Thomas Musmann

In my first post I have described the old shabby courtroom of the patent chamber of the District Court of Düsseldorf. Meanwhile the court has moved to a new court house which is situated close to the…

The holder of a patent is entitled to damages caused by unlawful usage of the patent's teaching. But what to do if the patent is transferred while the patent is being infringed? Who can claim damages…

The German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) has recently made clear that every court has to take into account preceding decisions of the European Patent Office (EPO) and of courts of other…

Control question: remember what this was?   You certainly knew the answer had you read Max’s post on Patent Law and Philosophy: this is not just an IBC (Intermediate Bulk Container) for acids and…

The District Court Duesseldorf held that the addressee may not refuse acceptance of a complaint according to Art. 8 para. 1 lit. a) of Regulation (EC) No. 1393/2007 on the Service in the Member…

German courts (and German attorneys) have been quite creative to improve the position of the patentee in litigation in the past. Last year the Olanzapine- decision of the Appeals Court in Düsseldorf,…

I have to start this with a simple introduction into container technology: This is an intermediate bulk container (IBC):   In principle such an IBC consists of three elements, the base, the outer…

Dussel-What? Where do you come from? Düsseldorf. Dussel-What? Düsseldorf. Aaaaaha. Where again is it? China. Interesting. Düsseldorf is probably not the hottest topic to start a conversation abroad…