Topic “Platforms Always – Access Providers Never?”

Now that all events can take place live again, media:net berlinbrandenburg also invites you to the Producers’ Brunch at the Brandenburg Representation to the Federal Government in Berlin as part of the Berlinale 2023.
On the questions “Platforms always – Access providers never? What do the latest legal developments in Germany and Europe mean for the film and television sector?” will be discussed this year by a high-ranking panel consisting of

• Julia Kever, Senior Legal Counsel at Motion Picture Association
• Andreas Göckel, Deutsche Telekom AG, Law and Integrity, Head of Partnering and Innovations
• Sabine Frank, Head of Governmental Affairs and Public Policy at YouTube
• Dr. Armin Jungbluth, Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport (Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr), responsible for Legal Framework Digital Services, Media Law.

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT attorney and partner Dr. Martin Schaefer will act as a supporting moderator. An introduction to the topic will be given by Prof. Dr. Jan Bernd Nordemann of NORDEMANN. The event will be held in German.

More information about the Producers’ Brunch 2023 can be found here.

Event dates at a glance

Date: February 20, 2023
Time: 10.00 – 12.30 h | Admission from 09.30 h
Location: Representation of Brandenburg at the Federal Government, In den Ministergärten 3, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Registration via Eventbrite

On Dec. 15, 2022 at 3 p.m. (India Standard Time), Boehmert & Boehmert partner, founding member and vice president of TiE Germany, Dr. Daniel Herrmann will speak to people from the startup sector.

The patent attorney has been advising companies and start-ups on patent matters for years. In his article, he presents TiE Germany as a hub for market entry in Europe and shows why patents help start-ups to gain a strong position in market entry. The non-profit platform GINSEP aims to bring together all active players in the startup sector in the Indo-German corridor.

To register please click here.

After a break of two years due to the pandemic, the event series “IP Summer Course – Obtaining, Enforcing and Evaluating Intellectual Property Rights in Europe” is back in Munich in 2022. From July 4 to 9, 2022, in-house counsel, patent managers, and IP experts are invited to attend numerous seminars to learn about important aspects of obtaining, evaluating, and licensing intellectual property in Europe, as well as basic patent and trade secret protection strategies.

The seminars will be led by BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT patent attorneys and attorneys at law as well as by renowned guest tutors from science and practice. The entire event will be conducted in English.

IP Summer Course 2022: Patents, Utility Models and Designs

Period: July 04 to 09, 2022
Location: Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski, Munich
Fee: € 2.040,00 gross

Highlights during the event:

July 04, 2022, 7:30 p.m.: Welcome and dinner
July 06, 2022, 9:00 a.m.: Attendance of an oral proceeding at the European Patent Office (EPO)
July 08, 2022, 7:00 p.m.: Closing dinner
July 09, 2022, 7:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.: Full-day excursion to Upper Bavaria including visit to Castle Neuschwanstein

Registration

Please use the following form to register. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at ipsummercourse@boehmert.de. We look forward to seeing you!

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A detailed data protection notice regarding the booking of your participation in the IP Summer Course 2022 can be downloaded here.

At the HUB31 Technology and Start-up Centre Darmstadt, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT patent attorneys Dr. Daniel Herrmann and Dr. Lennart-Knud Liefeith (both Frankfurt) will speak on the importance of intellectual property protection for start-ups on 26 April 2022 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.

Using examples, the two attorneys will show how the process towards a patent works, which patent strategies are advisable and which aspects of software or computer-implemented inventions are patentable in Europe.

The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session, during which Dr. Herrmann and Dr. Liefeith will also be available for individual discussions.

The free event will be held in German and in accordance with the 2G-Plus hygiene concept. You can find all information on this and a link to register via e-mail here.

The event will be held as an online event in the form of a Zoom video conference from 24 – 25 March 2022. In addition to the traditional overview of the current decision practice of the boards of appeal and the courts, this year’s ”Patentrechtstage” will focus on the approaching start of the Unitary European Patent System and the challenges associated with it. A second focus of the conference is the controversially discussed question of patent protection for “vaccines”.

Details of the event can be found here.