With the good name of sport stars, good money can still be earned – even if this takes place in the grey area of the legally permissible. Boris Becker can sing a song about it and now the Brazilian superstar Neymar has had to learn how quickly the right to his own name can be ... Read More
Supplemental Protection Certificates (SPC) can extend a patent right for a maximum of five years. A six-month additional extension is available in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 if the SPC relates to a medicinal product for children for which data has been submitted according to a Pediatric Investigation Plan (PIP). PIPs are required to ... Read More
McDonalds will have to chew on this decision for a long time: With the decision 14 788 C of January 11, 2019, the EUIPO deleted the mark „BIG MAC“ due to lack of proof of use to the extent claimed.
For the second time Dr. Bernd Fabry, Managing Director at IP2, gave a lecture on the strategic importance of brands and trademarks at the WHU (Otto Beisheim Business School) on its Düsseldorf’ campus.
Ticagrelor (trade name Brilinta, Brilique, and Possia) is a blockbuster drug produced by AstraZeneca with total sales of $1,079m in 2017. Ticagrelor: is a platelet aggregation inhibitor and is used for the prevention of thrombotic events (for example stroke or heart attack) in people with acute coronary syndrome or myocardial infarction with ST elevation.
The involvement in the diesel exhaust scandal is currently not the only legal worksite with which Germany’s prominent carmaker Porsche has to deal. Last week, the District Court Stuttgart advised on the admissibility of a lawsuit filed by Ingrid Steineck, the daughter of former Porsche chief designer Erwin Komenda.
Wheat that is resistant to mildew and maize that knows no stress: Only two recent examples of crops with improved characteristics, as they have been the focus of commercial interests since the early days of genetic engineering and have sometimes earned sad fame.
It is not enough for education to create more vacancies. These vacancies must also be filled and, at the moment, we do not have that staff. – Yvonne Gebauer, Minister of Education NRW – It was a sobering summary, the Minister of Education Yvonne Gebauer (FDP) drew on the 5th Rheydter Schlossgespräche, this time ... Read More
The Rhinelander says: „The first time is by mistake, the second time is by chance and the third time is tradition”. Thereby, the summer music which was founded by the WDR4 moderator Günter vom Dorp (see below) and which has celebrated its tenth anniversary now must be counted as custom.
