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Weickmann partners contribute to new edition of “Winning with IP”
A brand-new book from Newsdesk Global Communications with Novaro Publishing titled “Winning with IP: Managing intellectual property today” has been published today, 31 October 2022. Inspired by the High-growth Technology Business Initiative of the European Patent Office and Licensing Executives Society International, it is highlighting 15 routes to growth that IP may be creating. Among […]
From ST.25 to ST.26: Small increment – big change for sequence listings
On 1 July 2022, the new WIPO Standard ST.26 on the filing of sequence listings for patent applications has entered into force. The new regulations replace the current standard ST.25 and will implement XML as the standard format for sequence listings instead of the current TXT format. It is important to note for all applicants […]
TCI wins with WEICKMANN in invalidity proceedings on LED technology against Signify before Federal Patent Court
Munich, 19.05.2022: The Italian electronics group TCI Telecomunicazioni Italia S.r.L. has prevailed in further patent nullity proceedings before the Federal Patent Court (BPatG) against Signify Holding B.V. concerning a core technology for LED lighting systems. Following an oral hearing on May 17, 2022, the 4th Senate (Nullity Senate) of the Federal Patent Court declared the […]
Winning with IP
By Christian Heubeck and Wolfgang Weiss, Weickmann & Weickmann. This article first appeared in Wininng with IP, Managing Intellectual Property Today, edited by Adam Jolly, published by Novaro Publishing, January 2022. Licensing is accelerating the fight against Covid-19 and the transformation of the workplace. Christian Heubeck and Wolfgang Weiss at Weickmann & Weickmann discuss how […]
Opposition – an underestimated weapon
This article first appeared in World Trademark Review Yearbook: A global guide for practitioners 2021/2022, a supplement to World Trademark Review, published by Law Business Research – IP Division. In the context of protecting trademark rights, an opposition is an underestimated tool to stop infringing activities from the beginning – even before infringing products and […]
Some thoughts on EPO`s Enlarged Board of Appeal recent decision G4/19 referring to double patenting
Further, it was decided that the application can be refused on this legal basis, irrespective of whether ita) was filed on the same date as, orb) is an earlier application or a divisional application (Art. 76(1) EPC) in respect of, orc) claims the same priority (Art. 88 EPC) asthe European patent application leading to the […]
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Contact Dr. Christian Heubeck, Dipl. -Chem., Dr. rer. nat., Patent Attorney, Partner Weickmann & Weickmann, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB, MunichTel.: +49 (89) 455630 | E-Mail: cheubeck@weickmann.de