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Secondary Liability Of Logistics Service Providers: German Court Clarifies Duties To Monitor China Direct Shipments

On August 7, 2025, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (Second Chamber) delivered a significant judgment in Case 20 U 9/25 between a German sportswear manufacturer...

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Bardehle Pagenberg

CoA, November 27, 2025, Decision Regarding The Admissibility Of An Appeal Withdrawal Under Rule 265 RoP And The Mootness Of The Intervenor's Appeal, UPC_CoA_70/2025, UPC_CoA_001/2025

The Court confirms that an intervenor must not act in contradiction to the supported party's procedural acts or declarations. Consequently, the intervenor cannot oppose that party's withdrawal of the appeal.

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

CoA, November 25, 2025, Decision On Competence Of The Divisions, Amendments Of The Patent, Added Matter, Novelty, Inventive Step, Scope Of Protection, Permanent Injunctions, Interim Award Of Costs, UPC_CoA_464/2024 Etc.

A revocation action by a claimant company is not barred by a pending infringement action against its parent and another subsidiary, as they are not identical parties. An exception for res judicata effect did not apply here.

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Paris, November 21, 2025, Order On Provisional Measures, UPC_CFI_697-2025

The LD Paris clarifies that the relevant moment for assessing delay is the point in time when the applicant knew or should have known about the upcoming infringing act – not when infringement has already occurred...

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

CoA, November 25, 2025, Decision On Claim Interpretation Medical Use Claim, Added Matter, Sufficiency, Inventive Step, Reasonable Expectation Of Success, UPC_CoA_528/2024, UPC_CoA_529/2024

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Legal Landscapes: Germany – Patent Litigation

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

LD Düsseldorf, November 19, 2025, Order Re Confidentiality (R. 262A RoP), UPC_CFI_539/2024

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, November 17, 2025, Application To Withdraw Infringement Action (R. 265 RoP), UPC_CFI_541/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, November 17, 2025, Order Re Inspection And Preserve Evidence, UPC_CFI_885/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Optimisation Of Vehicle Body Joint Position: Technical

European Union IP

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Munich Court Finds Copyright Infringement Of Song Lyrics 'Memorised' By ChatGPT

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

LD Düsseldorf, November 11, 2025, UPC_CFI_515_2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, November 7, 2025, UPC_CoA_579/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, October 31, 2025, Order Of The Court Of First Instance, UPC_CFI_630/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Tips For Avoiding An Accidental Unlimited Tax Liability Of A Foreign Corporation

GGI Global Alliance

OpenAI condamnée pour atteinte au droit d'auteur en Allemagne

Germany Technology

HA

Haas Avocats

European Commission Publishes Its 2025 Financial Literacy Strategy

Germany Finance

PL

PwC Legal Germany

Final Report On The Implementation Of The Pay Transparency Directive

Germany Commercial

OP

Oppenhoff

Preparing For The New IFRS 18: Presentation And Disclosure In Financial Statements

Worldwide Accounting

GGI Global Alliance

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Patent Litigation

Copyright

OpenAI condamnée pour atteinte au droit d'auteur en Allemagne

Après les polémiques sur les images « inspirées » du studio Ghibli, c'est désormais les paroles de chansons qui s'invitent au cœur du débat sur l'intelligence artificielle.

Germany Technology

HA

Haas Avocats

Munich Court Finds Copyright Infringement Of Song Lyrics 'Memorised' By ChatGPT

The "memorisation" of training data and reproduction of song lyrics in ChatGPT outputs has been found to infringe copyright, by the Munich I Regional Court, in a case that GEMA the collecting society representing...

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

James Bond's "Moneypenny" – Professional, Loyal, And Understanding – But Also Characterful?

In a recent decision by the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg (docket no. 5 U 83/23, GRUR-RR 2025, 70 – MONEYPENNY), the court dealt with the question of whether the well-known character...

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

EU AI Act: Key Compliance Considerations Ahead Of August 2025

European Union Technology

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Mastering Complexities In EU Copyright Law: A Discussion On The Opinion Of Advocate General Szpunar In The Mio And USM Haller Cases Delivered On 8 May 2025 (Joined Cases C-580/23 And C-795/23)

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

No Copyright Protection For Birkenstock Sandals: A Significant Decision From The German Federal Court Of Justice

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K&L Gates LLP

IP Quick Tip: Landmark Ruling – No Copyright Protection For Birkenstock Sandals (2025) (Video)

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

IP Report 2010/V

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

CJEU Clarifies Copyright Protection For Software Variables

JD

Jones Day

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Licensing & Syndication

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

JD

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.

