24. Januar 2012 —On the ksnh::law blog we take exceptional care about the discussion on and legal development of protection of computer-implemented inventions, aka 'software patents'. With our latest posting we completed a small series of three articles on the respective legal foundations of and the examining practi…
16. Januar 2012 —The first two articles on our ksnh::law blog in 2012 have drawn a promising but fragile picture on the condition of the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court in the beginning of 2012. It certainly is a sign of progress (although some would say in the wrong direction) that the Secretariat of the E…
28. Dezember 2011 — Michel Barnier getting increasingly impatient with EU Patent system In an article dated December 26, 2011 (see tweet), french daily Le Figaro reports on the increasing impatience of Michel Barnier, EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, with the (lack of) progress in the st…
23. Dezember 2011 — In a posting on ksnh::law titled "EU Patent Package: JURI has Spoken, But What did it Say?" we report on what - presumably - has happened in the JURI meeting on December 20, in which the EU Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee voted on the three separate resolutions/agreements of the so called 'EU …
20. Dezember 2011 — European Parliament, Strasbourg, France, Home of JURI Today's meeting of the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) will see the votes on the different parts of the so called EU Patent Package. According to the draft agenda the voting time is set to 10.00 to 12.30 and will cov…
16. Dezember 2011 — After last week's EU Competitiveness Council meeting ended with rather positive news, stakeholders and interest groups increasingly launch attacks on the suggested EU Patent Package (see e.g. here and here). In two recent articles titled Critical Position Paper of International IP Federation FI…
14. Dezember 2011 — Antonio Gaudi's "La Sagrade Familia" - Under Construction Since 1882 After last week's the Competitive Council meeting the EU patent deal appeard to be almost done as "only the seat of the Central Division of the Unitary Patent Court needs to be decided" (see tweet of PL Presidency)…
6. Dezember 2011 — Luxemburg, future home of the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court? It has been a crazy day in Brussels and in the IP blogoshere yesterday, beginning - despite of harsh criticism - with hopes of the Polish Presidency to obtain an agreement on the EU Patent Package including the seat…
4. Dezember 2011 — Tuesday last week the European Parliament rhetorically asked in a press release (pdf) if the deal on the EU patent was already done. An official press release having this headline is truly sensational, since it implies that there are reasonable chances that Spain and Italy would agree on the EU Pat…
2. Dezember 2011 — It appeast the race for the seat of the future Unified Patent Court is going between London and Munich. While the German Government mad its bit for Munich already months ago, the Cameron administration needed to be pushed by professionals lately (e.g. by LES-UK and IP Foundation) to finally make i…
29. November 2011 — While stakeholders frequently discuss the political and financial issues in connection with the Unitary Patent and the related Unified Patent Court, the procedural and patent law related features of the new framework are not so often exhibited. In a recent article titled "The Essential Fe…
28. November 2011 — On our corporate IP law blog ksnh::law, we published a series of articles documenting the latest developments of the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court in Europe: JURI mandates Rapporteurs to Negotiate Unitary Patent with EU Council Behind Closed Doors (25 Nov '11), Rushing To Set …
21. Oktober 2011 — Our today's article on the ksnh::law blog speculates a bit about whether or not the Unified Patent Court may go East, e.g. to Warsaw, Poland. An example of such a decision on where to locate may be seen in the purely political decision in the 1990s that the new Office for Harmonisation in the I…
8. Oktober 2011 —In the articles titled "Compatibility Of Draft Agreement On Unified Patent Court with EU acquis" on the ksnh::law IP blog, we report that Axel's individual request regarding public access to EU Council Document 14191/11 titled "Compatibility of the draft agreement on the Unified Patent Court with t…
7. Oktober 2011 —In a new article titled "Will the Unitary Patent Really Lower Costs for Applicants by up to 70% ?", the IP law blog ksnh::law reports on the fact that this full-bodied announcement of the President of the EPO, Benoît Battistelli, and the European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, Mi…
28. September 2011 —In a recent article titled "New Developments Concerning the EU Unified Patent Court", the IP law blog ksnh::law refers to the revised Presidency text of the "Draft agreement on a Unified Patent Court and draft Statute" (Document 13751/11), which was submitted by the Polish EU Presidency to the…
27. September 2011 — A new article titled "Schützen Sie Ihre Marke vor einer Registrierung unter der .xxx TLD innerhalb der Sunrise Periode" (in German, sorry; automatic Englisch translation by Google) on the ksnh::jur blog reports on the sunrise period for registering the new xxx top level domain, which started on S…
20. September 2011 —In a recent article titled "OHIM Soon To Be Transformed Into Sort Of IP Enforcement Agency" our ksnh::law blog reports on the EU Commission's Document COM(2011) 288 final (EU Council Document 10668/11) that suggests to entruste OHIM "with certain tasks related to the protection of intellectual prope…
19. September 2011 —In a new article titled "How (Not) To Get Rid Of Software Patents" on the ksnh::law blog, Axel Horns reports on the success of the German Priate Party on yesterday's general elections for the Berlin regional parliament, where teh party could, for the first time in Germany, surpass the 5% quorum. E…
10. September 2011 —A new article titled "Schützen Sie Ihre Marke vor einer Registrierung unter der .xxx TLD innerhalb der Sunrise Periode" (in German, sorry; automatic Englisch translation by Google) on the ksnh::jur blog reports on the sunrise period for registering the new xxx top level domain, which started on Se…
25. August 2011 —In a new article titled Draft Decision: Council of EU one step closer to sign ACTA on our ksnh::law blog we report on the latest developments of the ACTA negotiations in the European Union, the purpose of which is to establish international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement. Acco…
24. August 2011 —In a new article titled European Patent with unitary effect: How to carry on? on our ksnh::law blog my colleague Axel Horns sketches the political and legal situation of the EU patent in the present summer break as well as how the implementation of enhanced cooperation may continue coming fall. With…
23. August 2011 —In a new article titled "Software Patent Litigation: Stress Testing the Patent System" on the ksnh::law blog, my colleague Axel Horns contemplates on the ongoing so called "smartphone war" and its possible impact on the patent system as a whole, exemplary considering the Apple vs. Samsung battle, th…
9. August 2011 — In a new article titled "EPO Case Law on Patentability of Software Inventions From the 80ies Until Now" on the ksnh::law blog, I provide a summary of a working session on “Patentability of Computer implemented inventions at the EPO” held by Mr. Dai Rees – Chairman of an EPO appeal board and member …
6. August 2011 —In a new article titled "Einwendungen Dritter in Verfahren vor dem Europäischen Patentamt werden gestärkt" (in German, sorry; automatic Englisch translation by google) on the ksnh::jur blog, I report on the recent approach of the EPO to provide a well-structured web portal for easy submission of t…
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