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If advertising material that was originally used for a patent-infringing product continues to be used as such, this may constitute an independent patent infringement. And this even if the advertised product has been technically modified in a way that a patent infringement is excluded.<\/p>\n

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT attorneys Dr. Michael R\u00fcberg<\/a> and Lars Eggersdorfer<\/a> report on this judgement as well as a subsequent decision in a penalty payment proceeding of the Higher Regional Court of D\u00fcsseldorf in their article for the Indian trade journal “Legal Era” – combined with useful tips on how to deal with this problem in practice.<\/p>\n

The full article in English entitled “Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf decides on further use of advertising after product modification” is available online here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If advertising material that was originally used for a patent-infringing product continues to be used as such, this may constitute an independent patent infringement. 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