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Das Markenmodernisierungsgesetz (MaMoG)

by Matthias Rößler | 17. 12. 2018

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27.10.2025 - IPO of CF PharmTech

2023 (3)

06.10.2023 - Trademarks as an indication of origin
20.07.2023 - The Unified Patent Court (UPC)
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2022 (6)

14.12.2022 - Counterfeit products on the Internet
26.09.2022 - Prevent trademark infringement
27.07.2022 - The international registration of a trademark
20.04.2022 - Research on patents and patent applications
30.03.2022 - DMPA: Patent Law Modernization Act
15.03.2022 - BGH on auxiliary requests during nullity proceedings

2021 (19)

17.11.2021 - ECJ confirms lack of distinctiveness for red lace ends
28.10.2021 - EuGH rules: Parts of a product can be claimed as a non-registered design
24.09.2021 - Patent recall claim for patentees gains importance through Higher Regional Court (OLG) decision
23.08.2021 - Trademarks in the European Union
29.07.2021 - With Federal Court of Justice (BGH) decision golden shade of Lindts hare is a protected trademark
15.07.2021 - OLG Düsseldorf: Advertising with a patent infringing reference object
13.07.2021 - BGH decision on discoverability by search engines and the state of the art on the Internet
07.07.2021 - General Court of the European Union (EuG) rules: No trademark protection for sound when opening a can
07.07.2021 - General Court of the European Union (EuG) extends priority period for EU designs to 12 months
20.05.2021 - Asserting a priority claim / Filing of subsequent applications to patent
14.05.2021 - Trademark Protection in China
03.05.2021 - Application for trademarks without own intention to use are considered as application “in bad faith”
20.04.2021 - Registered design as starting point for examination for inventive step
12.04.2021 - Sound brands: Sound as part of the brand strategy
08.04.2021 - Higher regional court (OLG) decision on patent infringement by equivalent means
26.03.2021 - World IP DAY
20.01.2021 - European Unitary Patent and Unified Court
14.01.2021 - New Federal Court of Justice (BGH) case law on the revocation of a trademark
13.01.2021 - Other light shows possible at the Düsseldorf Rhine Tower next to light installation Rheinkomet®

2020 (13)

16.12.2020 - Lack of distinctiveness of a three dimensional EU trademark
15.12.2020 - Citations should already be subject of applicant’s submission in nullity action in first instance
20.11.2020 - Standard-essential patents (SEP)
20.10.2020 - Federal Patent Court rules: Defense with a non-attacked subclaim is inadmissible
20.10.2020 - Federal Court of Justice (BGH) declares patent in suit null and void in its entirety – due to inadmissible extension
12.10.2020 - Subsequently filed claims do not directly change the content of a registered utility model
07.10.2020 - A product may be protectable as a design for which a technical protection right exists at the same time
08.09.2020 - Practical tips for creating patent drawings
03.06.2020 - Patent Search
12.03.2020 - Application for word mark “Mädelsabend” rejected for lack of distinctive character
10.03.2020 - Protect colour marks
27.02.2020 - A (non-visible) second product that is fully integrated in another product is not eligible for design protection
05.02.2020 - On the latest draft of amendments to patent law

2019 (6)

18.11.2019 - IP-Compliance
06.09.2019 - Plagiarism and counterfeiting
24.07.2019 - 3D printing: A new generation of prototyping
27.05.2019 - Trademark preliminary searches
25.03.2019 - Misleading requests for payment and fee notices
07.01.2019 - Patent infringement at trade fairs – what can you do?

2018 (8)

17.12.2018 - The Trademark Law Modernization Act
17.12.2018 - Das Markenmodernisierungsgesetz (MaMoG)
08.08.2018 - The new EU unitary patent: Differences with the European patent
24.07.2018 - The drafting and negotiation of license agreements
13.06.2018 - Legal aspects of patent and patent protection in Germany (ENGLISCH)
21.05.2018 - Patent Infringement
19.03.2018 - Trademarks
15.02.2018 - German Utility Models