Thomas Musmann

by Bernward Zollner In a case called "Produktionsrückstandsentsorgung" the German Bundesgerichtshof has discussed a case in which the claim of the litigious patent had been amended and narrowed with…

by Miriam Büttner On 27 November 2012 the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) decided on the ethical problematical question, if neural precursor cells which origin from human stem cells are patentable…

The number of patent infringement suits filed with the District Court of Düsseldorf remains constantly high. In addition to the two existing patent litigation chambers (chamber 4a presided by Dr…

by Hetti Hilge The German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) confirmed that the patent owner may recover the infringer’s profit in so far, and only in so far, as it results from the use of the patent (BGH,…

This past week I had an interesting hearing at the EPO where an opposition was based, inter alia, on public prior use. The opposition division heard a number of witnesses on the question whether the…

Almost one year ago the European Court of Justice (CJEU) “clarified” the law on supplementary protection certificates. On November 24, 2011 it rendered its verdict in the “Medeva” case (C-322-10)…

by Bernward Zollner The German law on indirect patent infringement is rather strict. Particular means which are being supplied to third parties relate to an essential element of the in-vention if…

by Miriam Büttner As promised by my colleague, Rüdiger Pansch (please see his post on "Munich Appellate Court on Making vs. Repair" dated 28 October 2011 and the other earlier Blogs cited therein) we…

by Stefan Lieck In the judgement dated 12/01/2012 (file no. I ZB 43/11), the Federal Supreme Court decided on the question as to whether an administrative fine is to be imposed on the managing…