12/2019
3 in ONE STRIKE – ILLUMINA PATENTS INVALIDATED BY CH KILGER
The European Patent Office has destroyed several patents belonging to Illumina, a US manufacturer of DNA sequencing machine and a market leader in the field.
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 if you need creative solutions to complex problems. He does not live in an ivory tower and as such delivers not only creative but also realistic solutions.”
“Because of his work and exceptional performance, I rate him extremely high for his competence, reliability and loyalty to our company, and for carrying out work at very high quality and, if necessary, at very short notice.”
“He has been an indispensable expert in securing IP rights and patent claims and supporting us on numerous levels in evaluating IP-related contracts and projects. He has exceptional communication skills that are essential in negotiations with other companies.”
“Dr Kilger, in comparison to other firms and attorneys, has outstanding expertise and commercial awareness, especially in the field of healthcare and life sciences.”
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 subject matter of a copyright dispute (17 O 1324/17) before the district court of Stuttgart. 阅读更多
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). 阅读更多
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“.
UK Ratifies UPC Agreement
The British Government has announced on April 26, 2018 that it has ratified the UPC Agreement. This means it will be bound also to the UPC’s Protocol on Privileges and Immunities (PPI). Concerning issues of EU law the UPC system will need to refer to the ECJ. A cheap price to pay for by the UK considering, that estimates say the move will bring the British legal system as much as 300 Mio Euros worth of business a year. Whether this ratification means the Court will remain in London, outside of the EU after BREXIT, is to be seen though.
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 Merck.
License negotiations had gone sour and Shionogi sued Merck for patent infringement (No. 4c O 48/15). This proceeding was stayed as there is an ongoing opposition/appeal at the EPO (T 1150/15) for which oral proceedings have been scheduled for October 2017. In the meantime, Merck requested a compulsory license which was, in a first instance, granted by the BPatG and now upheld by the BGH.
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 (2 BVR 739/17).
A private person is challenging the validity of the German law and process implementing the UPC Agreement. One issue is likely to be that the Boards of Appeal at the EPO are not sufficiently independent from the European Patent Organization. In any case this issue will delay the UPC substantially just as BREXIT has cast a doubt on the starting point for 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 individuals throughout the world.
