IT Law
Dr. Stefan Schohe comments on the latest decision by the Federal Court of Justice on computer-implemented inventions.
In the July/August issue of the IP Journal "Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte", BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT expert Dr. Stefan Schohe comments on the latest decision by the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) on statutory requirements for the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (decision X ZR 121/09 - Website Display (Webseitenanzeige)). He especially puts this decision in context to the most recent case law of the Federal Court of Justice and of the European Patent Office.
15.08.2011
Dr. Stefan Schohe – Comments on the Decision Amazon.com, Inc. vs. Attorney General of Canada et al. by the Canadian Court of Appeal
The famous Amazon “One-click” application was subject matter of a decision of the Canadian Court of Appeal, which dealt in a fundamental manner with the issue of patenting business –related inventions. In the February issue of IP journal “Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte” (p. 78), BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT expert Dr. Stefan Schohe summarized the essentials of the court’s reasoning and put it in context with recent decisions in the USA (In re Bilski) and in Europe.
14.03.2011
Dr. Stefan Schohe – Comments on the Opinion G 3/08 by the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office
BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT expert Dr. Stefan Schohe provided a contribution on current legal developments in the field of computer-implemented inventions in issue 06/2010 (p. 285) in the professional journal “Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte”. Dr. Schohe commented on the opinion G 3/08 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office, which discusses of the role of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office and the issue of patentability of computer-implemented inventions in a fundamental manner. The opinion was preceded by extensive proceedings, during the course of which about 100 amicus curiae briefs were filed.
09.07.2010
IT Law
Praxishandbuch Geistiges Eigentum im Internet, C.H. Beck 2003, ISBN 3-406-49668-7). (Handbook of intellectual property on the internet) This handbook, co-released by our partner Dr. Christian Czychowski, was published in September 2003 by the publishing house, C.H. Beck. This work (1000 pages) covers all areas of intellectual property and the particular problems which arise in relation to the internet in practice. Our partner, Dr. Anke Nordemann-Schiffel, wrote § 3 Internet und internationales Recht (Internet and international law).
Dr. Andreas Dustmann, partner at BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT, wrote a piece on the liability of service providers on the internet with the title "Die priviligierten Provider" (The privileged providers), Nomos, 2001.
Our partner Prof. Dr. Jan Bernd Nordemann published the article "Filmpiraterie im Internet - Der Kampf gegen Peer-to-Peer Raubkopierer" (Film piracy on the internet – The fight against peer-to-peer pirates) in "Kucsko, Filmproduktion und Urheberrecht", 2004.
The article, "Auskunftsansprüche gegen Internet-Provider" (Claim for information against internet providers) appeared in MMR 2004, p. 514 written by our partner, Dr. Christian Czychowski.
Unsere Partner Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar und Christian W. Appelt verِffentlichten "Legal Systems on Software Protection - Law and Guidelines for Software related Inventions" in "Revigorated IPR", A Journal of Symbiosis Society´s Law College, Vol. II, March 2004.
Our partner, Dr. Martin Schaefer, published the article, "Dienste- gegen Inhalteanbieter - Vertragliche Ansätze zur Lösung eines Interessenkonflikts" (Service providers vs. Content providers – Contractual approach to find the solution to a conflict of interests) in ZUM 1998, pp. 301-303.
