In the decision T 1621/09 of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO the question arose whether the appellant’s new argument amounts to an amended case within the meaning of the RPBA (Rules of Procedure of…
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…
Today it seems to be commonplace that without a patent system people would be less motivated to invest time and resources into making inventions that may foster technological progress. What is less…
The Paris Court of Appeal clarified the conditions to be assessed by the Court in order to grant an interlocutory injunction pursuant to Article L. 615-3 of the French Intellectual Property Code.
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The numerus clausus of legally permissible pieces of evidence in the new Swiss Civil Procedure Code (CPC) – unlike in many other codes of civil procedure – does not provide for private expert…
By Stephan von Petersdorff-Campen
Under paragraph 103 of the German Insolvency Act, an insolvency practitioner has the right to choose whether or not to honour existing contracts of the insolvent…
In a decision of 21 March 2012, the Cour d’Appel of Paris ruled on the issue of the appraisal which the French judge has to make when a request for a preliminary injunction against acts allegedly…
For many years in Denmark, interlocutory injunction proceedings have been organized under the aegis of the bailiff's department of the municipal courts. This has entailed a number of disadvantages,…
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court rendered its first decision regarding the new pre-trial taking of evidence proceeding in Switzerland's new Code of Civil Procedure Law (ZPO) and in the Swiss Patent…
