PUBLICATIONS

Enhanced Patent System in Europe  PDF
Dr. Karsten Brandt (2010)

Enforcing Patents in Germany  PDF
Dr. Bernd Allekotte and Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder (2010)

EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal decides on 2nd and further medical use claims: G 2/08, Dosage regimens PDF
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer (2010)

EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal decides on treatments by surgery G 1/07, Treatment by surgery / MEDI-PHYSICS PDF
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer (2010)

When Patents Become Standard: Litigation for ‘Essential’ Patents PDF
Dr. Bernd Allekotte und Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder (2010)

Enforcing IP Rights in the EU PDF
Dr. Bernd Allekotte (2009)

Patentees beware German antitrust rules PDF
Gerhard Barth (2009)

The EPO’s Decision G 2/06 on the Patentability of Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Sounding the Bell for the Next Round? PDF
Dr. Rainer Plaggenborg and Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer (2009)

Cross-border: Europe - Implementation of the EU IP Rights Enforcement Directive PDF
Dr. Bernd Allekotte and Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder (2009)

The Olanzapine Patent Dispute: German court grants a preliminary injunction on a patent invalidated by the first instance Federal Patent Court PDF
Gerhard Barth and Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer (2008)

Chemical Selection Inventions in the EPO and in Germany: Continued Divergence in Legal Interpretation PDF
Dr. Steven Zeman and Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer (2008)

The London Agreement – Implementation in Germany PDF (2008)

The ever-expanding extraterritorial reach of patents PDF
Dr. Bernd Allekotte (2008)

Community Design Applications under the Hague Agreement PDF
Rainer Bertram (2008)

Navigating the European litigation maze  PDF
Roundtable. Participants from our firm:
Dr. Bernd Allekotte and Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder (2007)

Applicant-friendliness of the EPO for second medical use claims: A mixed blessing PDF
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer and Dr. Steven Zeman (2007)

Does T 0866/01 (“Euthanasia Compositions”) of an Appeal Board of the EPO provide the Answers for the Enlarged Board of Appeal Case G2/06 (“Primate Embryonic Stem Cells”)? PDF
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer and Dr. Georg Seisenberger (2007)

The Enforceability of Medical Use Claims in Germany PDF
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer and Steven M. Zeman (2006)

Questions and Answers relating to Divisional Applications at the EPO  PDF
Dr. Klara Goldbach and Dr. Christoph Latzel

Patentability of Diagnostic Methods Under the Most Recent Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/04 PDF
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer and Qi Wang

Patentability of Diagnostic Methods under the EPC: A new Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal by the President of the EPO  PDF
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer and Dr. Ulrike Langheinrich (2005)

Act implementing the Directive on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions in Germany (BioPatG)  PDF
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer and Dr. Svenja Sethmann (2005)

What makes a Co-Worker a Co-Inventor?  PDF
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer and Dr. Svenja Sethmann (2005)

Community Designs - Infringement and Invalidity Decisions  PDF
Rainer Bertram (2004)

Restoration of Disclaimer Practice at the EPO  PDF
Dr. Klara Goldbach (2004)

New Rules on Technology Licensing  PDF
Dr. Bernd Allekotte (2004)

The Immoral Gene: Does it really exist?  PDF
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer and Dr. Svenja Sethmann (2004)

Patenting of Stem Cells and Processes involving Stem Cells according to the Rules of the European Patent Convention   PDF
Dr. Heike Vogelsang-Wenke (2003)

Registered and Unregistered European Community Designs  PDF
Rainer Bertram (2003)

Practical Aspects of Registered European Community Designs  PDF
Rainer Bertram (2003)

Recent Case Law of the EPO regarding Software/Business method-related Inventions PDF
Reinhard Knauer (2003)

Decisive Steps Towards The Community Patent  PDF
Gerhard Barth (2003)

Patentability of stem cells in view of the European group of Ethics  PDF
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer and Dr. Georg Seisenberger (2002)

Design Protection in the European Union   PDF
Recent Developments and FAQs (2002)

Standard for Valid Priority Claim Defined by EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal   PDF
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer (2002)

Time frame for costs of patent ligitation in Germany  PDF
Gerhard Barth (2001)

Method of Treatment Inventions under the EPC: What kind of Protection can you get?   PDF
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer and Dr. Thomas Friede (2001)

Parallel Import subject to Customs Seizure  PDF
Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder (2000)

Are business methods patentable in Europe?  PDF
Reinhard Knauer (2000)

New Rules of the European Patent Office for Biotechnological Inventions  PDF
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer (2000)

Are Expressed Sequence Tags Patentable under the European Patent Convention?  PDF
A Practitioner's View
Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer (2000)

Protection of Biotechnological Matter under European and German Law
Dr. Klara Goldbach, Dr. Heike Vogelsang-Wenke and Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer
Wiley VCH, 1997.

German Regulations on Industrial Products
Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder
Wiley VCH, 1997.

German national trademark law and the Community trademark law
Martin Aufenanger and Gerhard Barth
2nd edition, Wiley VCH, 1996.

The Protection of Technical Innovations and Designs in Germany
Dr. Wilfried Stockmair and Gottfried Klitzsch
2nd edition, C.H. Beck, 2000.

Outline of the Preliminary Injunction Procedure in Intellectual Property Matters in Germany PDF
Dr. Hermann Kinkeldey (1999)