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Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer is about to leave the German Patent and Trademark Office whose President she has been for 14 years. On 31 January 2023 she will enter into her well-deserved retirement. This…

The new and noteworthy decision T 670/20 by Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.07 provides more legal certainty for patentees of formulation patents. The proprietors of pharmaceutical formulation and…

Damocles, so tells us an ancient legend (reported here) was a favorite of President Dionysios II. of Syrakus in Sicily, who lived during the first half of the 4th century BC. His story was succinctly…

The UPC website has the breaking news of the day: The start of the UPC Sunrise Period is postponed for two months until March 1, 2023. This is time for relief and gratitude. And while today is Mozart…

Concerto Italiano - Preludio Johannes Karcher, acting chairman of the UPC's Administrative Committee, is to be applauded for the interview he gave to the Kluwer Patent blogger recently, which sheds…

October 19, 2022 was a special day. It was the first day when the UPC website finally announced the names of the UPC's first 85 judges. JuVe's journalists quickly did their homework and provided…

The so-called proportionality defense according to Sec. 139(1) clause 3 (hereinafter simply "proportionality defense") is one of the newest provisions of the German Patent Act. It has only been…

The Holy Roman Empire (Latin: Sacrum Romanum Imperium; German: Heiliges Römisches Reich, later: Heiliges Römisches Reich deutscher Nation) was one of the largest, most successful and longest-lasting…

Even the best European Patent Attorneys may occasionally have to represent a client in an appeal case that turns out to be increasingly hopeless, or they are representing the patentee in examination…