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JUVE Awards, 2026, Law Firm of the Year, In-house team of the year, Germany
JUVE Awards 2026

JUVE announces nominees for Patent Law Firm and In-house Patent Team of the Year

JUVE has announced the shortlist for this year's JUVE Awards Germany, including for the category patent law. Four law fi ...

26 August 2026 by Laura King
Streaming technology

InterDigital escalates UPC campaign against Disney over VP9 workaround

InterDigital has filed two new suits against Disney at the Unified Patent Court, targeting the streaming provider's alleged workaround using VP9 encod ...

25 August 2026 by Mathieu Klos
Standard essential patents

New FRAND guidelines: Munich Court aims to make proceedings more efficient

The 7th Civil Chamber of Munich Regional Court has published detailed FRAND guidelines consolidating its recent case law on standard-essential patents ...

19 August 2026 by Mathieu Klos

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Legal news ticker in cooperation with GRUR

The UPC outside the EU?

The article examines the extent to which the so-called Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) are covered by the Unitary Patent System. It first addresses whether these territories fall within the territorial scope of protection of European patents and European patents with unitary effect, and whether…

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Cases Omnipac, Hartmann, egg packaging
Packaging industry

UPC Court of Appeal puts an end to the egg packaging dispute

Omni-pac has come out on top in the dispute over a closure technology for modern egg cartons. The UPC Court of Appeal dismissed an infringement suit b ...

21 August 2026 by Mathieu Klos
Cases moderna, pfizer, mrna, arbutus, Genevent, biontech
mRNA technology

The mRNA wars are escalating with new claims from Arbutus

Arbutus and Genevent have once again filed claims relating to mRNA patents with the UPC’s local division in The Hague. This time, the target is the Co ...

18 August 2026 by Mathieu Klos
Cases Novartis, Accord, Entresto, Bristows, Three New Square
Cardiovascular drug

Bristows and Three New Square defend Novartis’ SPC on Entresto in the UK

Accord Healthcare's challenge to Novartis' Entresto patent and SPC has failed in the UK. The High Court found the patent valid and ruled that Accord's ...

14 August 2026 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business Huw Edwards, Bird & Bird, Nokia
UK

Bird & Bird brings back former associate Huw Edwards as London partner from Nokia

Bird & Bird has hired Huw Edwards as a partner in its London IP practice. Edwards returns to the firm after a decade at Nokia, where he most recen ...

13 August 2026 by Mathieu Klos
Cases TP-Link, Vantiva, Atlas Global, wifi, EPO Boards of Appeal
Wifi technology

EPO Board of Appeal revokes Atlas Global’s wifi patent despite opponents’ withdrawal

The Boards of Appeal recently revoked a patent owned by Atlas Global Technologies, thus withdrawing the grounds for a parallel UPC action. However, TP ...

12 August 2026 by Konstanze Richter
Cases WobbleWorks, myFirst Tech Asia, Guang Zhou Shu Yu Ke Ji, 3D pens
3D pens

Munich Regional Court grants fresh PIs to WobbleWorks in 3D pen dispute

WobbleWorks continues the fight for its 3D pen after a setback earlier this year. The Regional Court Munich has now issued new preliminary injunctions ...

11 August 2026 by Konstanze Richter

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Cases Tesla, Avanci, InterDigital, Supreme Court
Standard essential patents

UK Supreme Court hands Tesla landmark win in Avanci 5G pool licence dispute

English courts have jurisdiction to determine the FRAND terms of a pool licence. In a judgment handed down today, the UK Supreme Court overturned deci ...

27 July 2026 by Konstanze Richter
People & Business Oliver Schön, 7th Civil Chamber, Munich Regional Court
Interview

Oliver Schön: “The case law of the UPC and the German courts is the gold standard”

Munich Regional Court reports a 43% increase in patent cases. One of the driving forces behind this development is Oliver Schön, presiding judge of th ...

13 February 2026 by Mathieu Klos
Cases Nokia, Warner Bros., Paramount, Richard Meade, UK High Court
Video streaming technology

Nokia, Warner Bros. and Paramount can now focus on RAND-rate setting

It is difficult to say who has actually emerged as the provisional winner in the interim payment dispute between Nokia, Warner Bros. and Paramount. In ...

25 June 2026 by Mathieu Klos