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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 […]

2013 – 2016

11/2016 UK TO RATIFY UNIFIED PATENT COURT AGREEMENT One of the last steps towards the establishment of a single patent court for Europe, and with it the entire unitary patent regime, was taken on 28 November 2016. According to a statement by UK Minister for IP, Baroness Neville-Rolfe, at the EU Competitiveness Council in Brussels, […]