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Germany: Restrictive Covenants

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AT A GLANCE - Employees in Germany are subject to statutory non-competition and non-solicitation obligations during an employment relationship. Similar statutory restrictions apply to directors and board members as long as...more

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Prior Art and Public Availability: Key Decisions in German Patent Litigation

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The Situation: Even after the introduction of the European Unitary Patent Court, Germany remains a key battleground in major patent litigations. In the bifurcated German litigation system, nullity cases are heard before the...more

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JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Trade Secret Enforcement in Germany

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Recent changes to German law are expected to facilitate trade secret litigation. Dr. Christian Paul, a Munich-based partner, explains why these actions still require careful consideration of German procedural law, with a...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Legal Q&A | Non-Compete Clauses

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This Legal Q&A two pager gives an overview of non-compete clauses with a focus on postcontractual non-competes. Non-compete clauses can effectively protect the know-how of companies, especially in the tech sector. But their...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Annual EU Competition Review 2018

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CARTELS & RESTRICTIVE AGREEMENTS - CJEU’S EYE-OPENING RULING ON ANTITRUST COMPLIANCE AND OFF-LABEL MISINFORMATION – C 179/16, HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE AND OTHERS V AGCM, 23 JANUARY 2018 – On 23 January 2018, the CJEU...more

Hogan Lovells

Tell me more, tell me more…The right to obtain information according to the 9th amendment of the German Act against Restraints of...

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Bye bye trade secrets? In the new ARC, confidential information and trade secrets still enjoy special protection. The reason is clear: as soon as secret information is revealed, it becomes obvious and, as such, is no longer...more

Dechert LLP

The Impending Launch of the Unified Patent Court

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In a fundamental change to how European patents are going to be litigated in Europe, the United Patent Court (UPC) will soon have exclusive jurisdiction over European patent disputes and will be able to issue remedies that...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Der Markteintritt für deutsche IT Firmen aus dem Bereich des Gesundheitswesens

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With expenditures of over $ 3 trillion of market in the field of health care in the United States is huge. Incentives of the Federal Government for the introduction of electronic medical records resulted increasingly in the...more

K&L Gates LLP

Expanded Protections for Documents Developed in the Course of Internal Investigations and Located at the Client’s Business...

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A ruling by the Regional Court (Landgericht) of Braunschweig published late last year has strengthened the protections of confidential information gained or developed in the course of internal investigations....more

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