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20/03/2023
Out with the old, in with the new? Con­sid­er­a­tions for pat­entees in opt­ing...
So far in this series of blog posts, we began with an art­icle that high­lighted some of the key changes between the cur­rent European sys­tem of pat­ent pro­sec­u­tion and en­force­ment and the new Unit­ary Pat­ent...
Law-Now Energy & Climate Change
20/03/2023
Di­git­al health apps and telemedi­cine in Ger­many
Di­git­al Health Apps/Soft­ware 1. How is the soft­ware with­in di­git­al health apps clas­si­fied in your jur­is­dic­tion, and what reg­u­la­tion(s) ap­ply? Soft­ware as a med­ic­al deviceSoft­ware with­in di­git­al health...
Expert Guide Life Sciences & Healthcare
Comparable
17/03/2023
In­ter­Di­git­al v Len­ovo – High Court sets glob­al FRAND li­cence terms
The UK High Court has handed down its de­cision in the FRAND tri­al of the In­ter­Di­git­al v Len­ovo lit­ig­a­tion. It con­cerned In­ter­Di­git­al, an Amer­ic­an com­pany hold­ing pat­ents rel­ev­ant to 3G, 4G and 5G tech­no­logy...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution
17/03/2023
CMS ad­vised Tree En­ergy Solu­tions on its joint ven­ture with Fortes­cue Fu­ture...
Ham­burg – CMS has ad­vised Tree En­ergy Solu­tions (TES) on its joint ven­ture with Fortes­cue Fu­ture In­dus­tries (FFI) to de­vel­op the Wil­helmshaven en­ergy im­port ter­min­al. TES has found a new part­ner in...
Deals
16/03/2023
Mer­ger con­trol re­view be­low fil­ing thresholds – the ECJ Tower­cast judg­ment...
On 16 March 2023, the ECJ de­cided that a M&A trans­ac­tion, which was not sub­ject to ex-ante EU mer­ger con­trol, can be re­viewed – from an ex post per­spect­ive – as to wheth­er the ac­quirer (through the...
Law-Now Energy & Climate Change
16/03/2023
CMS ad­vises Slov­e­nia’s SID Bank on EUR 140 mil­lion bond is­sue
Frank­furt/Main – Slov­e­nia’s SID Bank (SID – Slov­enska iz­vozna in razvo­jna banka, d.d., Ljubljana) has is­sued an un­se­cured fixed in­come bond un­der Ger­man law worth EUR 140 mil­lion with a sev­en-year...
Deals
16/03/2023
CMS ad­vises IT group Bechtle on ac­quis­i­tion of Brit­ish value-ad­ded re­seller...
Stut­tgart – Bechtle AG is con­tinu­ing its in­ter­na­tion­al ac­quis­i­tion strategy by ac­quir­ing a high-volume value-ad­ded re­seller in the UK, Tan­gible Be­ne­fit Ltd. This move gives Bechtle a big­ger share of...
Deals
15/03/2023
CMS ad­vises Ber­lin-based SaaS start-up lif­tOS on pre-seed fin­an­cing round
Frank­furt/Main – Ber­lin-based start-up lif­tOS has raised USD 1 mil­lion in a pre-seed round of fin­an­cing. The round was led by Back­Bone Ven­tures. The oth­er in­vestors in­clude Pitch­drive and prom­in­ent...
News
15/03/2023
Suc­cess­ful pre-seed fin­an­cing round: CMS ad­vises femtech start-up theblood
Frank­furt/Main – Ber­lin-based start-up theblood has raised around EUR 1 mil­lion from a com­bin­a­tion of VC in­vestors in the healthtech sec­tor and busi­ness an­gels. Lead in­vestor in the pre-seed round of...
News
15/03/2023
State aid: re­vi­sion of GBER and Tem­por­ary Crisis Frame­work to en­cour­age...
On 9 March 2023, the European Com­mis­sion ap­proved re­vi­sions to the Gen­er­al Block Ex­emp­tion Reg­u­la­tion (GBER) and the Tem­por­ary Crisis Frame­work with the aim of en­abling Mem­ber States to provide the ne­ces­sary...
Law-Now Antitrust, Competition & Trade
14/03/2023
Mo­bile work­ing reg­u­la­tions in Ger­many
1. Is there any le­gis­la­tion re­lat­ing to work­ing from home in your coun­try? No spe­cif­ic le­gis­la­tion relates to work from home in Ger­many. 2. How can work­ing from home be im­ple­men­ted in a com­pany, e.g...
Expert Guide Diversity, Inclusion and Transformation
Comparable
13/03/2023
State aid: the Court of Justice of the EU an­nuls Com­mis­sion de­cision in...
On 17 Novem­ber 2022, the Court of Justice of the EU held two judg­ments an­nulling the rul­ings of the Gen­er­al Court of the EU of 13 May 2020 for case easyJet (T-8/18) and case Volotea (T-607/17), which...
Law-Now Antitrust, Competition & Trade
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