IIC-Vol.30No.3-1999

IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and
Competition Law
Volume 30
No. 3/1999
Pp. 251-358
Contents
Articles
Friedrich-Karl Beier
Exclusive Rights, Statutory Licenses and
Compulsory Licenses in Patent and Utility Model
Law
Franz Lederer
Equivalence of Chemical Product Patents
Michael Hassemer
Recent Developments in Trademark Protection
Within Mercosur
Decisions
EU
Court of Justice of the European
Communities
June 16, 1998
"Hermès" - Trademark infringement - Provisional
measures within meaning of Art. 50 TRIPS - Case
No. C-53/96 - Hermès International Ltd. v. FHT
Marketing Choice BV
EU
Court of Justice of the European
Communities
September 22, 1998
"Egmont Film" - Copyright and related rights -
Videodisc rental - Case No. C-61/97 - Foreningen af
danske Videogramdistributører, acting for Egmont
Film A/S and Others v. Laserdisken, Hans Kristian
Pedersen and Others
EPO
Technical Board of Appeal
November 15, 1997
"Tandem Repeat Loci" - Multiple request for
search fees - Case No. W 1/97 - In re Promega
Corporation

EPO
Technical Board of Appeal
August 5, 1998
"Herpes Simplex Virus" - Priority date - Scope of
Art. 55(1) EPC - Case No. T 377/95 - Smith Kline
Beecham Biologicals SA v. University Patents, Inc
Office for Harmonization
Second Board of Appeal
November 25, 1998
"Swedish Formula" - Refusal of application must
contain sufficient reasoning - Distinctiveness -
Case No. R 85/1998-2 - In re The Procter & Gamble
Company.
Office for Harmonization
Second Board of Appeal
February 11, 1999
"Optima" - Requirement of distinctiveness for
dictionary word meaning - Case No. R 94/1998-2 -
In re Cobe Laboratories, Inc.
Office for Harmonization
Second Board of Appeal
February 11, 1999
"Smell of Fresh Cut Grass" - Registrability of
distinct olfactory mark - Case No. R 156/1998-2 -
In re Vennootschap onder Firma Senta Aromatic
Marketing
Germany
Federal Supreme Court
September 16, 1997
"Loader" - Responsibility of court in case of expert
having limited specialist knowledge - Case No. X
ZR 54/95
United Kingdom
Court of Appeal
March 20, 1998
"Cause of Action Estoppel" - Validity of European
patent - Exclusive jurisdiction of national courts
over revocation proceedings - Buehler AG v.Chronos
Richardson Ltd.
Germany
Federal Patent Court
January 21, 1997
"CAD/CAM System" - Algorithm - Technical
teaching - Case No. 17 W (pat) 49/94
Germany
Federal Supreme Court
October 23, 1997
"Bonus" - Requirements of distinctiveness - Case
No. I ZB 18/95
France
Supreme Court
December 2, 1997
"Océan Pacific" - Parallel import of trademarked
goods from outside EU unlawful - Océan Pacific
Sunwear et al. v. Carrefour France SNC
"MAC Dog" - Protection of well-known marks -

Germany
Federal Supreme Court
April 30, 1998
"MAC Dog" - Protection of well-known marks -
Right to sue - Case No. I ZR 268/95 - McDonald's
Corporation and McDonald's Deutschland Inc. v.
Dieter Rahmer
United Kingdom
High Court (Chancery Division)
October 29, 1997
"Swiss Chalet" - Protection of descriptive term by
"extended form" of passing off - Chocosuisse,
Kraft Jacobs Suchard and Chocoladefabriken Lindt
& Sprüngli (Schweiz) AG v. Cadbury Limited
Ireland
Supreme Court
February 16, 1998
"Phonographic Performance (Ireland) - Sound
recordings - Establishment of ownership of
copyright - Phonographic Performance (Ireland)
Ltd. v. Cody and Princess Investments Ltd.
United Kingdom
Court of Appeal
February 3, 1998
"Phonographic Performance v. Maitra" - Sound
recordings - Copyright licensing by collecting
society - Judgment in default of defense -
Phonographic Performance Limited v. Maitra and
Others
Germany
Munich Court of Appeals
December 19, 1996
"Graphic Booster" - Computer software -
Publisher liable for journalist revealing trade
secret - Case No. 29 U 3838/95 (final)
Book reviews
Union des Avocats Europeens (UAE) -
European Lawyers' Union (ELU) (ed.)
Le droit des autoroutes de l'information et du
multimédia: un nouveau défi - The Law of
Information Super-Highways and Multimedia: A
new Challenge Gisbert Hohagen