Christian W. Appelt to speak at the 23rd Dusseldorf Patent Law Days on March 14, 2025

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and patent attorney Christian W. Appelt will speak on the second day of the event from 9.45 a.m. on the current decision-making practice of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO.

The “Zentrum für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz” (Center for Intellectual Property) at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is once again inviting experts to this year’s “Düsseldorfer Patentrechtstage” (Dusseldorf Patent Law Days).

Under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Jan Busche and Prof. Dr. Peter Meier-Beck, former Presiding Judge of the German Federal Court of Justice (VorsRiBGH), judges from various courts and chambers, representatives of the Federal Ministry of Justice and from academia as well as lawyers will provide information on current topics and developments in patent law on March 13 and 14.

While the first day of the event will focus on the European Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the interpretation of claims in the European patent system, the second day will deal with the case law of lower courts, the Court of Appeal of the UPC and the Federal Supreme Court.

In this context, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and patent attorney Christian W. Appelt will speak from 9.45 a.m. on the current decision-making practice of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office.

Further information and an option to register can be found here on the Düsseldorf Patent Law Days website. The event will be held in German.