BP

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...

OP

Oppenhoff

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

BB

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

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

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

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

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

European Union IP

CG

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

MW

McDermott Will & Emery

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Patent

CoA, November 27, 2025, Decision Regarding The Admissibility Of An Appeal Withdrawal Under Rule 265 RoP And The Mootness Of The Intervenor's Appeal, UPC_CoA_70/2025, UPC_CoA_001/2025

The Court confirms that an intervenor must not act in contradiction to the supported party's procedural acts or declarations. Consequently, the intervenor cannot oppose that party's withdrawal of the appeal.

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

CoA, November 25, 2025, Decision On Competence Of The Divisions, Amendments Of The Patent, Added Matter, Novelty, Inventive Step, Scope Of Protection, Permanent Injunctions, Interim Award Of Costs, UPC_CoA_464/2024 Etc.

A revocation action by a claimant company is not barred by a pending infringement action against its parent and another subsidiary, as they are not identical parties. An exception for res judicata effect did not apply here.

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Paris, November 21, 2025, Order On Provisional Measures, UPC_CFI_697-2025

The LD Paris clarifies that the relevant moment for assessing delay is the point in time when the applicant knew or should have known about the upcoming infringing act – not when infringement has already occurred...

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

CoA, November 25, 2025, Decision On Claim Interpretation Medical Use Claim, Added Matter, Sufficiency, Inventive Step, Reasonable Expectation Of Success, UPC_CoA_528/2024, UPC_CoA_529/2024

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Legal Landscapes: Germany – Patent Litigation

FH

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

LD Düsseldorf, November 19, 2025, Order Re Confidentiality (R. 262A RoP), UPC_CFI_539/2024

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, November 17, 2025, Application To Withdraw Infringement Action (R. 265 RoP), UPC_CFI_541/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, November 17, 2025, Order Re Inspection And Preserve Evidence, UPC_CFI_885/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Optimisation Of Vehicle Body Joint Position: Technical

European Union IP

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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Trade Secrets

LD Düsseldorf, November 19, 2025, Order Re Confidentiality (R. 262A RoP), UPC_CFI_539/2024

In response to confidentiality interests asserted by the respondent to an application for preservation of evidence (the alleged infringer), the court may order a partial redaction of the expert report before its release...

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, November 17, 2025, Order Re Inspection And Preserve Evidence, UPC_CFI_885/2025

The court ordered the full disclosure of an expert's inspection report to the patentee because the defendant failed to identify any trade secrets within the given deadline, confirming that parties must actively claim...

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

EU Data Act: New Rules For Data Access, Contract Fairness And Cloud Portability In The Financial Sector

The EU Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2084) entered into force on 11 January 2024 and has been fully applicable since 12 September 2025.

European Union Privacy

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PwC Legal Germany

From Competitor To Competitor

Germany Employment

AO

A&O Shearman

IP Quick Tip: Trade Secrets In UPC Proceedings (2024) (Video)

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Hamburg, November 19, 2024, Oder On Confidentiality Of Patent Transfer Documents, UPC_CFI_169/2024

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Protection Without An IP Right? How Trade Secrets Complement An IP Portfolio

MJ

Maucher Jenkins

The Data Access Rights Of The Data Act

Germany Privacy

CA

CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni

LD Duesseldorf, June 27, 2024, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_457/2023

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

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CYAUSE Audit Services Ltd

L'Upcycling Est-Il Légal ? Encore Du Flou Juridique (Video)

IA

Influxio Avocats

IP Quick Tip: First UPC Decision On The Doctrine Of Equivalents (2025) (Video)

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Generative KI Und Umwandlung Von Ausländischen Patentanmeldungen In UPC-Gerichtsfeste Patente – Vortrag Auf Dem Forum Von Bayern Innovativ Am Deutschen Patent- Und Markenamt (DPMA) (Video)

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Schweiger & Partners

WEBINAR VIDEO | A Must-Use Tool For All Businesses, To Be Handled With Knowledge And Caution To Avoid Any Damage

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Altius

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