beck Verlag website here.

Lawyer Silke Freund in Manual on Personality Rights – Press and Media Law (Götting / Schertz / Seitz; 2nd Edition 2019)

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Lawyer Silke Freund writes in the Manual on Personality Rights – Press and Media Law (Götting / Schertz / Seitz; 2nd Edition 2019) on supplementary claims to civil sanctions and their implementation in the case of infringement on personality rights.

This is the 2nd edition of the manual and covers all questions on personality law. The comprehensive jurisprudence of the German Supreme Court, German Constitutional Court, ECHR as well as lower courts is taken into account. A comprehensive reference work which has arisen through the collaboration of various experts.

Details on the manual can be found on the publisher’s website.

Malte Nentwig in WTR-interview as well as in interview about Brexit in WIPR

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Attorney at Law Malte Nentwig has given an interview with other experts from the US and China in the “World Trade Mark Review” (WTR) about “Harmonization in practice. A dialogue about foreign trademarks.” He is asked about his recommendations: In the interview, he elaborates about advice and tactical options in regard thr search for trademarks, application and genuine use requirement in the EU.

In the current print-edition of the World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) (also online) Malte Nentwig is cited various times in the article “Brexit: The sooner this is sorted, the better” as an expert on the implications of the Brexit for trademarks, designs and patents.

The online-version of the article is available here (€).

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT at the Berlinale 2019 – Registration for producer brunch now possible

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In 2018, for the very first time in Germany, a court in Munich blocked access to an illegal website offering unlawful access to copyright-protected films. For this reason, this year’s producer brunch on 11.02.2019 will take place under the heading: “Restricted area, no access: Blocking instead of deletion as response to illegal online providers of film and television contents”.

After the introduction to the topic a keynote speech in English on website blocking in other EU countries by Parvez Siddiqui, INCOPRO, London will follow. Dr. Martin Schaefer will then moderate a panel discussion with the guests:

  • Evelyn Ruttke, Managing Director, GVU,
  • Judith Steinbrecher, Divisional Head Industrial Property Rights & Copyright, Bitkom e.V. and
  • Dr Friedrich Radmann, Legal & Business Affairs, Constantin Film.

The event will begin at 10:00 a.m. (doors open 9:15 a.m) and will run until 11:45 a.m. A buffet will be provided as usual afterwards.

The producer brunch is a joint event organised by the law firm BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT, the Federal State of Brandenburg and media.connect brandenburg.

You can register here.

German Supreme Court decisions on search functions on the internet

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Solicitor Florian Schwab writes in the December edition of the magazine Markenartikel on two practically significant decisions of the German Supreme Court. Both cases deal with the legality of auto-prompting by the search engine used by the internet trading platform Amazon.

The announcement can be found here. The article is contained in the print edition which can be ordered there.

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Patent lawyer and honorary president of UNION IP Nils T.F. Schmid will host the half-day round table event on 22 February 2019. The event will focus on “Smart IP – Applying intelligence to patenting, licensing and enforcing IP on new technology”.

The English-language workshop will take place in the German Patent and Trademark Office (Zweibrückenstrasse 12, 80331 Munich). Confirmed speakers include: Prof Peter Georg Picht (University of Zürich), Dr Dominik Bauer (Audi AG), Georg Weber (European Patent Office) and many more.
Further details can be obtained from Nils T.F. Schmid.

Details on the event can be found here.

UNION IP of European Practitioners in Intellectual Property 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.

Update Copyright 2019 – Seminar in Berlin

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As is tradition, at the start of the year, this year on 23 January 2019, experts from BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT will speak on the subject “Copyright is everywhere” and provide an overview of key decisions and legal innovations over the year just gone.

Prof. Dr. Jan Bernd Nordemann and Prof. Dr. Christian Czychowski will present the current decisions of the ECJ and German Supreme Court; Dr. Julian Waiblinger will provide information on last year’s “website blocks”.

Join us as a guest and discuss these issues with the speakers following their presentations.

Simply send us an e-mail if you are interested in the event and would like to register.

Participation is free of charge.

Kanzleimonitor 2018/2019: Once again exceptional ratings for BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT in Industrial Property Rights and in Patent Law

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In the current edition of the Kanzleimonitor, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT again receives first-class ratings in Industrial Property Rights and Patent Law.

In Industrial Property Rights, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT is among the first three firms with 22 recommendations. Attorney Dr. Rudolf Böckenholt – just like last year – received multiple recommendations in the field of Industrial Property Rights.

In Patent Law, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT stands out again this year with a total of eleven recommendations to occupy first place by a wide margin. The ratings from the companies are also very satisfactory: BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT is ranked in 1st position both by departmental heads as well as by other syndics.

The empirical study ‘kanzleimonitor.de – Recommendation is the best reference’ by the Federal Association of Corporate Lawyers (BUJ), based on recommendations by in-house counsel, appears for the sixth year in a row.  Whilst in the first year it surveyed 390 companies, in the year 2018 a total of 931 companies took part in the study. 10,744 recommendations for law firms were provided, 8,448 of these in Germany and 2,296 abroad.

Further information on kanzleimonitor.de