Austrian and German Utility Models – the dissimilar twins
Following the enactment of the Austrian Utility Model in 1994, not much guidance was given by the courts with regard to the level of inventiveness in order to meet the statutory requirement of “inventive step”. According to the considerations given by the legislator and the prevailing opinion in academic writing, a lower “quantity” of inventiveness … >> read more
01.10.2006
KEYWORDS
- action for a negative declaration
- amendments
- author
- bad faith
- bifurcation
- business identifier
- cancellation
- change of calculation of protection term
- claim amendment
- claim for damages
- community law
- comparative advertising
- design
- designation of origin
- disclaimer
- distinctive character
- EPC
- fees
- infringement
- internet publications
- inventive step
- Know-how
- license
- likelihood of confusion
- limitation
- limitation of trade mark
- limitation period
- medical use
- miscellaneous
- national law
- notice of opposition against trade mark
- nullity
- opposition
- overall impression
- patent
- patent infringement
- patentability
- priority
- renewal
- right to a name
- right to be heard
- right to recall
- service invention
- SPC
- state of the art
- Supreme Court
- trade mark
- trade mark law
- trade secrets
- unfair competition
- use
- utility model