With its sentence of July 19, 2007, the 1st Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice which is responsible for trademark matters adapted its jurisdiction concerning the period of time for claims for damages and information to the jurisdiction of the 10th Civil Senate which is responsible for patent matters.

Thus, claims for damages resulting from trademark infringement as well as claims for rendering accounts are no longer limited by the first proven infringement, as practised up to now in trademark matters (BGH I ZR 93/04)

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