Current impulses for everyday GMP, answers to existing questions, and outlooks on the future are characteristic of the GMP ADVISORS Days. This special meeting of authors from industry and authorities as well as customers of the GMP Publishing House is a highlight in the pharmaceutical industry's con…

On July 7, 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union confirmed a cornerstone of German licensing contract law in the preliminary ruling C-567/14 (Cour d'Appel de Paris). For over 100 years, German courts have held that license fees are not to be reimbursed if the licensed patent right is revo…

The significance of acquisitions and divestitures of corporate holdings as well as the formation of joint ventures has increased considerably in recent years as part of corporate strategy for medium-sized businesses. Given the complexity of these transactions, it is essential to avoid pitfalls.

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Over 80,000 inventions were filed for patents or utility models in Germany in 2014. 80-90% of these are based on inventions by employees. The Employee Invention Act grants them a claim to "reasonable compensation." However, calculating this compensation is complex and generally involves significant…

With the reform of the Bankruptcy Act to a modern insolvency law, the legislature has created a pitfall for licensees. All attempts to address this problem through legislation have so far failed. Meanwhile, the Federal Court of Justice has made the matter more complicated with a series of decisions…

Enterprises, those within a GMP requiring range work guarantee the adherence to the GMP rules by your coworkers. But these enterprises can be also safe that the coworkers of outside firms have this GMP knowledge? With GMP: READY can be trained the coworkers by outside firms before their first employ…