German patent law

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German patent law is mainly governed by the Patents Act (German: Patentgesetz) and the European Patent Convention (EPC).

Obtaining patent protection

A patent covering Germany can be obtained through four different routes: through the direct filing of a national patent application with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (German: Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) (direct national route), through the filing of a European patent application (EPO route), or through the filing of an international application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty followed by the entry into either the European phase (the so-called "Euro-PCT" route, which runs through EPO) or the national (German) phase of said international application. The German patent has a term of 20 years.

After grant of a patent through the EPO or the Euro-PCT route a European patent is valid in Germany without further translation requirements if that country was indicated in the application. If unitary effect is requested upon grant of a European patent, that unitary patent also applies in Germany.

Litigation

For German patents granted through the direct route and European patents (except unitary patents) the German courts are competent to hear cases. For European patents that were not opted out, this competence is shared with the Unified Patent Court. The Unified Patent Court is also competent to hear cases regarding unitary patents.

The German patent litigation system is one of the few patent systems in which the issue of patent infringement and of patent validity are dealt with by different courts. The district courts, such as the Düsseldorf Regional Court, the Munich Regional Court, and the Mannheim Regional Court, deal with infringement, whereas the Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht) is in charge of deciding the validity of patents.^[1] Such a system is sometimes dubbed a "bifurcation system."

References

^ Peter Guntz (8–9 November 2012). EPO boards of appeal and key decisions: The decisions of the boards of appeal – a national judge's perspective (Part 1 of 3). Munich, Germany: European Patent Office. 2:13 to 2:50 minutes in. Retrieved November 16, 2013.

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Patent Act

Intellectual property laws in the European Union (EU)

Directives

Computer Programs Directive (1991)
Rental Directive (1992)
Satellite and Cable Directive (1993)
Copyright Duration Directive (1993)
Database Directive (1996)
Conditional Access Directive (1998)
Electronic Commerce Directive 2000 (2000)
Information Society Directive (2001)
Resale Rights Directive (2001)
Directive on the re-use of public sector information (2003)
Enforcement Directive (2004)
Copyright Term Directive (2006)
Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (2019)
Customs Regulation 1383/2003 (2003)

National laws

Trade mark

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European Union trade mark
Trade Marks Directive (1988)
Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. v. Cadbury UK Limited

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Designs

Hague Agreement (1999)
Directive on the legal protection of designs (1998)
Regulation on Community designs (2001)
Community design

Geographical indications

Trade secrets

Directive on the Protection of Trade Secrets (2016)
German Law on the Protection of Trade Secrets (2019)

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