Video on the Decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht Our partner Dr. Christof Augenstein, the Chair of AIPPI’s Standing Committee on the UPC, explains what the decision of the German Constitutional Court regarding the UPC means, and gives his insights [...]

After the Federal Constitutional Court last Friday (20.03.2020) announced its long-awaited decision on the constitutional complaint against the ratification of the EPC, the last building block for the start of the Unified European Patent Court which has been expected for [...]

Federal Constitutional Court stops Unified Patent Court for formal reasons The German Federal Constitutional Court has declared the law approving the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) null and void. This means that for the time being, [...]

FCJ Confirms Protection of Confidential Documents in the Court File (FCJ, decision of 14 January 2020, X ZR 33/19 - Inspection of files XXIV) Since the HRC Düsseldorf allowed a further appeal to the Federal Court of Justice [...]

Preliminary injunctions even more difficult to obtain: OLG Munich aligns its practice to the OLG Düsseldorf and OLG Karlsruhe In the future, it will be more difficult to obtain an injunction for patent infringement in a preliminary proceeding. [...]

English translation - Discussion draft of the German Federal Ministry of Justice on the reform of the German Patent Act Since our foreign clients in particular have shown great interest in the discussion draft of the German Federal [...]

ECJ - Grüner Punkt: Requirements for genuine use of a collective mark The trademark rights to the "Grüner Punkt" have not expired. With this decision, the European Court of Justice put its foot down on 12 December 2019 [...]

Legal500 again ranks Kather Augenstein in second highest category   Reason to celebrate: Also in the fifth year after our foundation we confirm our ranking in the second highest category in the field of "patent litigation" in the [...]

Düsseldorf Moot Court at Kather Augenstein Last weekend, student teams from Germany, France, Poland, Russia and Turkey competed against each other at the Düsseldorf Moot Court competition "DUSMoot". The competition is an event preparing students for the Willem [...]

Wirtschaftswoche has once again awarded Kather Augenstein Wirtschaftswoche has once again awarded us the title of "WiWo Top Patent Law Firm". Only last year we received the award, now we can defend it. We think: A great success for [...]