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German Federal Patent Court upholds refusal to register trade mark filed in bad faith
The German Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht or BpatG) has ruled that the word/design mark MÜNCHEN - IN BAYERN cannot be registered because there is a likelihood of confusion with the ... -
German Federal Patent Court rules Apple iPhone patent to be invalid
The German Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht) has declared invalid the Apple iPhone patent, ruling that a video presentation of the iPhone by former Apple CEO Steve Jobs in January 2007 ... -
German Federal Court: The framing of YouTube-Videos in third party websites may constitute copyright infringement?
The First Civil Senate of the German Federal Court (Bundesgerichtshof) referred a question regarding the framing of video content to the Court of Justice of the European Union, asking the ECJ ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
