On 1 September 2017, patent attorney Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar will give a speech for the members of the Licensing Executives Society Chinese Taipei (LES) in Taipei. In the speech, Prof Goddar will explains the possibilities and aspects of University/Industry Cooperations in Europe.
The Singapore IP Week takes place from 28 to 30 August 2017 in Singapore. It is organised by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore.On 28 August, Professor Dr. Heinz Goddar will give a speech there within the framework of the session 4 “Breaking Barriers: Intellectual Property and the Value for Society – Part II”. The speech will be on the topic “Industry-University Cooperation in Europe – Germany as an Example”.
The seminar institute Management Circle offers a two-day seminar entitled “From patent registration to successful implementation strategy” which will show how inventions and innovations can be sensibly protected. The two BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT patent lawyers Dr. Dennis Kretschmann and Dr. Steffen Schmidt will hold speeches at this event. Aspects and topics covered by the seminar are:
The seminar is offered on three separate dates: on 25 -26 July 2017 in Munich, on 8 -9 August 2017 in Frankfurt am Main, as well as on 13 -14 September 2017 in Stuttgart.
The seminar is geared towards heads and senior managers of R&D departments, lawyers looking to get a handle on patent and design law, those responsible for inventions in companies, product developers and product managers as well as inventors and start-ups.
This year BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT will once more be organising the intensive workshop, “Obtaining, Enforcing and Evaluating Intellectual Property Rights in Europe”. It will take place between 29th June to 08th July in Munich, divided into two parts – patent law and trademark law. Content, workshop program and registration papers are available to download here (as pdf file in English).
On 28 June 2017, the Erich Pommer Institute (EPI) will hold the 3rd Congress “Copyright Policy: Leading Figures from Politics, Law and Industry in Dialogue”. The event will focus on current new developments in copyright policy in Germany and Europe. Experts from the field of politics, industry and research will look at what political developments affect copyright law in Germany and at the European level and will explain the impulses coming from academia and practice.
The two legal directors of the EPI, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT lawyer Prof. Dr. Jan Bernd Nordemann and Prof Ulrich Michel will host the event together. The congress will take place from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the hall ALEX TV (Rudolfstrasse 1-8, 10245 Berlin) Entrance is free of charge but subject to registration. Registration at
On 28 June 2017, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT’s Frankfurt office will for the first time hold a “Trademark and Patent Seminar“. The seminar is geared in particular at medium-sized companies. At the event, patent specialists and lawyers from the Frankfurt office will provide insight into targeted management of brand portfolios, possible responses to trademark infringement, and into patent strategies with particular emphasis on those suited to medium-sized companies. The topics covered:
The seminar begins at 3 p.m. and ends at 6 p.m. with subsequent get-together. Participation is free of charge. Registration is requested via ford(at)boehmert.de or via this form link.
On 26 June 2017, at the European Parliament in Brussels, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) working group on the Digital Internal Market will discuss the issue of “Online Service Providers and the limited liability regime of the e-commerce Directive”. BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT lawyer Prof. Dr. Jan Bernd Nordemann will give the keynote speech here on the issue of “Liability of online service providers for copyrighted content – substantive and procedural aspects”. Further information
On 13 June 2017, the Erich Pommer-Institute (EPI) will hold a seminar on “YouTube as business model”. BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT lawyer and media specialist Olaf Wolters will take part in the event as speaker. The seminar will discuss how film companies can earn money with YouTube and what legal pitfalls are to be considered. Aspects of the seminar include:
The seminar will be held at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Jägerstrasse 22/23, 10117 Berlin. 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. Further information and registration at.
On 12 June 2017, the 8th “GRUR meets Brussels Workshop” will take place, this time under the heading “The Digital Single Market Copyright Directive Proposal and beyond: Towards a `toolbox´ for future European Copyright Law“. BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT lawyer Prof. Dr. Jan Bernd Nordemann will make a contribution on the subject of “Communication to the Public: Hyperlinks and Hosting Platforms“ with his speech “Hyperlinking as a problem: does the CJEU’s case law work out?” and will also sit as a panellist. Further information and registration can be found at.
On 12 June 2017, the 4th Josef Kohler Symposium will take place in Berlin on the subject of “Copyright in the Knowledge Economy – A new Copyright Law for Teaching and Research?”. BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT lawyer Dr. Martin Schaefer will attend the event and take part in a podium discussion on the new Copyright Act. Other participants are: Dr. Jens-Peter Gaul, General Secretary of the University Rector Conference, Prof Christian Sprang, Head of the Legal Department at Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, MR Matthias Schmid, BMJV, Berlin (invited), Prof. em. Dr. Artur-Axel Wandtke, Humboldt University Berlin. Hosted by: Jun.-Prof Katharina de la Durantaye, Humboldt University Berlin. The draft for an “Act for the harmonisation of copyright law in line with the current requirements of the knowledge economy” poses numerous questions: What specific requirements are made by universities, research institutions and libraries of copyright law? Where are the limits when balancing the interests of copyright owners and publishers? What role can collection companies play? These questions will be discussed by experts from academia, industry and politics.
Venue: Auditorium of the Jacob-and-Wilhelm-Grimm-Centre, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse 1/3, 10117 Berlin.
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