Category: DPMA

In principle, the same subject matter shall not be claimed by two patents. Nevertheless, this does not happen so rarely in practice. This is because patent applicants who claim both national protection and protection by a European patent often file a ...

With the Trademark Law Modernization Act on January 14, 2019, Germany largely implemented the requirements of the European Trademark Law Directive 2015/2436, which is considered to be one of the most extensive changes in trademark law to date. In part ...

At the core of the digital transformation are data processing methods for business purposes. The networking of end devices, industrial and domestic control systems, as well as machines and production facilities, create vast amounts of digital data. Th ...