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Transitioning from electrical engineering to patent law has been an exciting and rewarding journey!

The term «patent» contains the latin verb «patere», which means «to be open or visible or known».

What is the difference and what speaks for and against each option?

Many technologies such as semiconductor electronics, lasers and magnetic resonance imaging involve quantum effects.

During a workshop we hosted for startup founders, one question about data protection stuck with me as it concerned the very basics of this crucial topic.

I'm often asked by companies whether patenting software makes sense, given that they use open source software and may even want to open source parts of their...

Every now and then I hear people say «we don’t (need to) worry about intellectual property, in particular patents, we rely on open-source software».

By now, hopefully everyone is aware that one should publicly «disclose» their invention only AFTER having applied for a patent. So far for the theory. In practi

Es ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass Schrifttypen (Fonts) die Voraussetzungen des Werkbegriffs erfüllen und urheberrechtlich geschützt sind. Die Hürden der Schutzfähigkeit für Schriften sind indessen hoch.

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