k/s/n/h::law feed

• Coercing Applicants With DPMAdirektWeb For TM Applications – A Failed Approach? 28. November 2013
  A couple of minutes ago I was called in by a KSNH paralegal to assist her in filing an application for a national German trade mark application utilising the new DPMAdirektWeb facility which is available to the public since November 12, 2013. She had just […]
• Germany: Copyright Protection More Easily Available For Works Of “Applied Arts” 14. November 2013
  Back in 2004, Germany saw a fundamental reform of the German Act on Registered Designs (“Geschmacksmustergesetz”): Before, Gebrauchsmusterschutz was defined as sort of a small coin of Copyright (“Kleine Münze des Urheberrechtes”). In particular, the old Act on Registered Designs made use of the concept of level of originality (“Gestaltungshöhe”) which is a [ […]
• Could The World Bank Become Ultimate Supreme Patent Court of U.S. And EU Under TAFTA/TTIP? 15. Oktober 2013
  As everyone is aware, a new European Unified Patent Court system is in the making. The Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) has been signed by all of the EU Member States but Spain and Poland and is now waiting for at least 13 ratifications (including Germany, […]
• Time Limits & Deadlines in Draft UPCA RoP: Counting The Days 2. September 2013
  If court proceedings took many years and a final decision was delivered only after, say, ten years of endless deliberations or so, delivering  justice this late might well be perceived as delivering no justice at all. Hence, when composing present Draft of the Rules of Procedure […]
• An Era Of Discontent? 30. August 2013
  In Janurary this year I was happy to report that In a move towards greater transparency, the European Patent Office is improving the access to the documents of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation. Under this new policy, […]