United Video Properties - need for adaptation in the German fee system

17-10-2016 Print this page
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BIE 2016-9, p. 249, Ulrich Hildebrandt: "CJEU C-57/15 United Video Properties concerned two different aspects of cost law that are both relevant for German law: flat rate reimbursement for lawyers and costs of  patent attorney as technical advisors. However, as lawyers in Germany frequently do not notice these changes, it will probably take years for German courts to implement a new cost law. [...]"