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03/2019

Partial victory for AbbVie in biosimilar dispute Rheumatism drug Humira is one of pharmaceutical company AbbVie’s most valuable biosimilars. In ongoing disputes over the patent family, the European Patent Office Opposition Division finally rejected all oppositions in the oral hearing concerning the divisional application EP 2940 044. A significant aspect of the decision is the […]

01/2019

CH KILGER WINS CLIENT CHOICE AWARD For the second time after 2013 the law firm has received this prestigious award now in 2019. We thank our clients for their continuous trust. We will thrive to be even better in 2020.unique design.    What clients said: “He has kept his curiosity and is a sure bet […]

09/2018

Why patent attorneys love 911s (District Court 17 O 1324/17) Some of us patent attorneys are also car aficionados. It is claimed that one or the other patent attorney has a 911 Porsche in the garage. The enthusiasm for the 911 may be due to the absolutely unique design. This design has now become the […]

08/2018

T2563/11 – EPO Decision by the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1 As you will know the issue of double patenting is not codified expressis verbis in the EPC. Some case law has dealt with this though (G 1/05 and G 1/06).

05/2018

Lionel Andrés Messi Wins Lionel Andrés Messi wins at the General Court of the European Union (EGC) and succeeds in getting his trademark M.E.S.S.I registered. Filed in 2011 a third party owning an older trademark „MASSI““ had objected against the registration. The „soccer player’s fame counteracts the visual and phonetic similarities“.

01/2018

CH KILGER wins 2017 legal awards from LAWYER MONTHLY as Patent Law Firm of the Year in Germany.

08/2017

COMPULSORY LICENSE DECISION UPHELD BY GERMAN FEDERAL COURT OF JUSTICE Compulsory licenses are really very rare! The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has now upheld the decision by the German Federal Patent Court (BPatG) granting Merck a license to Shionogi’s patent EP 1 422 218 B1 covering the HIV drug “Isentress”, as sold by […]

06/2017

The “Frankurter Allgemeine Zeitung” was the first to report that the President of the Federal Republic of Germany has agreed to suspend the Presidential signature required for formal ratification of the UPC Agreement until the German Federal Constitutional Court has reached a decision concerning the ongoing expedited proceedings relating to the implemenation of the UPC […]

03/2017

A team of our firm CH KILGER is presently visiting clients and colleagues in Asia, making a business trip through Japan, Korea and China. The excellent relationships with our Asian colleagues are further enhanced while discussing legal issues in Europe and Asia. Our Latin America office is present with one partner attorney, Dott. Maria Marazzi.

01/2017

CH KILGER Anwaltspartnerschaft mbB has been awarded the Lawyer International Global Award 2017 in the category ‘Law Firm of the Year’ in respect to Patent Litigation Law. The firm will be presented in this month’s special edition of the Lawyer International magazine. The Lawyer International is the premier guide to leading most prolific firms and […]