Wie chinesisch muss ein deutsches Automobilunternehmen werden, um weiterhin erfolgreich in China zu sein?

Die öffentliche Hand finanziert zunehmend soziale Leistungen durch Dritte, doch ein sozialer Zweck schließt staatliche Beihilfen nicht aus. Die neue EU-Guidance zeigt, wie Kommunen und öffentliche Unternehmen soziale Maßnahmen beihilfenrechtskonform gestalten können – von Wohnraum über Weiterbildung bis zur energetischen Sanierung.

German SMEs face a critical strategic question: should they build options today to freely decide tomorrow? This article explores why mid-sized companies need an Asia strategy not as a replacement for their German...

Global data center capacity is forecast to double over the next five years, according to Moody's1. As demand surges, fueled by the growing need for high-density, high-compute environments...

On 19 March 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) unveiled its long-awaited Savings and Investments Union (SIU) strategy.

A European patent application for a method of estimating departure times for scheduled events was refused by the Technical Board of Appeal. The Board found that effects resulting from modified business schemes cannot contribute to technical character, and that inherent effects from computer implementation are insufficient without achieving a "further" technical effect beyond normal computational processes.

The German Investment Ordinance (GIO) is being amended (Eighth Amending Ordinance (https://www.recht.bund.de/bgbl/1/2025/31/VO.html). For the insurance companies within its scope the following

Germany is positioning itself to become Europe's dominant military power through an extensive defense modernization program that will run through 2039. With defense spending more than doubling since 2020 and investments spanning space, AI, drones, and long-range capabilities, Berlin's military ascendance creates both opportunities and tensions with traditional European defense leaders like France and Poland.

A European Patent Office Technical Board of Appeal decision examines whether incorporating energy costs into blow molder input parameters constitutes an inventive step over prior art that considered energy efficiency. The central dispute revolves around whether "energy costs" encompasses energy consumption or is limited to monetary costs, and whether a claim broad enough to produce results indistinguishable from prior art can satisfy inventive step requirements.

The German automotive industry is facing its biggest crisis in decades.

The decision concerns an examination appeal related to cell analysis, particularly by analysing the images of cells to detect characteristic quantities associated with the elements of the cell.

CEOs and their executive teams face a critical misalignment in assessing market pressures, creating governance challenges that demand a fundamental rethinking of portfolio management. This article examines why the traditional sequential approach to evaluating underperforming business units destroys value and presents a concurrent decision framework that treats fix, sell, and close options as simultaneous strategic choices rather than a process of elimination.

A European Patent Office Board of Appeal decision examines whether implementing an interactive seat map using raster graphics with HTML coded image maps instead of vector graphics like Adobe Flash constitutes a technical contribution sufficient for patent eligibility. The case explores the boundary between technical implementation choices and mere presentation of information in web-based applications.

On May 28, 2007, the German legislature implemented a law on German real estate investment trusts ("REITs"), effective retroactively to January 1, 2007.

P+P has been assisting the European Venture Capital Association in drafting answers to the Consultation Papers.

We are developing a new space strategy taking into account the avoidance and recovery of space debris.

Ein global tätiges Unternehmen in der Freizeitindustrie verliert direkt nach seiner neu aufgesetzten Finanzierung gefährlich viel Liquidität. Nicht nur Covid-bedingte Schließungen erschweren...

The German economy has experienced minimal growth for a number of years. Insolvencies have reached record levels, and the number of businesses outside of formal insolvency proceedings, but in need of restructuring, is significant.