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EU Commission Signs-off On ESG Related Competitor Collaboration

The European Commission has issued its first-ever informal approvals of two separate sustainability initiatives among rivals under its revised Informal Guidance Notice and provided guidance on how the companies...

Germany Anti-trust

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Jones Day

IP Quick Tip: How To Implement The UPC's Approach To FRAND In Practice (2025) (Video)

The UPC has recently issued its first two decisions on FRAND, setting important guidelines for SEP owners and implementers.

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Lizenzverträge – Was muss beachtet werden?

Marken, Urheberrechte, Patente, Know-how – „IP-Rechte" aller Art sind wichtige wirtschaftliche Güter. Sollen sie nicht nur selbst genutzt, sondern auch durch Dritte...

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Oppenhoff

The Draft EU SEP Regulation – A Practitioner's Critical View

The EU has embarked on a mission. A mission to reduce transaction costs in Standard Essential Patents ("SEP") licensing and litigation.

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Bird & Bird

Application Of The FRAND Objection Following The FCJ Judgments FRAND-Einwand And FRAND-Einwand II, Düsseldorf District Court, Judgments Dated May 11, 2021 – Docket Nos. 4b O 83/19, 4b O 23/20, And 4b O 49/20

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Server-based Fonts To Solve Licensing Issues: Non-technical

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Bardehle Pagenberg

German Federal Court Of Justice FRAND Judgment In Sisvel v. Haier

European Union IP

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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO: The German Federal Supreme Court Acknowledges That Infringer Hold-Out Is A Real Problem

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Mintz

German Competition Authority Files Amicus Brief In SEP Litigation

European Union IP

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McDermott Will & Emery

Court Of Appeals Berlin Decides On The Obligation To Provide Technical Protection Against Framing

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Reed Smith (Worldwide)

Limited German Tax Deductibility Of Low-Taxed License Payments Made To Related US Entities

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Mayer Brown

FRAND Licensing In Germany – The Recent Düsseldorf Decision

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Reed Smith (Worldwide)

Düsseldorf Regional Court Sharpens Its Notion Of The FRAND-Obligations Of SEP-Proprietor And SEP-User

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Taylor Wessing

Mannheim Regional Court Rejects FRAND Defence In Its First Ruling On The Issue Following The CJEU Ruling In Huawei v ZTE

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Taylor Wessing

LD Munich, 14 April 2025, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_119/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

IP Quick Tip: How To Protect UPC Patent Litigation With An Anti-Anti-Suit Injunction (2025) (Video)

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Fokus Arbeitsrecht 2. Quartal 2025

Germany Employment

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Oppenhoff

Focus On Labour Law - 2nd Quarter 2025

Germany Employment

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Oppenhoff

Datenschutz im Unternehmen: Betriebsrat darf nicht mitbestimmen

Germany Privacy

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Mayer Brown

Mannheim Regional Court Differs From Higher Regional Court Of Duesseldorf On Requirements For FRAND Offer

On 29 January 2016 the Mannheim Regional Court granted an injunction against HTC Germany for infringement of NTT DoCoMo's European patent EP 1 914 945, which was found to be essential for UMTS.

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Taylor Wessing

The Use Of Images Or Names Of Public Figures In Advertising Without Their Consent

Sometimes companies use images or names of public figures in their advertising without seeking a license.

Germany Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Higher Regional Court Karlsruhe Rules On The Enforcement Of An Injunction Against A Potential Infringer Of A Standard Essential Patent

At the time of the patent application, the patent applicant had offered to grant licenses to use its patent on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory ("FRAND") terms.

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Van Bael & Bellis

EU Antitrust Law: European Commission Adopts Revised Regime For Licenses And Other Technology Transfer Agreements

EU antitrust law plays a key role in the field of intellectual property licensing agreements which have an impact on the EU territory.

European Union Anti-trust

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Meissner Bolte & Partner

Two Interesting German Decisions On Internet Law

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Jones Day

Licensing, Up To Exhaustion

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Preu Bohlig & Partner

Open Source Software: Hidden Risk In Mergers And Acquisitions

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Oppenhoff

Google gets Thumbs up From German Court to use Small Picture Previews

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Matthew Arnold & Baldwin

Do You Need To Pay For Saying "DAX"?

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Allen & Overy

Reform of European Pharmaceutical Legislation

Germany Healthcare

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Mayer Brown

The Draft Block Exemption Regulation on Technology Transfer Agreements – Is the New Safe Harbor Less Safe?

Germany Strategy

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Mayer Brown

The Draft Block Exemption Regulation on Technology Transfer Agreements – Is the New Safe Harbor Less Safe?

On 1 October 2003, the European Commission published its draft block exemption Regulation on the application of Article 81(3) EC Treaty to technology transfer agreements¹ ("Draft TTBER").

Germany Strategy

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Mayer Brown

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