2023
January 2023
Constitutional complaints against the European Patent Office are inadmissible
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January 2023
Max von Vopelius discusses BGH ruling on necessary cause
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January 2023
Eisenführ Speiser is a network partner of founder programme H_Ventures
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January 2023
Christine Cirl, Sönke Scheltz and Michael Schneider in "Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte"
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2022
December 2022
Eisenführ Speiser successful before Cologne Regional Court
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December 2022
Unified Patent Court: Start of the Sunrise Period postponed!
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December 2022
Dr Lars Birken and Fabian Fegers in an interview with HaysWorld
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November 2022
Start of the EPO's transitional measures for the introduction of the Unitary Patent
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November 2022
IZG specialist forum on patent law: Presentation by Dr. Christine Cirl
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November 2022
MEDICA TECH FORUM 2022 – Presentation by Dr. Holger Veenhuis
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November 2022
Unified Patent Court: New website is online
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November 2022
Eisenführ Speiser in JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien
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October 2022
Unified Patent Court appoints judges
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October 2022
German Federal Court for more transparency in patent proceedings
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October 2022
Unified Patent Court publishes roadmap for implementation
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October 2022
National measures accompanying the implementation of the Unitary Patent
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October 2022
Global Innovation Index 2022 published
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September 2022
FOCUS recommends Eisenführ Speiser as top business law firm 2022
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September 2022
Katrin Winkelmann, Rainer Böhm and Manuel Söldenwagner in “IAM Strategy 300”
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September 2022
Eisenführ Speiser publishes "Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2021"
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August 2022
Dr. Holger Veenhuis chairs vocational training committee for Patent Paralegals
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August 2022
Eisenführ Speiser is nominated for the JUVE Award 2022
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August 2022
Start-up Workshop by Eisenführ Speiser and Deutsche Börse
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August 2022
Eisenführ Speiser is one of the IP Stars 2022
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July 2022
Eisenführ Speiser publishes “Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2021”
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July 2022
Eisenführ Speiser in “IAM Patent 1000”
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July 2022
Eisenführ Speiser fee calculator for the unitary patent
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July 2022
Handelsblatt awards “Germany's best lawyers”
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June 2022
Financial Times ranks Eisenführ Speiser among “Europe's Leading Patent Law Firms 2022”
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June 2022
Eisenführ Speiser wins “Managing IP Award”
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June 2022
Dr Tilman Müller and Dr Michael Schneider at the 7th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum
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June 2022
Online seminar “Your path to the UP/UPC - Successful preparation for the new system”
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May 2022
Eisenführ Speiser nominated several times for the Managing IP Award 2022
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May 2022
Dr. Volkmar Henke as panelist at the RPX 2022 Spring Conference
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May 2022
Article by Dr Holger Veenhuis in “Artificial Intelligence in Cardiothoracic Imaging”
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May 2022
Manuel Söldenwagner as speaker at the HTGF Chemistry Pitch Day
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April 2022
ECJ criticises practice of German instance courts in granting preliminary injunctions in patent infringement proceedings as contrary to European law
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April 2022
Eisenführ Speiser publishes White Paper on the Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
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March 2022
Eisenführ Speiser in Chambers Europe 2022
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March 2022
Eisenführ Speiser in the ranking of “World Trademark Review 1000”
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March 2022
Further progress for the UPC: Administrative Committee inaugurated and Advisory Committee appointed
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February 2022
The Legal 500 Deutschland 2022 recommends Eisenführ Speiser as “Top Tier Law Firm”
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January 2022
Kick-off for the Unitary Patent Court
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January 2022
Manuel Söldenwagner in the Management Circle blog
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January 2022
Eisenführ Speiser adds partners from its own ranks
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2021
December 2021
Manuel Söldenwagner and Fabian Fegers in an interview with FokusTransfer
