Germany, along with the rest of the Europe, seems to be opening up to the idea of researching, and accepting, the many benefits of the cannabis plant.
This is significant in view of the fact that only several months ago, hemp vendors were arrested and convicted in Braunschweig for selling hemp tea leaves. The case however was later overturned by Germany’s Federal Court of Justice.
And now the German government is funding a Berlin-based food startup, Becanex GmbH, to the tune of 505,000 euros ($601,720) to create cannabinoid-containing emulsions for industrial food production, reports High Times.
What makes the investment so important, reports High Times, is that the funding entity, the Central Innovation Programme for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, is under the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, which is “about as central to German economic investment in the future as you can get.”
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On April 6, 2021, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) ruled in Solvay’s favor on a patent invalidation case filed by Neo Chemicals & Oxides (Europe) Ltd. against a patent pertaining to ceric oxide products comprising catalysts for minimizing emissions of the latest generation automotive engines, and catalysts comprising such ceric oxide products.
The appeal case at the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) reverses an invalidation decision by the Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht) in January 2019 related to the German designation of the patent EP 1 435 338 B1 . This appeal decision is final and conclusive (docket number X ZR 54/19 – BGH).
The Regional Court of Mannheim (Landgericht Mannheim) had already ruled in December 2017 that Neo Chemicals & Oxides (Europe) Ltd. (“Neo”) was infringing Solvay’s patent by supplying certain cerium oxide materials in G
April 01 2021
The photo of Prince by Lynn Goldsmith (L) and the Andy Warhol depiction (R), as shown in court documents
Unilever is top EUTM
filer in Netherlands
Consumer goods company Unilever – which until November 2020
had its headquarters in both the Netherlands and the UK – topped the list of
most active EUTM filers in the Netherlands in 2020 by filing 68 applications.
Unilever was also the second biggest Netherlands-based filer
from 2015 to 2020 with 392 applications.
Michel Rorai, Unilever’s lead IP counsel, says the company’s
trademark activity in 2020 mainly centred on updated brand logos, extra classes
to protect extensions of existing brands, and some sub-brand launches.
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Carmaker Audi will not need to pay compensation to car owners for the time being. However, this could change if proof emerges that the executives were aware that the parent company was tampering with emissions values.