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Stem cell news - EPO revokes ‘Brüstle’ patent and new CJEU referral on the patentability of parthenotes

  • D Young & Co
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  • European Union, Germany, United Kingdom
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  • June 4 2013

As previously reported in this newsletter (1), the question of the patentability of technology based on the use of human embryonic stem cells (hESC

Holidays and sickness

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • May 29 2013

Employees in Germany have an annual statutory entitlement to 20 days of paid vacation (for a five day working week). However, most employment

Dispelling the Myriad gene patent harmonization myth

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
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  • Australia, Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, USA
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  • April 30 2013

In the wake of the Supreme Court oral arguments in the Myriad "gene patent" case, most commentators are predicting that the Court will uphold the

Court of Justice rules on outsourced investment advisory services

  • RPC
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 25 2013

The CJEU has given judgment in the case of GfBk Gesellschaft fur Borsenkommunikation 3 on the applicability of the fund management exemption in

April 2013 Intellectual Property Quarterly Newsletter

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 25 2013

In this edition, we continue our coverage of significant IP developments in Europe, Asia, and the United States

Navigating the patchwork: when is European data privacy law applicable to US companies?

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • European Union, France, Germany, USA
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  • April 17 2013

Are social media companies based in the United States subject to European data privacy laws? Two recent judicial decisions - one in France and the

Antitrust alert: fast-forward for FRAND disputes in Europe

  • Jones Day
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 11 2013

The Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Germany, has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") to clarify a number of questions at the

ECJ rules that outsourced investment advisory services are exempt from VAT

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Belgium, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • April 8 2013

On 7 March 2013, the European Union Court of Justice (the "ECJ") released its decision in GfBk Gesellschaft für Börsenkommunikation mbH v. Finanzamt

What does it take to be FRAND?

  • Taylor Wessing LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 8 2013

The Düsseldorf Regional Court (Landgericht Düsseldorf“) decided on 21 March 2013 to stay proceedings between China’s two largest telecommunications

Lindt loses its golden easter bunny battle

  • Sullivan & Worcester LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 1 2013

For the last 13 years, Zurich confectioner Lindt has been at war with German chocolatier Confiserie Riegelein in an effort to prevent it from selling