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December 2021
Eisenführ Speiser successful for Philips before the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg
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December 2021
OxFirst Webinar “Intellectual Property Valuation and Business Strategy. What Role for Patent Pools?” with Dr Tilman Müller
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December 2021
Volkmar Henke as speaker on “FRAND licensing: The curious incident of the LNG Concept”
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November 2021
Dr Holger Veenhuis as speaker at the 3rd IP Day
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November 2021
WirtschaftsWoche honors Eisenführ Speiser as “Top Law Firm 2021”
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November 2021
World IP Indicators Report 2021 published
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November 2021
Exploitation rights of co-inventors - presentation documents available as download
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October 2021
Dr Michael Schneider speaking at the AIPPI World Congress Online 2021
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September 2021
Manuel Söldenwagner gives online lecture for the Gründerzentren Würzburg
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September 2021
Volkmar Henke at Midwest IP Institute’s live webcast “Managing Multinational Patent Enforcement & Defense”
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September 2021
FOCUS recommends Eisenführ Speiser as top business law firm 2021
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September 2021
Global Innovation Index 2021 published
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September 2021
Fabian Fegers in the “Finance Monthly Legal Awards 2021 Edition”
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September 2021
Katrin Winkelmann, Rainer Böhm and Manuel Söldenwagner in “IAM Strategy 300”
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July 2021
Decision G4/19 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the Europen Patent Office regarding Double Patenting
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July 2021
Eisenführ Speiser obtains Anti-Anti-Suit Injunction before the Düsseldorf District Court
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July 2021
Eisenführ Speiser in “IAM Patent 1000”
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July 2021
Online seminar „What’s going on in Europe? A summer refresher on European and German patent topics“
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June 2021
Handelsblatt awards "Germany's Best Lawyers"
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June 2021
Eisenführ Speiser is among the IP Stars 2021
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June 2021
Financial Times ranks Eisenführ Speiser among "Europe's Leading Patent Law Firms 2021"
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June 2021
Reform of the German Patent Act
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June 2021
Manuel Söldenwagner at the Digital Investor Talks of Deutsche Börse Venture Network
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June 2021
Eisenführ Speiser at the 6th IP and Competition Forum
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June 2021
Online seminar with attorney-at-law Harald Förster
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May 2021
Eisenführ Speiser publishes “Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2020”
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May 2021
Rainer Böhm speaks at the LESI Virtual Annual Conference 2021
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May 2021
European Inventor Award Ceremony
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April 2021
Eisenführ Speiser cooperates with Deutsche Börse Venture Network
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April 2021
Eisenführ Speiser publishes “Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2020”
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April 2021
Dr Michael Schneider moves to Eisenführ Speiser
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April 2021
Eisenführ Speiser receives lectureship from the University of Bremen
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April 2021
Eisenführ Speiser in Chambers Europe
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April 2021
Eisenführ Speiser wins “Impact Case of the Year” Award
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March 2021
EPO revokes Sigma-Aldrich CRISPR patent
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March 2021
Patent attorney Jochen Ehlers honored by WirtschaftsWoche magazine
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March 2021
Online seminar "How to: Patente für Software und KI - auch mit Blick auf medizinische Anwendungen"
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March 2021
Eisenführ Speiser is nominated for the Managing IP EMEA Award 2021
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March 2021
Sisvel vs. Haier - The Federal Court of Justice justifies landmark decision
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February 2021
VPP live webinar with Dr. Volkmar Henke
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February 2021
EPO and EUIPO publish study on “IP rights and firm performance in the EU”
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February 2021
Eisenführ Speiser in the ranking of “World Trademark Review 1000”
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February 2021
Webcast “Standard Essential Patents and FRAND Licensing: What You Should Know and Do” with Dr. Désirée Heintz
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January 2021
Eisenführ Speiser Berlin moves into new offices
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January 2021
The Legal 500 Deutschland 2021 recommends Eisenführ Speiser as “Top Tier Law Firm”
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January 2021
ECJ examines: No preliminary injunction without prior validity proceedings?
