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Successful IPO for CF PharmTech karo IP supports IPO with IP expertise On October 8, 2025, one of our clients, the pharmaceutical company CF PharmTech (headquartered in Suzhou, China), successfully completed its listing on the Hong Kong Stock...
LG Düsseldorf, Urt. v. 13.01.2021, 12 O 240/20 - Rheinturm-Lichtinstallation The projection of coloured surfaces onto the shaft of the Düsseldorf Rhine Tower significantly alters its architecture, as a result of which intrinsic features of an...
IP-Compliance In addition to IP rights (patents, utility models, trademarks, designs), intellectual property also includes copyrights and software as well as, for example, trade secrets and know-how. "Compliance" means "fair treatment" of the...
Plagiarism and counterfeiting Product piracy is understood as the targeted infringement of copyright or intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, designs), in which protected works and goods are produced and distributed on the market....
Misleading requests for payment and fee notices The patent and trademark offices, including the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization...
Patent infringement at trade fairs - what can you do? If a patent owner discovers a patent-infringing product of another exhibitor at a trade fair, one can straight away apply for a preliminary injunction. This enables the patentee to remove the...
The drafting and negotiation of license agreements When drawing up an individual contract, it is regulated how and to what extent the use is permitted. In this context, the topics of license model, license fee, contract term, liability,...
Patent Infringement Legal background The concept of a patent serves the purpose of protecting a technical invention of third party usage. If the protected invention is unrightfully used by a third party legal actions as well as out-of-court...