Automotive

Lights on

Valeo has successfully defended two patents in the dispute over headlight technology. After losing its nullity suit in the first instance, Taiwanese auto lamp manufacturer Depo has now lost on appeal ...

December 10, 18 by Konstanze Richter
Radio technology

Motorola wins latest suit against Hytera

December 07, 18 by Konstanze Richter
JUVE Rankings 2018

Top litigation firms Germany

December 06, 18 by Christina Schulze
Gen plants

Some like it hot

December 06, 18 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

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Datascape sues Apple, Amazon and Spotify

Datascape has filed a suit against three music streaming providers before the Düsseldorf Regional Court (case IDs: 4b O 93/18, 4b O 111/18 and 4b O 12 ...

December 05, 18 by Konstanze Richter
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Sanofi prevents Mylan marketing insulin pen

Düsseldorf Regional Court has granted French pharmaceutical company Sanofi’s request for a preliminary injunction in the dispute with generics manufac ...

December 05, 18 by Konstanze Richter
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Broadcom settles over connected cars

No sooner had the first major patent dispute in Europe over connected cars begun than it was already over. Chip manufacturer Broadcom and car manufact ...

November 22, 18 by Mathieu Klos

Legal Commentary

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The pendulum swings back

Many had expected a rough start for António Campinos after the Battistelli era. This proved to be true. Just as the new President of the European Pate ...

September 24, 18 by Mathieu Klos
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“I’m a pragmatist... there will be a UPC agreement”

The development of the Unified Patent Court was never going to be straightforward. But now, the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, means that Germany’s ...

September 24, 18 by Aled Griffiths
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At a dead end

Rapid innovation and conflicting interests in the pharmaceutical industry are causing trouble for the outdated EU regulation on the supplementary prot ...

September 24, 18 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

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The last laugh

Nikon and ASML are locked in a worldwide battle over optical exposure machines for computer chips. It is the biggest patent dispute the Netherlands ha ...

September 24, 18 by Mathieu Klos
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Lone warrior: who is Ingve Stjerna?

Stunning victory or devastating defeat? Pariah or hero? For Ingve Stjerna the stakes are high. And no less for the European patent community: Stjerna ...

April 06, 18 by Mathieu Klos
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City of Lights gets brighter

Brexit and the German constitutional case have put a spanner in the works of the UPC but law firms in Paris are still gearing up for international pat ...

April 06, 18 by Christina Schulze