GxP inspection
Your supervisory authority has carried out a GxP inspection at your premises and you do not agree with a deficiency found?
Advertising with pilot studies?
Your new cosmetic product is an innovation. Initial pilot studies confirm that the product is effective. Further studies would be necessary to confirm these findings. However, these would involve considerable additional costs. You would like to know whether and, if so, to what extent you can advertise with the findings from the first pilot studies.
National trade mark or EU trade mark?
Your company is already active in many countries. You would like to introduce a new trade mark for your new product. You are considering protecting it as a European trade mark (EU trade mark) because protection for Germany is included. Or are there good reasons to apply for both trade marks?
Protection of my event brand and licences for partners
You are organising a festival in your city that attracts worldwide attention. You have developed a logo with which you advertise the festival nationally and internationally. The logo is also to be used by companies that offer goods (e.g. merchandising) or services (travel, tours, hotels, etc.) in connection with the festival. You need a simple, uniform standard licence agreement to regulate how and when third-party providers may use the logo.
BGH hears case on labelling obligations under the Health Claims Regulation in advertising
At the request of Merx Pütz Rechtsanwälte, the Munich Higher Regional Court has prohibited a company from advertising its food supplements with health claims without also including the mandatory information on the importance of a varied and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle in accordance with Art. 10 para. 2 lit. a) of the Health […]
Lawyer Morten Merx listed in “The Best Lawyers”
Lawyer Morten Merx, founding partner of the law firm, is recommended in the 15th edition of The Best Lawyers for his expertise in health care law (health products law). This area of law includes the law on the advertising of medicinal products as well as pharmaceutical and medical device law. The listings in The Best […]
Trade mark Paralegal at Merx Pütz Rechtsanwälte – we are looking for support!
We represent trade mark owners from Germany and abroad. As a law firm specialising in trademark law, we conduct numerous proceedings at the German Patent and Trademark Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and WIPO in Geneva.If you are familiar with the course of the proceedings, electronic communication with the offices, trade mark […]
Lots of cheese but not a dairy product? The EUIPO with a spotty reasoning
With the help of Merx Pütz Rechtsanwälte, a Bavarian cheese manufacturer successfully defended itself against the cancellation of its word mark before the EUIPO. The Office confirmed the (extensive) use of the contested trade mark, but was nevertheless of the opinion that the use only applied to “cheese” and not to the superordinate term “dairy […]
Merx Pütz lawyers on training tour in Pullach near Munich
Merx Pütz Rechtsanwälte will be a guest at the training evening of the Pater-Rupert-Meyer-Realschule in Pullach on 10 May 2023. We will be there to answer questions from the pupils about training as a paralegal. The vocational school for legal and administrative professions, where future paralegals acquire their specialist knowledge, will also be on site.
Single product or majority of products? EUIPO decides on cancellation request
In proceedings concerning the invalidity of a registered Community design, the Invalidity Division of the EUIPO – the EU Office for the Protection of Intellectual Property – has rejected the application of a company based in Bavaria, represented by Merx Pütz Rechtsanwälte, in the first instance. The design shows different images of a shopping bag […]
