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30th European Intellectual Property Seminar Freising

This year our seminar will take place from October 4 to 8, 2020. More details will follow.

We welcome in our team

We are pleased to announce that after Patent Attorney Jürgen Oberdorfer has joined our firm in the course of last year, Patent Attorney Stephan Spranger has become a member of our team as of January 1, 2020, as we continue to increase our team of highly qualified attorneys.

The UPC will be operational in early 2021

Alexander Ramsey, head of the UPC Preparatory Committee, made this daring prediction in an interview with Juve Patent.
Read more to find out what makes him so confident that his prognosis will become true.

Lone warrior – The man behind the German constitutional complaint against the UPC agreement

A Juve Patent article sheds light on the yet mysterious authorship of the constitutional complaint that delayed the start of the UPC and made its proponents nervous. Read more here!

Publication by Dr. Christian Thomas

EU design case law - another challenge for the car industry?
Designs - A Global Guide 2020, WTR

UP&UPC – German Constitutional Complaint – Decision in early 2020

An interview of Managing Intellectual Property with Prof. Dr. Huber, Judge Rapporteur at the German Constitutional Court has been published recently. Judge Huber is responsible for the Constitutional Complaint against the UPC. He explained that a decision can be expected during early 2020 (first quarter of 2020).

(Please follow for interview)

However, even if the complaint is dismissed, it is not clear when and how the German government will take up further actions to complete the ratification in view of the ongoing BREXIT saga. Again, we need patience to see which news we will receive from the German Constitutional Court while waiting in parallel for the outcome of the UK's parliamentary elections on December 12, 2019 as well as the outcome of the new BREXIT date January 31, 2020.

In any case, we will keep you posted so keep an eye on news at K&W.

Publication by Rainer K. Kuhnen

Artificial intelligence: the implications for patents, 
Patents in Europe 2019/2020, IAM

International IP Practice Seminar Chicago

On November 4 to 5, 2019 we will present our Seminar in cooperation with WIPO at John Marshall Law School. Details can be found here.

Location of UPC’s Central Division in Paris

In connection with the seat of the Central Division in Paris, there have now been reports that, at least initially, the UPC will be located on the Quai de la Mégisserie, overlooking the Ile de la Cité. It was further reported that a few years after the Court opens and depending on the number of cases the Court may move to the Palais de Justice on the Ile de la Cité.

Meet Kuhnen & Wacker at the CMEF

Meet us at the China International Medical Equipment Fair in Shanghai, China, from May 14 to 17, 2019. We are looking forward to seeing you at our Booth No. 5.1K13!