Moderator:

Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Floyd

Court of Appeal, London

Speakers:

Hon. Dr. Klaus Grabinski

Federal Supreme Court, Karlsruhe

Update on the German Approach on the Doctrine of Equivalence

The Protocol on the Interpretation of Article 69 EPC provides that for the purpose of determining the extent of protection conferred by a European Patent, due account shall be taken of any element which is equivalent to an element specified in the claims. National courts in the EPC Member States developed different approaches on how to take due account of equivalent elements in patent litigation. This talk tends to give an update on the approach developed by the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) Powerpoint presentation

Hon. Edger Brinkman

Court of The Hague, The Hague

Equivalence and estoppel under Dutch law (and what the UPC might do)

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Panelists:

Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar

Boehmert & Boehmert, Munich

Aloys Hüttermann

Michalski Hüttermann & Partner, Düsseldorf

Shimako Kato

Abe, Ikubo & Katayama, Tokyo

Marleen van den Horst

BarentsKrans, The Hague