Clinical Innovation Conference, Washington, D.C., February 8-9, 2018.

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On February 8-9, 2018, experts will meet in Georgetown Law Center, Washington, D.C. to discuss ‘Fair and Effective Incentives for New Uses of Established Drugs’

Among other aspects, panel member Dr. Ute Kilger will talk on the subject of ‘Examples of Success – The Lyrica Story in Denmark’ and explain the legal situation in Germany.

Dr. Karl-Heinz Metten will take up the role of moderator, leading the Judges’ Panel.

Further information about the conference is available here.

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT at GIPC 2018 in Bengaluru, India

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The tenth Global Intellectual Property Convention (GIPC) will be held from January 23–25, 2018 in India. Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, Dr. Markus Engelhard, Dr. Carl-Richard Haarmann, Dr. Ute Kilger and Dr. Stefan Schohe will be speaking and leading workshops at the prestigious international event, which this year focuses on “Ideas, IP, Commercialisation”.

More information on the convention can be found here.

Travels in India

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Dr. Carl-Richard Haarmann and Dr. Björn Bahlmann are speaking together at two conferences in India.

On January 20, 2018, they will be speaking on “Trademarks in the European Union; Key facts, Prosecution and Litigation” in Ahmedabad.

On January 22, 2018 they will be presenting an infringement action case study in Mumbai.

Dr. Ute Kilger and Dr. Markus Engelhard at the 2nd China Pharma Intellectual Property Summit 2017 in Shanghai

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The 2nd China Pharma Intellectual Property Summit 2017 will be taking on place on 7 and 8 December 2017 in Shanghai. Dr. Ute Kilger and  Dr. Markus Engelhard will be holding a joint talk on “Patent litigation in Europe with emphasis on Germany including a case study (Zhejiang Medicines Co., Ltd. vs. Kaneka “Coenzyme Q10”)” during this two-day conference. Details on the event can be found here.

“Software and property rights” seminar – with Prof. Dr. Ch. Czychowski and Dr. Th. Bittner.

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The German Lawyers’ Academy will be holding a seminar on “Software and property rights (patent- and copyright law)” on 01 December 2017 in Frankfurt am Main. Software patents are an integral part of everyday business. Computer-implemented inventions are found in almost all contemporary products used in our technology-oriented world of work. What’s more, software is one of few products to be protected by both patent law and copyright law. Prof. Dr. Christian Czychowski and Dr. Thomas Bittner will be holding a joint seminar covering this area and explaining legal prerequisites for protection, current developments in legal practice, the influence of open-source licensing models, and contractual issues. It is aimed at patent lawyers, general attorneys, as well as employees from industrial corporations and SMEs.

For more information and to register

“Karlsruhe Dialogue: Technology & Law” with Prof. J. B. Nordemann and Dr. M. Rüberg.

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The AnwaltAkademie is holding the “Karlsruhe Dialogue: Technology & Law” on 30 November 2017, which this year features the theme “3D-printing and intellectual property”.

The event will shine light on the underlying technical aspects of the numerous legal implications of 3D printing in various areas of intellectual property law, amongst other topics.
Dr. Michael Rüberg will be explaining “3D printing – dangers for patents” while Prof. Dr. Jan B. Nordemann holds an illuminating talk on “3D printing: protection against limitation by unfair competition – protection without IP rights?”
For further information and to register.

30/11/17 – 01/12/17: Two-day Forum Seminar on “Licensing” with Prof. Dr. H. Goddar.

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On 30 November and 1 December 2017, a licensing seminar will be taking place in Munich organised by the Forum Institute for Management. Patent lawyer Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar and attorney Dr. Bertram Huber (IP*SEVA – Intellectual Property for Sustainable Energy Ventures, Backnang/Stuttgart), will both be leading this English-language seminar. The seminar will highlight numerous facets of licensing law and the individual phases of the licensing procedure. Current case examples will also be used to illustrate. To register and for further information.

28/11/2017: “Frankfurter Compliance Talks” – Prof. Ch. Czychowski on Open Source and Compliance.

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On 28 November 2017, an event will be held in Frankfurt am Main as part of the “Compliance Talks”.
Prof. Dr. Christian Czychowski will be giving a keynote speech on aspects of “Open Source and Compliance”. The Compliance talks are being held in partnership with OpenText Discovery/Recommind and the German publishing group Anwaltspiegel. The event will take place from 5 p.m. in the Frankfurter Presseclub. For further information

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT Congress Partner to IP Summit 2017

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The exclusive annual congress of the German Federal Association of Company Lawyers (BUJ) exploring the topic of “Intellectual property” will be held on 27 and 28 November 2017 at Le Méridien Munich.

Attorney Malte Nentwig will be presenting “Highlights from case law in trade marks competition, design” in his talk.
Further information on the event can be found here.

“Media Law Update 2017” at the Erich Pommer Institute.

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On 24 and 25 November 2017, the EPI Media Institute will be holding a two-part seminar entitled “Media Law Update 2017”. The two sections of the seminar will look into current developments and the latest case law concerning copyright and media law. Aspects covered will include: media employment law, publishing law, broadcasting law, EU media regulation, laws governing collecting societies, and provider liability.

Prof. Dr. Jan B. Nordemann will be holding a talk on 24 November 2017 on the topic of “GS Media, Filmspeler and ThePirateBay: a European concept for public dissemination?”. On the same day, Dr. Anke Nordemann-Schiffel will be providing an “Overview of Publishing Law”.
Each seminar can be booked individually and counts as further training for lawyers and specialist attorneys in the fields of copyright and media law. The two-part seminar is aimed at lawyers, specialist attorneys and in-house lawyers. The event will be held at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBAW), Jägerstraße 22/23, 10117 Berlin.
Further information