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German Court rules in favor of Apple against Motorola in patent dispute
The District Court of Munich (Landgericht München) handed down a ruling in March of this year in favor of Apple’s European Patent No. 2059868 whose title is portable electronic device ... -
Motorola wins against Apple in patent dispute
On 20 June 2013, the second Nullity Division of the German Federal Patent Court handed down its judgment on the petition for nullity filed by Motorola Mobility Germany GmbH against ... -
The figurative sign Ampelmännchen can be registered as a trademark
The German Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht) has ruled that the registration by the Berlin-based company Ampelmann GmbH of a device mark consisting in the extremely well-known figure of the Ampelmännchen (literally ... -
German Federal Patent Court: Apple loses its patent protection in Germany for unlocking gesture
Apple’s patent for the slide-to-unlock feature used on its iPhones and iPads has been invalidated by the German Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht), following the application for invalidity submitted by Motorola ... -
Google’s Autocomplete may violate personality rights
The German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichthof) has recently handed down a ruling on the autocomplete function that the internet search engine Google has been using since 2009 to support ... -
The Court of Hamburg rules that use of the JDownloader2 plug-in Software infringes copyright law
The Court of Hamburg (Landgericht Hamburg) issued, with its judgment handed down on April 25 , 2013, an injunction prohibiting the production, distribution and/or possession for commercial purposes of the ... -
The ECB under review by the German Constitutional Court
A two-day hearing was held last week before the German Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) in which the compatibility of the OMT (i.e. Outright Monetary Transaction, which is the program of unlimited purchases ... -
English High Court rules that Marks&Spencer use of the INTERFLORA brand is trademark infringement
The High Court of England & Wales has ruled that the use by the well-known British retail chain Marks&Spencer of the INTERFLORA brand (in respect of which the latter had - with ... -
The German Federal Court of Justice hands down judgment in dispute over “Volks” word marks
The German Federal Court of Justice ruled, with its judgement handed down on 11.04.2013 in the dispute between Volkswagen, on the one hand, and bild.de and ATU, on the other ... -
Canada: The publication of hypertext links to web pages containing defamatory material does not, per ...
The Supreme Court of Canada gave the above-described ruling on October 19, 2011 in the case Wayne Crookes and West Coast Title Search Ltd. which concerned an action brought by ...
