An application to intervene may be lodged at any stage of the proceedings by any person establishing a legal interest in the result of an action. An application to intervene shall only be admissible if it is made.

Exceptional circumstances may justify a request for suspensive effect. Examination whether, on the basis of the relevant circumstances of the case...

A party or its representative may prepare a private transcript of an oral hearing, based on an audio recording pursuant to R. 115 RoP. When producing a private transcript, a party or its representative may obtain support of an assistant or support staff...

Procedural Court order allowing the parties to comment on several procedural aspects, in particular whether Rule 8 RoP applies.

The UPC Rules of Procedure also provide for separate proceedings on the amount of damages. How will they differ from German damages proceedings? How may these differences impact the parties' conduct?

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...

Der BFH hat mit Urteil vom 19.11.2025 (I R 41/22) entschieden: Allein der Abschluss eines neuen DBA genügt, um eine Entstrickungsbesteuerung nach § 4 Abs. 1 Satz 3 EStG auszulösen – ohne jedes aktive Zutun des Steuerpflichtigen.

In a dispute between the operator of a public Wi-Fi network and Sony Music over the download of copyright-protected music ..

The former governing mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, a member of the German Social Democratic Party, SPD, has suffered a legal defeat in his year-plus battle with the German publishing house Axel Springer.

Trotz unterbliebener Abmahnung steht dem Gläubiger des Unterlassungsanspruches somit in diesem Fall deshalb ein Kostenerstattungsanspruch zu.

The relevant factors to be considered in the assessment of similarity between two marks are phonetic similarity, graphic similarity and similarity in meaning.

The president's signing is the last step required for a law to come into force after it has already passed both legislative chambers in Germany.

The Federal Court of Justice had to decide on the insolvency avoidance of the transfer of a lease agreement to an affiliated company of the debtor.

The investigation was launched in late January and is expected to continue well into 2024.

In the latest development of the Dieselgate scandal, former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn will stand trial in Germany for fraud, tax evasion and breaching competition laws.

When IP rights are infringed, proportionality might have to be considered in litigation in Germany. For which claims are such considerations relevant? Which effects do they have? And which case law plays a role?

An application to remove an unauthorised application to opt out pursuant to R. 5A RoP must

In an action for revocation, where both parties agreed to a stay, the appeal proceedings have been stayed pending the outcome of parallel opposition proceedings before the EPO Boards of Appeal...

An unconditional application to reduce the amount of damages claimed shall be considered as an unconditional application under Rule 263.3 RoP.

The original version of a claim of an European patent and any amendments made thereto during the grant proceedings can be used as aid for interpreting the claim.