Blog - Patents, Trademarks & Designs
Artificial intelligence is not an inventor
Justus Kreuels - 5. July 2024
For an invention created with an AI, a natural person must be registered as the inventor of the patent application. The Federal Court of Justice ruled that an artificial intelligence cannot acquire any rights.
Patent protection for 3D products
Justus Kreuels - 1. July 2024
Patent protection can be obtained for an innovative product created using the 3D printing method. The manufacturing process can also be patented, provided that the process steps are new and industrially applicable.
Internet of Things (IoT)
Justus Kreuels - 1. July 2024
Patent protection for new digital technologies is based on an established and constantly evolving set of rules for computer-implemented inventions (CIIs).
Trademark protection in the Metaverse
Justus Kreuels - 1. July 2024
With the development of new innovative technologies, such as the Metaverse, companies are faced with the task of preserving and protecting their brand identity in the digital world.
Artificial Intelligence and patent law
Justus Kreuels - 19. May 2023
Artificial Intelligence is one of the key technologies in the field of digitalization. We take the progressive further developments in this field and the discussions about the software tool ChatGPT as an opportunity to take up aspects of copyright and patent law (patenting of AI).
Trademark protection for virtual products
Justus Kreuels - 28. February 2022
NFTs (non-fungible tokens) have recently gained notoriety, not only in the art market, and have provoked discussions, not least with regard to the infringement of copyright and trademark rights. NFTs are virtual certificates to shares of digital objects or works. Still in its infancy, but with potential: For companies, extending trademark protection to include digital products can be an interesting option.
Protecting 5G-enabled innovations with patents
Justus Kreuels - 26. February 2021
Industry 4.0, autonomous driving, smart cities – for several industry sectors new application areas arise with the network expansion of 5G technology for mobile Internet access and mobile communication. Research activities are in full swing across all industries – and the innovations resulting must be protected in a best possible way.
Blockchain and Patents
Justus Kreuels - 10. January 2020
Originally, the blockchain was created to facilitate the transactions of the digital currency Bitcoin. By now, new use cases for blockchain are emerging almost daily and the number of patent applications for blockchain technology is also increasing steadily. An overview.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Patent Law
Justus Kreuels - 30. October 2019
The innovation potential associated with artificial intelligence is high - from autonomous vehicles to medical diagnostics and manufacturing technologies. In recent years, AI-related patent applications increased significantly. Patentability and possible need for reform of patent law with regard to new circumstances due to AI are much discussed.
Software: Is it possible to patent an app?
Justus Kreuels - 18. June 2019
Can an app, i.e. application software for smartphones and tablets, be protected against imitators; and if so, how? Here you can find out what legal claims and possibilities there are for protecting apps in Germany.
Is software patentable?
Justus Kreuels - 30. October 2018
In the course of the last few years, an extensive jurisprudence has developed which regulates the possibilities of patent protection for inventions which are implemented as computer programs, i.e. in software. The starting point of this case law is the statutory patent exclusion for "software as such".