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January 2021
WIPO publishes “World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) 2020”
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January 2021
Eisenführ Speiser extends its circle of partners from its own ranks
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2020
November 2020
Fabian Fegers in the blog on investiere.ch
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November 2020
Contribution of Dr Holger Veenhuis and Dr Katrin Winkelmann in mt|medizintechnik
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November 2020
"Patents - What start-ups need to know" - Interview with Fabian Fegers and Manuel Söldenwagner in Lawyer Monthly
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October 2020
Eisenführ Speiser publishes White Paper on Brexit
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October 2020
Eisenführ Speiser expands fields of practice to include IP Administration
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September 2020
Eisenführ Speiser coordinates patent litigation for Werner & Mertz on sustainable cleaning agents before the Swiss Federal Patent Court
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September 2020
Sisvel with Eisenführ Speiser against Xiaomi
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September 2020
Eisenführ Speiser in FOCUS special edition “Ihr Recht 2020”
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September 2020
6th edition of the commentary on the Union Trade Mark Regulation has been published
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September 2020
Global Innovation Index 2020 published
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September 2020
Eisenführ Speiser again active for HEVC Advance
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August 2020
Katrin Winkelmann and Rainer Böhm in “IAM Strategy 300”
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July 2020
Eisenführ Speiser successful for Tecnolumen before the High Court of Justice
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July 2020
GPTO publishes Annual Report 2019
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July 2020
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers publish this year’s list of Germany’s most renowned law firms and lawyers
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July 2020
Eisenführ Speiser ranked in IP Stars 2020
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June 2020
Patent attorney Dr Norbert Hausfeld moves from Meissner Bolte to Eisenführ Speiser
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June 2020
Online-Seminar “Turning points across the spectrum – Standard-essential patent licensing and litigation”
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June 2020
Financial Times ranks Eisenführ Speiser among Europe's Leading Patent Law Firms
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June 2020
Eisenführ Speiser in IAM Patent 1000
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June 2020
Eisenführ Speiser publishes “Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2019”
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June 2020
Eisenführ Speiser successful for HEVC Advance before Düsseldorf District Court
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June 2020
Bertelsmann Stiftung: World class patents in cutting-edge technologies
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May 2020
FRAND: Eisenführ Speiser involved in landmark decision before the Federal Court of Justice
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April 2020
Online-Seminar “Smart Crisis Response - Managing your patent portfolio in exceptional situations”
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April 2020
Eisenführ Speiser provides temporary IP administration services
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April 2020
Eisenführ Speiser – Getting through the Corona crisis together
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April 2020
Eisenführ Speiser extends the circle of partners from its own ranks
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March 2020
Information for clients: Official time limits and dates for court hearings during the COVID-19 pandemic
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March 2020
Eisenführ Speiser in Chambers Europe 2020
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March 2020
Eisenführ Speiser publishes “Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2019”
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February 2020
Eisenführ Speiser in the ranking of “World Trademark Review 1000”
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February 2020
Eisenführ Speiser successfully advises equity funds managed by ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH on transaction
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February 2020
The Legal 500 Deutschland 2020 recommends Eisenführ Speiser as “Top Tier Law Firm”
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January 2020
Impact of Brexit on 31 January 2020 on EU intellectual property rights
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January 2020
Dr Katrin Winkelmann and Dr Tilman Müller in an interview with DeviceMed
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January 2020
Eisenführ Speiser is one of the top law firms in the field of PCT applications
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January 2020
Eisenführ Speiser expands the circle of partners at its Munich location
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January 2020
Fabian Fegers as lecturer at the High-Tech Gründerfonds Academy
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2019
December 2019
Manuel Söldenwagner takes over seminar leadership for the Management Circle
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December 2019
Patent protection in networked medicine - Dr. Katrin Winkelmann and Dr. Tilman Müller in "e-health-com"
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December 2019
Warning against forged grant decisions of the Polish Patent Office
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November 2019
Manuel Söldenwagner at Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft
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November 2019
DPMA warning against misleading requests for payment
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November 2019
Eisenfuhr Speiser invited to „IP IN THE AIR“
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November 2019
Volkmar Henke at the “Second Annual Conference on the Future of Standard Essential Patents and FRAND Licensing”
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November 2019
EPO study “Market success for inventions – Patent commercialisation scoreboard: European SMEs”
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November 2019
Jochen Ehlers at this year’s “Sedona Conference on Global Aspects of Patent Litigation”
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November 2019
Volkmar Henke at this year’s MaCCI “Law & Economics Conference on Intellectual Property Proceedings”
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October 2019
Uwe Stilkenböhmer at this year’s EPO conference on “High-growth technology business”
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October 2019
Obituary for Patent Attorney Günther Eisenführ († 03.10.2019)
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October 2019
Eisenführ Speiser successfully advises Scandinavian investor Nordic Alpha Partners on transaction
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September 2019
Study “IPR-intensive industries and economic performance in the European Union”
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September 2019
Success for Eisenführ Speiser before the Mannheim Regional Court
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September 2019
Eisenführ Speiser donates computer monitors to schools in Bremen
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September 2019
Expert tip by Dr. Katrin Winkelmann: Patents and the law governing employee inventions
