Knowledge & Events
The Patent Lawyer: Jan Goering on the growing importance of clarity objections under Article 84 EPC
Why current EPO practice is reshaping the boundaries between examination and claim interpretation Art. 84 EPC is the focus of a recent article by Jan Goering, German and European Patent Attorney and partner at BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT, published in The...
BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT contributes the Germany chapter to the Legal 500 IP Guide
The 10th edition of the Legal 500 Intellectual Property Comparative Guide has now been published and once again features a contribution from BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT. For the Germany chapter, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partners Dr. Daniel Herrmann and Dr. Michael Rüberg...
IP seminar for life sciences & chemistry on November 3, 2026 in Heidelberg
Our IP seminar for life sciences and chemistry will take place at the ATLANTIC Hotel Heidelberg on November 3, 2026. The seminar will be held in English and will focus on current challenges in protecting innovations, with practical insights for companies in these industries.
Dr. Alexander Thamer and Dr. Martin Schaefer in GRUR 17/2026 on AI-generated image reproductions
In GRUR 17/2026 (pp. 1234 ff.), Dr. Alexander Thamer and Dr. Martin Schaefer discuss the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court’s “Unterwasserfotos” decision (I-20 W 2/26). The article focuses on the question under which circumstances AI-generated reproductions of copyrighted photographs may constitute...
G 1/25 – More legal certainty or a change to the worse?
In G 1/25, the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal has ruled on the extent of description adaptation following claim amendments, establishing a “conditional middle position” – with legal and practical risks for the practitioner. Applicants are required to “adapt” the...
Advertising by airlines with SAF – Dr. Julian Wernicke in GRUR-Prax 15-16/2026, 545 on the Higher Regional Court of Cologne’s decision of 8 July 2026 (Case No. 6 U 68/25)
The Higher Regional Court of Cologne (OLG Köln) has emphasised the need for transparency in advertising relating to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The decision highlights the high standards applicable to environmental advertising in the run-up to the implementation of the...
FOCUS Top Business Law Firms 2026: BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT once again ranks among the best in Germany
Exceptionally high recommendation rates from clients in patent law, as well as the highest recognition from peers in the field of trade mark law. BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT is once again pleased to be listed in this year’s edition of FOCUS...
New FRAND Guidelines of the 7th Civil Chamber of the Munich I Regional Court: More Structure, More Economics, No Safe Harbor
The Munich patent chamber that decides the bulk of German SEP cases has set out, over 67 pages, how it assesses FRAND. Anyone pleading in Munich now knows which figures the chamber expects and which lines of defense it will...
Party disposition at the UPC: Settlement, withdrawal and the conditional revocation counterclaim
Who shapes a UPC case – and who ends it? Increasingly, the answer is: the parties. Court of Appeal, order of 16 July 2026, UPC-CoA-40/2026 — Emboline v AorticLab (on appeal from LD Munich, 13 January 2026, UPC_CFI_628/2024). How UPC...