PRESS ARTICLES
Germany’s Cartel Office weighs in on Nokia/Daimler SEP dispute (World Intellectual Property Review, 24.06.2020)
The Federal Cartel Office of Germany has stepped into a standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing dispute between Nokia and Daimler, urging a court to ask the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to clarify fundamental...
Klaka defends Fischerwerke patent before Federal Court of Justice (JUVE Patents, 25.02.2020)
Fischerwerke has successfully defended a patent for wall fastening technology against its Spanish competitor, Celo. The ruling by the Federal Court of Justice is also a prime example of a legal technique known as intermediate...
No free ticket for toys at the border: BMW successfully defends itself against lawsuit by toy manufacturer (World Trademark Review, 22.01.2020)
BMW has successfully defended itself against a lawsuit by a toy manufacturer seeking an injunction and damages for an allegedly inadmissible seizure of goods at the border.
Court of appeal confirms cross-sectoral protection of BMW’s famous automotive mark in luxury real estate sector (World Trademark Review, 23.04.2019)
German car manufacturer BMW has been successful before the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg...
Success for BMW as German court bans rim manufacturer from imitating famous automotive trademarks (World Trademark Review, 11.04.2019)
Car manufacturer BMW has successfully prevented Finland-based rim manufacturer Vannetukku.fi Oy from using signs similar to its world-famous automotive trademarks for car parts.
German court asserts that Chinese manufacturer violated BMW’s trademark rights (World Trademark Review Daily, 6.12.2018)
District Court of Hamburg finds that Ninebot’s MINI/Mini/mini electric scooter series violated BMW’s trademark rights
Scooter distributor violates BMW’s trademark rights by promoting a “Mini”/”mini”/”MINI” electronic scooter series (Trademark Lawyer Magazine, 3.12.2018)
There already is a “MINI” car on the market and it’s popular, so why not link it to our new “Mini” series of electronic scooters? And so they did.