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August 2019
Nominations for the European Inventor Award 2020
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August 2019
“Women in Law Award” for Dr Katrin Winkelmann
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August 2019
Global Innovation Index 2019 published
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July 2019
New membership for Eisenführ Speiser
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July 2019
New Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO will come into force
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July 2019
Financial Times ranks Eisenführ Speiser among „Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms”
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July 2019
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers publish this year’s list of Germany’s most renowned law firms and lawyers
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June 2019
Rainer Böhm in „IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists“
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June 2019
“IP Issues in M&A” – Interview with Dr Katrin Winkelmann in Financier Worldwide
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June 2019
Eisenführ Speiser publishes “Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2018”
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June 2019
Eisenführ Speiser in IAM Patent 1000
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June 2019
Eisenführ Speiser is ranked among the “IP Stars 2019”
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May 2019
AMW-Award 2019 for our law firm founder Günther Eisenführ
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May 2019
Volkmar Henke and Tilman Müller in IAM „Patents in Europe 2019/20“
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May 2019
Marktforschung für den Bekanntheitsschutz - Lecture by Harald Förster
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May 2019
Dr Volkmar Henke at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum
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May 2019
Eisenführ Speiser publishes “Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2018”
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May 2019
Eisenführ Speiser has enlarged its trademark and design group in Bremen
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April 2019
Evaluation of intellectual property - Interview with Dr Katrin Winkelmann
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March 2019
Brexit: What steps do you need to take in the event of a ‘no-deal’ scenario?
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March 2019
Eisenführ Speiser in Chambers Europe
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February 2019
Eisenführ Speiser in the ranking of “World Trademark Review 1000”
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2018
December 2018
Special Christmas greetings
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December 2018
Change in German Trademark Law
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December 2018
3rd edition of the “Beck's Commentary” to the European Patent Convention has been published
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December 2018
Eisenführ Speiser has been ranked as top law firm by “WirtschaftsWoche”
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December 2018
The Legal 500 recommends Eisenführ Speiser as Top Tier Law Firm
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November 2018
Volkmar Henke at this year's “Standards & Patents” conference
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September 2018
Eisenführ Speiser is ranked among Germany’s top commercial law firms by FOCUS Spezial
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August 2018
Dr Katrin Winkelmann and Dr Sandra Müller in “Lawyer Monthly“
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July 2018
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers publish this year’s list of Germany’s most renowned law firms and lawyers
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July 2018
Eisenführ Speiser publishes “Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2017”
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July 2018
Eisenführ Speiser is ranked among the “IP Stars 2018”
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June 2018
Eisenführ Speiser publishes “Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2017”
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June 2018
IAM Patent 1000 - Top Ranking for Eisenführ Speiser
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June 2018
Volkmar Henke in IAM 90 – Is SEP licensing up to standard?
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June 2018
Dr. Sandra Müller is involved as a lecturer in the new EUIPO Trade Mark and Design Education Programme
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April 2018
Eisenführ Speiser has expanded its circle of partners in Hamburg
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February 2018
Eisenführ Speiser in the ranking of “World Trademark Review 1000”
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January 2018
Eisenführ Speiser expands its services in the field of chemistry to its Hamburg office
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2017
December 2017
The Legal 500 Germany recommends Eisenführ Speiser as “TOP TIER” law firm
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November 2017
Eisenführ Speiser publishes EPC textbook
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November 2017
Workshop on the new EU directive on the protection of undisclosed know-how on 18 January 2018 in Bremen
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October 2017
Volkmar Henke and Tilman Müller in IAM “Patents in Europe 2018/19“
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August 2017
Eisenführ Speiser publishes “Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2016”
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July 2017
Eisenführ Speiser is ranked among the “IP Stars 2017”
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July 2017
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers publish this year’s list of Germany’s most renowned law firms and lawyers 2017
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June 2017
IAM Patent 1000 - Top Ranking for Eisenführ Speiser
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April 2017
Chambers Europe ranks Eisenführ Speiser as “Leading Firm 2017”
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February 2017
azur100 ranks Eisenführ Speiser among the attractive employers in the field of trademark law
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January 2017
5th edition of the commentary on the EU-trademark has been published
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2016
December 2016
The Legal 500 Germany recommends Eisenführ Speiser as “Top Tier law firm 2017”
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September 2016
FOCUS Spezial ranks Eisenführ Speiser among Germany’s top commercial law firms again
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August 2016
Insights in the history of Eisenführ Speiser
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June 2016
Lecture by Dr Katrin Winkelmann and Dr Christine Cirl at PATINFO 2016
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June 2016
Eisenführ Speiser has maintained its top positions in the ranking of “IAM Patent 1000”
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May 2016
Chambers Europe: Eisenführ Speiser is “Leading Firm 2016”
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March 2016
Changes to the European trade mark regime
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January 2016
Eisenführ Speiser has expanded its circle of partners
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2015
December 2015
The Legal 500 recommends Eisenführ Speiser as “Top Tier law firm 2016”
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November 2015
“Standard, Patent or both?”
