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HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 12/22
Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we continue with our series of articles addressing patenting computer-implemented inventions and artificial intelligence...
find out moreStart of the UPC Sunrise Period postponed to March 1, 2023
The start of the sunrise period, i.e. the three month period preceding the actual start of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), has been postponed by two months and is now scheduled for March 1, 2023. (...
find out moreHoffmann Eitle Launches Firmwide “Fit-For-the-Future” Initiative to Transform IP Service Delivery in Partnership with IP Technology Specialist MaxVal
Los Altos, California, October 4, 2022: Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB (“Hoffmann Eitle”), one of Europe’s leading IP law firms, today announced that it has selected Symphony, fro...
find out moreHOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 9/22
Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we continue with our series of articles addressing patenting computer-implemented inventions (CII) and artificial intell...
find out moreHOFFMANN EITLE congratulates newly qualified European Patent Attorneys
We are very proud to announce the HOFFMANN EITLE colleagues who have passed all four papers of this year’s European Qualifying Examination (EQE). Congratulations go to: Arianna Bartolini (Chemi...
find out moreMIP IP Stars Rankings 2022
HOFFMANN EITLE congratulates Anne Schön for being recognised as TOP 250 Women in IP by IP STARS (Managing IP). We are glad to have received further numerous awards by IP STARS: Thorsten Bausch, Ni...
find out moreHOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 6/22
Dear Colleagues and Friends,In this year's second issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we begin a series of articles on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) at the EPO. The...
find out moreHOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 3/22
Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this first issue of Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly for 2022, we begin by concluding our two-part series on the Rules of Procedure of the EPO Boards of Appeal (RPBA) with...
find out moreChina has joined the Hague System
On 5 February 2022, China declared its accession to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (“Hague System”). As of 5 May 2022, it wil...
find out moreLegal500 Germany Ranking
HOFFMANN EITLE ranks in top tier in the latest Legal500 Germany rankings We are very pleased that we have been ranked by the Legal500 Germany Ranking in Tier 1 for Prosecution, Tier 2 for Dispute...
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