von Dr. Bernd Fabry | Mai 17, 2024 | Allgemein
In 2013, international soccer was enriched by a special curiosity: referees suddenly sprayed lines on the pitch with a kind of shaving foam to determine the correct distance of the kicker at a free kick. FIFA is said to have once promised Heine Vilarinho-Diaz (1), the...
von Dr. Bernd Fabry | Apr 25, 2024 | Allgemein
It is a truism that newly founded, highly innovative companies are particularly dependent on the protection of their intellectual property, but often lack the budget to ensure this in a comprehensive manner. This is doubly fatal, as IP is usually the only asset that...
von Dr. Bernd Fabry | Mrz 6, 2024 | Allgemein
Always trouble around the Euro We all have colorful euro bills in our hands every day, but hand on heart: do you know what is depicted on these banknotes? I also had to look it up: on the front there are examples of architecture from different centuries and next to it...
von Dr. Bernd Fabry | Feb 26, 2024 | Allgemein
Part I: When insufficient disclosure becomes a case (1) In this new section of our blog, we want to deal with the pitfalls that cause patent applications to fail again and again without need. The main focus will be on current decisions of the EPO and the German...
von Dr. Bernd Fabry | Dez 29, 2023 | Allgemein
New White Paper from IP2 It took 12 years from the first declaration of intent on the protection of genetic resources and indigenous knowledge, the so-called „Rio Convention“ of 1992, until the Nagoya Protocol was adopted as a binding agreement under...
von Dr. Bernd Fabry | Sep 19, 2023 | Allgemein
… this is how a short sequence from the piece „Metall auf Metall“ (metal on metal), which can be found on the album „Trans Europa Express“ by the German band Kraftwerk from 1977, can be described. And it is precisely this beat, lasting...
