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In its decision of 6 June 2025, the Court of Appeal of the UPC ruled that also in PI-proceedings reimbursement
Burden of proof and standard of proof for circumstances outside the scope of the patent claim In its today’s decision
Today Juliane Messner joined Pinar Frank (COO Holloid), Manfred Rieger (Takeda) and Bernhard Nussbaumer (Shareholder & CBDO ACMIT) in front
The Düsseldorf Local Chamber of the Unified Patent Court has classified the number of employees, annual turnover and annual balance
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is considered a court of a Member State pursuant to Article 71a of the EU
The Austrian Supreme Court confirms (18. 3. 2025, 4Ob106/24b): The band of the attacked heating sock has a different overall
GEISTWERT partner Juliane Messner once again gave a lecture to more than 20 interested LL.M. candidates as part of the
GEISTWERT partners Juliane Messner and Max Mosing gave a lecture on 7 March 2025 at Illuday 2025 in front of
Juliane Messner and Max Mosing spoke at the ISACA (ISC)2 Conference 2025 on 15 January 2025 on the topic of
Five years ago, the regulations for the protection of confidential know-how and trade secrets were amended for better protection. This
The owner of a well known building known cannot prohibit other persons from using domains containing the name of the
The drawing Robber Rathausplatz (city hall place) is an infringement of the copyright of the drawing Robber Hotzenplotz. The publisher,
The take-aways: 1. right of prior use: national law applies 2. step-by-step action: obligation to render accounts in the infringement
The jurisdiction of the UPC is a hot topic on damages, given that for the following 7 years the sunrise
While structuring the UPCA, Member States agreed on the existence of parallel proceedings before the EPO and the UPC. Furthermore,
1. A submission of evidence by the trade mark proprietor that the trade mark goods were first put on the
It is usually said that the public character of a Court’s proceedings enforces the sense of justice and serves the
Even from the early days of the UPC’s operation, it is obvious that the life sciences sector is taking the
The UPC functions with 105 in total perfectly qualified judges, with great expertise in patents. 37 of them are legally
For the time being, all the divisions of the UPC have been unanimous regarding interpretation of the RoP, but there
June 1st of 2023 the UPC opened its doors for the first time, after long-lasting negotiations among the EU-members and
Imagination and creation both were and still are what GEISTWERT is all about: At first, we started out at different
After plenty of difficulties and years of disagreement, the UPC opened its doors on 1st of June 2023, and it
When is time for litigation the patentee has a lot to take into account, but one of the most important