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Financial Times - HOFFMANN EITLE Europe’s top 10 patent law firm

Based on recommendations from clients and colleagues compiled by Financial Times research partner Statista, HOFFMANN EITLE has again been recognized by this independent survey as one of the leading...

Introducing: HOFFMANN EITLE QUARTERLY

HOFFMANN EITLE QUARTERLY will be published – as the name suggests – four times a year and will cover new case law and legislation, recent legal developments and points of practice. This first issue...

Amicus Curiae Brief G1/21

The European Patent Office has been planning to make oral proceedings by videoconference (in the following: video proceedings) the "new normal" even after the end of the current pandemic. In regard...

UPC on standstill

The long-awaited implementation of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has come into a halt – again. After the Bundestag (the German parliament) and Bundesrat (the “upper house”) had consented to the Ag...

Changes in the designation of the inventor (Rule 19 EPC) at the European Patent Office

As of April 1st 2021, Rule 19 EPC, which regulates the designation of the inventor, will be changed. Most notably, paragraphs (3) and (4) will be deleted, which means that inventors will no longer...

EPO "Talk innovation" podcast with Joachim Renken

The European Patent Office "Talk innovation" podcast provides current insights to the commercialization of innovations through interviews with experts, patent examiners, inventors and specialists....

Euro Law Conference - Asia 2021 (virtual event)

MIP host the third biennial MIP Euro Law Conference on January 20 and 21. We are pleased to announce that Hoffmann Eitle will be the cooperation partner of the conference. At the virtual event, ke...

Euro Law Conference - USA 2021 (virtual event)

MIP host the third biennial MIP Euro Law Conference on January 18 and 19. We are pleased to announce that Hoffmann Eitle will be the cooperation partner of the conference. At the virtual event, key...

Ratification bill on the Unified Patent Court Agreement

The German Bundestag adopted with the necessary qualified majority the draft ratification bill including the consent to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA). Welcoming the news, EPO Pres...

US and European Patent Practice - A Comparison

We are pleased to announce the publication of a series of articles comparing US and European patent practice in the life sciences sector. The articles, which have been written in collaboration with...