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November 2015
Tecnolumen wins case before Federal Court of Justice with Eisenführ Speiser
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September 2015
Lindt wins “Gold Bear” appeal against Haribo
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September 2015
FOCUS Spezial ranks Eisenführ Speiser among Germany’s top commercial law firms
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August 2015
Eisenführ Speiser has been nominated for the “JUVE Award 2015”
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August 2015
Contribution by Volkmar Henke for “Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte”
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July 2015
Best Lawyers 2015/16: Eisenführ Speiser patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law are honorably mentioned
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July 2015
IAM Patent 1000: Eisenführ Speiser receives Top Rankings
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June 2015
Presentation by Volkmar Henke at GCR Live in Brussels
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May 2015
Chambers Europe rates Eisenführ Speiser as a Leading Firm
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March 2015
Eisenführ Speiser ranked among the 2015 IP Stars
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January 2015
Legal 500 recommends Eisenführ Speiser as Top Tier law firm in 2015
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2014
August 2014
Plastics of Tomorrow
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June 2014
Eisenführ Speiser patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law ranked top tier in Germany in 2014, according to Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
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June 2014
Publication: Patent enforcement as a breach of antitrust law. The Samsung and Motorola decisions adopted by the EU Commission
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April 2014
Press release: Eisenführ Speiser defends Lindt’s Teddy – success in dispute with Haribo
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January 2014
Legal 500 Deutschland recommends Eisenführ Speiser as TOP TIER law firm
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January 2014
Fourth edition of Eisenführ/Schennen released
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2013
December 2013
Publication: Dr. Tilman Müller on contributory patent infringements
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December 2013
FOCUS SPEZIAL: Eisenführ Speiser among Germany’s top commercial law firms
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November 2013
Eisenführ Speiser is Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Berufshaftung (PartGmbB – partnership with limited professional liability)
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October 2013
EPO Administrative Council amends provisions of the EPC for divisional applications
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September 2013
Presentation by Klaus G. Göken: Significant decisions in European patent litigation proceedings
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August 2013
New publication: Grace period for patents
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August 2013
IAM Magazine recommends Eisenführ Speiser in IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2013
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July 2013
Press release: Eisenführ Speiser trainee achieves best result in Northern Germany in the final examinations for patent paralegals
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June 2013
Press release: Eisenführ Speiser patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law ranked top tier in Germany in 2013, according to Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
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June 2013
New publication: The epi from its Foundation to the Present Time
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May 2013
Press release: Eisenführ Speiser uses ‘eFile’ at all four offices
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April 2013
Press release: Patent attorney Günther Eisenführ turns 80
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April 2013
The Legal 500 EMEA recommends attorneys of Eisenführ Speiser
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February 2013
50 years!
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January 2013
New publication: “Handling IP in high-tech start-ups“
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2012
December 2012
European Parliament approves EU unitary patent system
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September 2012
Seminar about the first year with the ‘eFile’
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July 2012
New publication: Anti-trust defence of compulsory licensing in patent infringement proceedings. What is “FRAND”?
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July 2012
EU patent law reform scales another hurdle
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June 2012
Handelsblatt: Germany’s best commercial lawyers
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March 2012
New publication: Compulsory license under anti-trust law as procedural objection
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2011
October 2011
AIPPI Forum and ExCo 2011 in Hyderabad
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September 2011
Eisenführ Speiser begins changeover to electronic file management
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July 2011
US Congress passes patent reform bill
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March 2011
New article: “Bald glüht der Grabbeltisch”
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February 2011
New article: No teaching without disclosing - a response to Stellbrink
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January 2011
Bremen office at historical location
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