▌PATENTS, TRADE MARKS & COPYRIGHT ► WORLDWIDE ♦ Germany ♦ Europe ♦ China ♦ India ♦ USA ♦ Russia ♦ Japan ♦ ...

This group intends to provide a forum with regard to all aspect of German, European and International Patent, Trade Marks & Copyright Law as well as IP-Law of foreign countries.

Everybody who wants to participate in this Intellectual Property Law forum and/or wants to share his knowledge, experiences and tips with regard to the IP-Law of his country or his experiences abroad is mostly welcomed.

The forum has not been restricted to the IP-Law of a particular country. Rather every IP-Law practitioners/student worldwide is welcomed. If everybody is exchanging ideas, knowledge and experiences with respect to their national IP-Law, we all will be able to get information what is the IP- Law in foreign countries respectively and can also easily interact with foreign IP-Law specialist. Hence in this forum IP-Law of the European countries, China, India, Russia, USA, Australia, Japan and so on, as well as the IP System of the European Union and International IP-Law are of interest.

Knowledge about the IP-Law of a particular country is most important because:

1. ...a fundamental principle of IP-Law is the principle of territoriality, e.g. IP-Rights are basically confined to the borders of one country.

2. ...in time of Globalisation and Internet infringement of IP-Rights occur all over the world and are not restricted to the borders of one country anymore

3. ...the availability of a comprehensive Intellectual Property Law is a determinative factor while considering to invest in a foreign market.

Due to the international character of this forum it is recommended to use English language however German language will be allowed in certain groups as well.

I hope to welcome you as a new member in this IP-Law Network soon!

(Currently we are searching for co-moderators for particular countries! Please contact me for further details)

With best regards
Oliver-Sascha Hartmann

Disclaimer
The moderator refuse all responsibilities regarding any data, information and/or any link to an external websites made available in this forum. In particular it is to be noted, that as per German Law it is forbidden to ask legal advice for a specific case. Group members may report the moderator any activities of any other user which violate applicable laws. Proprietor of the logo is Oliver S. Hartmann exclusively.