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The EU Cyber Resilience Act introduces strict cybersecurity reporting requirements for manufacturers of connected products, with deadlines as tight as 24 hours for early warnings of actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe incidents. Manufacturers must navigate parallel obligations across multiple regulatory frameworks while facing penalties of up to EUR 15 million or 2.5% of global turnover for non-compliance.

The European Commission has proposed a new regulation to establish an EU-wide selection procedure for allocating licenses in the 2 GHz mobile satellite services band, with one-third reserved for governmental and defense use and two-thirds for commercial applications. The proposal aims to promote direct-to-device services and technological sovereignty once current authorizations expire in May 2027.

Television advertising remains the means of choice for confectionery manufacturers.1 However, they also have to look for alternative ways and channels ...

Free content yes – but only without advertising, please. This is where the business model of ad blockers comes in to meet this request: it allows Internet users to have online advertising suppressed.

The long-awaited (partial) liberalization of German gambling law has taken place. The new German Interstate Treaty on Gambling (ISTG 2021) entered into force in July 2021...

As of January 1, 2025, the new Film Funding Act ("FFG") has come into force. Since the collection of the film levy, which finances film funding, ended under the old FFG on December 31, 2024, a timely reform of the FFG was necessary.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries through physical AI systems that perceive environments, make real-time decisions, and act in the physical world via robots, autonomous vehicles, and drones. As these systems control physical operations, algorithmic errors can cause physical harm, raising complex questions about liability, safety, and regulatory compliance. The European regulatory landscape has evolved significantly with the EU AI Act, new Machinery Regulation, revised Product Liability Directi

In the Court's view, the fact that a complex set of contractual T&Cs is only available in English language leads to the conclusion that the whole set of contractual T&Cs shall be deemed void...

This page appears to be a security verification checkpoint that temporarily blocks access while validating the incoming request. The system implements protective measures to distinguish legitimate users from automated traffic or potential security threats.

The newly published German Coalition Agreement 2025 (CA 2025), German language version available here, outlines the agenda of the new German government...

German utility models offer a unique pathway to intellectual property protection, providing registration within weeks rather than the years typically required for patent approval. This expedited process presents strategic advantages for innovators seeking rapid market protection in Germany's robust IP framework.

The Local Division Düsseldorf of the Unified Patent Court issued an order addressing applications for protection of confidential information in patent infringement proceedings between Yangtze Memory Technologies and Micron Technology entities. The case involves European Patent EP 3 909 047 with jurisdictional implications across Germany and France under the UPC Agreement.

Discretionary decisions on belated patent amendments under Rules 30.2 and 263 RoP are subject to limited appellate review

The Düsseldorf Local Division partially upheld a patent relating to multimedia content sharing in peer-to-peer configurations and found indirect infringement by Disney's streaming service. The decision addresses critical issues of claim construction, patent validity, and procedural aspects while applying established UPC case law on inventive step testing.

A licence defence under Art. 25 UPCA must be substantiated within the UPC proceedings themselves; mere references to submissions in parallel national proceedings are insufficient (Art. 25 UPCA, R. 24 RoP)

Dyson Technology Limited has filed an application for provisional measures at the UPC Hamburg against multiple Dreame entities and distributors, involving European Patent 3,119,235. The case raises questions about jurisdiction under the Brussels I recast regulation and the interplay between UPC procedural rules and EU regulations in cross-border patent disputes.

The UPC’s “inherent” jurisdiction to ensure its effectiveness: The jurisdiction extends to the abusive use of divisional applications. In revocation proceedings or actions for declaration of non-infringement, the court may decline to dispose of the action (Rule 360 RoP) and determine that a patent lacked inventive step, notwithstanding its withdrawal by the patentee

Claims introduced for the first time during the interim proceedings in the infringement action, based on the scope of the patent in dispute within the framework of the auxiliary requests and the related submission of facts, are not admissible

The Court of Appeal examines procedural and substantive issues arising from parallel infringement and revocation proceedings involving European Patent EP 3 356 109, with jurisdictional implications across multiple European states. The case involves complex questions of court procedure, patent validity challenges, and the application of the Unified Patent Court Agreement provisions.

Public prior use: Making available a manufacturing method by use pursuant to Art. 54(2) EPC