At the turn of the year 2023/24, Chinese trademark law is to undergo significant changes. A potentially very facilitating change in the administrative procedure and interpretations in the intention to use are already being implemented.   I. Administrative Procedure 1....

The Financial Times has ranked PAUSTIAN & PARTNER among the 167 best IP law firms in Europe. We are delighted with this result! We would like to thank our clients. They have led us to this honor through their trust...

The statutory restriction of the “automatic” right to injunctive relief was described by the legislator as a concretization of current case law. However, the innovation opens up possibilities that could not have been justified by case law. A restriction of...

Patents – Opportunities and Professionalism for Technology Startups Patents make it possible to exclude third parties from the market for an invention or to demand royalties for it. They also signal innovative strength and professional management. However, they are not...

For the podcast “Mittelstand im Wandel” (= Medium-sized companies in transition) our patent attorneys Ludwig Lindermayer and Martin Kuschel were invited. The topic was intellectual property protection in China. Above all, fundamental strategies were discussed that are suitable for German companies...

The “grip region” In Germany, the legal figure of the skilled person’s “grip region” serves to use prior art features in order to argue for obviousness of an invention without a specific motivation – i.e., essentially without any motivation. As...

– by Ludwig Lindermayer – At PAUSTIAN & PARTNER we are very happy to work with the Bavarian Office of BVMW regarding the China-IP-Helpdesk for BVMW-members. Also, China’s revised patent law came into effect today (01. June 2021). It contains...

– by Martin Kuschel – Shortly before the end of the transition period at the end of the year, the EU and the United Kingdom still managed to agree on a free-trade agreement on December 24, 2020. A hard Brexit...