Picture this: on a sunny morning, you peek into your mailbox (the real one, not your emails) and find a pretty envelope. As you reach for it with childish excitement, you ask yourself who had the lovely idea to…

Have you ever posted a video of yourself performing a little dance on TikTok? Or uploaded photos of your latest vacation on a sun-bathed island on Instagram? There is a good chance that you did, since more than 5…

COMING UP ON 1 MAY 2025: AMENDMENTS TO EU DESIGN LAWWe recently held a webinar on the upcoming amendments to EU design law. To learn more about the new amendments, listen to our webinar recording which will be…

NEW - International Comparative Legal Guide – Designs 2025 – NOW AVAILABLEIf you are looking for practical insights and intelligence on design law in different jurisdictions, the International Comparative Legal…

LEXDELLMEIER WEBINAR ON AMENDMENTS TO EU DESIGN LAWAre you the owner of a registered design in the European Union and have your design protected products been copied by way of 3D printing with you not being able…

Rims and wheels have been under discussion regarding design protection for many years.…

Following a request for a preliminary ruling by the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) on January 30, 2020 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on when unregistered designs of individual parts enter into…

The question, whether two stripes on the side of a shoe have a distinctive character or can lead to the invalidity of a trademark was subjected in the case of 4 May 2022. But how did the European General Court…

 Source: GPTO Website – picture of logo of the GPTO and the Imperial Patent OfficeAs you may know, the headquarter of the German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO) is located in Munich, Germany. However, this has…

The "déjà vu" feeling - nullity of an EU design (lamp)In a recent case, the European General Court (EGC) had to deal with the invalidity of a lamp design and to assess whether it had individual character. It was…

On 17 March 2021, at 18:00 – 19.30 (CET), LexDellmeier - in cooperation with Reich IP - hosted its Webinar 3 of the 2021 webinar series with the topic: “IP for Start-Ups: IP rights, computer-implemented inventions…

Heute, am 3. März 2021, hat die Kanzlei LexDellmeier ihr Webinar 2 zum Thema "Marken, Designs, Patente - Überblick" gehalten. Während des ca. 60 Minuten langen Webinars haben Alexandra Dellmeier, Karolin Schech…

 To strengthen fair competition, the German Design Law was amended on 26 November 2020. Similar to EU law, it now contains a repair clause in new § 40a of the German Design Act stating that spare parts shall in…

The following 45 minute webinar gives you an overview and update on Brexit and the implications on EU Trademark and EU Design Law starting 1 January…

While the United Kingdom left the European Union on 1 February 2020, regulations regarding intellectual property rights will only change at the end of this year. You would like to review which changes Brexit will…

On Wednesday, 9 December 2020, LexDellmeier will host the very last Webinar of 2020 on the current hot topic: “Brexit Update – Legal Changes in Trademark and Design Law as of 1 January 2021” (in English). During…

On 3 December 2020, the independent student initiative at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), START Munich e.V., is organizing a webinar on the topic: “Legal Insight – Intellectual Property in a Nutshell”…

On Wednesday, 1 July 2020, LexDellmeier held its two webinars no. 6 and 7 on the topic “Design Law Basics” (German: Designrecht 1 x 1). During the approx. 75 minutes presentation, Andrea Breier and Alexandra…

Turbulent times require innovative ideas and solutions. The difficult situation surrounding the Corona crisis is forcing countless companies to send their employees to their home office. We believe it is important…

Turbulente Zeiten erfordern besondere Maßnahmen. Die schwierige Situation rund um die Corona-Krise zwingt unzählige Unternehmen dazu, ihre Mitarbeiter ins Homeoffice zu schicken. Darüber hinaus stagniert in vielen…