Unterlassung und Verhältnismäßigkeit - das 2. PatMoG als Neuanfang

in GRUR (Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht) (2022), (5), 273-274

Do we need artificial inventors?

Article for general public (2021)

A De Lege Ferenda Perspective on Artificial Intelligence Systems Designated as Inventors in the European Patent System.

in Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht. Internationaler Teil (2021)

The European patent system was designed around a paradigm of human inventorship. This paper will analyse in depth and from a de lege ferenda perspective the rather general arguments against and in favour ... [more ▼]

The European patent system was designed around a paradigm of human inventorship. This paper will analyse in depth and from a de lege ferenda perspective the rather general arguments against and in favour of a possible designation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems as inventors. For the sake of a more concrete discussion, it will also outline a potential reform of the European patent system to implement AI inventorship and allocate the right to the European patent for such inventions by default to the machine’s operator. In the process, it will highlight the major specific issues associated with a reform that acknowledges AI inventorship and touch upon possible alternative approaches to addressing the growing autonomy of machines within the R&D process. The study must not be understood as a call for a reform to recognise AI systems as inventors but rather as a manner of laying the foundations for a more concrete, critical and fruitful discussion on non-human inventorship and its alternatives. The analysis will show that the more general, highly conceptional reservations advanced in the current discussion against AI inventorship are somewhat unfounded, e.g. the alleged break with the functions of the current patent system or the alleged need to endow AI with legal personality. More convincing arguments against a reform that allows for the designation of AI systems as inventor might instead relate to the specific difficulties associated with such reform. [less ▲]

Unverhältnismäßigkeit, Injunction Gap und Geheimnisschutz im Prozess. Das Zweite Patentrechtsmodernisierungsgesetz im Überblick.

in Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (2021)

Neues von der patentrechtlichen Zwangslizenz. Ein Überblick anlässlich BGH „Alirocumab“.

in Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (2020)

Artificial Intelligence Designated as Inventor – An Analysis of the Recent EPO Case Law.

in Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht. Internationaler Teil (2020)

Case note to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, decision of 9/11/2018 – Arista Networks, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.

in Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht. Internationaler Teil (2019)

Patent Injunctions – Identifying Common Elements.

in Intellectual Property Journal (2019)

Das nicht-praktizierte Patent

Book published by Mohr Siebeck (2018)

"Non-practicing entities" have shaped discussions on patent law over the last decade. Martin Stierle offers a fresh perspective and draws the focus away from non-practicing patent holders. He develops a ... [more ▼]

"Non-practicing entities" have shaped discussions on patent law over the last decade. Martin Stierle offers a fresh perspective and draws the focus away from non-practicing patent holders. He develops a modern understanding of the patent function theory and drafts an obligation to practice that applies to all kinds of non-practiced patents. [less ▲]

Anmerkung zu BPatG, Urteil vom 31.8.2016 (3 LiQ 1/16 (EP)) – Isentress.

in Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (2017)