Denmark
Danish law can be applicable to infringing sales from UK websites
By AWA | Posted on July 8, 2014
The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court has recently rendered a decision in a case regarding sale of infringing furniture designs from two British websites. The decision is interesting for practitioners as it explains which exact elements are added substantial weight, when defining which law is applicable to an online infringement. When deciding whether sale of...
Tags: Denmark, design protection, UK
Changes in the Patent Prosecution Highway agreement between DKPTO and CIPO
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on September 26, 2013
Effective 30 July 2013, the part of the PPH-agreement between The Danish Patent- and Trademark Office (DKPTO) and The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) applicaple for applicants using the DKPTO as the Office of First Filing, i.e. typically Danish applicants, has been changed by the CIPO to have the same requirements as a PPH MOTTAINAI...
Is it worth the effort to appeal a decision made by the DKPTO?
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on November 14, 2012
Danish case law regarding patents shows that in a vast majority of cases, the Danish Board of Appeal (BoA) for Patents tend to follow the recommendation of the DKPTO. This has caused reason to pose the question of whether the Danish BoA for Patents tends to put too much weight on the recommendations of the...
Tags: Board of Appeal, Denmark, Patent
A new dawn for protection of designs?
By AWA | Posted on July 6, 2012
It is no secret that the differences in national European law concerning the protection of designs, has been driving many Danish rights holders crazy for years on end. It has been difficult to come to terms with the fact that while many of our prominent Danish designs – designs of which we as a nation are...
New Patent Prosecution Highway Agreement between the DKPTO and Russias ROSPATENT enters into force
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on February 20, 2012
As mentioned in my previous blog entry dated 23 January 2012, the DKPTO announced that due to user demand efforts to establish a PPH-agreement with the Russian Patent Office had been initiated. Now, the efforts have matured into a PPH-agreement between DKPTO and ROSPATENT, which entered into force on 1 February 2012. Prosecution via the...
New PPH-agreement between Denmark and Israel
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on January 23, 2012
The year of 2012 has arrived with new possibilities for Danish patent applicants who wish to obtain a patent abroad in a faster and more cost efficient way: A PPH-agreement, on a pilot project basis, between The Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) and the Israeli Patent Office has taken effect from 5 January 2012, thus...
A Favourite in Trademark Law: Repackaging – now gassy
By AWA | Posted on April 14, 2011
Danish courts are traditionally reluctant to ask preliminary questions on the interpretation of EU-legislation. Recently, the Supreme Court has done so, and quite comprehensively. During the 1990’s there were countless cases all over Europe regarding repackaging of products, especially medicines and printer toner cartridges, after parallel imports from one state to another. This case is a new...
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