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Around 100 barristers practice intellectual property law in the UK. A small group, the London IP bar is influential in the development of IP law across the UK and Europe. And although famed for their ...

14 June 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Court partially upholds Coloplast urinary catheter patent

14 June 2019 by Christina Schulze
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Advice published for Internet of Things roll-out

12 June 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Ericsson and Wiko agree on patent licence

7 June 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Polaris and Nvidia agree to end global dispute

Polaris and Nvidia have signed a global patent licensing agreement for memory interface technology, which ends an ongoing chip dispute before the US a ...

3 June 2019 by Konstanze Richter
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Dutch court confirms jurisdiction for arrow declarations

The District Court in the Hague has ruled in favour of Pfizer in a judgment concerning jurisdiction of arrow declarations. This is the first such juri ...

31 May 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Heuking attempts to revoke teff flour patent

Rarely do patents impact the political discourse of a nation. But Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek's case against the German part of the European patent for t ...

21 May 2019 by Amy Sandys

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Recruitment for UPC judges raises new speculation

The Preparatory Committee of the Unified Patent Court has re-opened its judicial recruitment programme. The news has ignited rumours in the patent com ...

5 June 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Government considers amendment to automatic injunction law

The German government is considering an amendment to the automatic injunction in patent law, following a meeting between the Federal Ministry of Justi ...

29 May 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Hörmann and Novoferm conclude garage door patent dispute

The battle between two leading German garage door manufacturers, Hörmann and Novoferm, is epic. Now, after 18 years, the Federal Court of Justice has ...

24 May 2019 by Mathieu Klos

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Canon agrees on NFC licence from France Brevets

France Brevets has granted its first near field communication (NFC) licence outside the mobile phone industry. Japanese optical product manufacturer C ...

28 May 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Salomonowitz Horak name partner moves to Binder Grösswang

Vienna-based law firm Binder Grösswang is bolstering its intellectual property and IT practice with the addition of Michael Horak. He leaves IP boutiq ...

27 May 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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"The injunction gap is simply unacceptable"

After seven years, Siemens has climbed to the top of patent applicants at the European Patent Office. Beat Weibel, chief IP counsel of Siemens, talks ...

23 May 2019 by Mathieu Klos

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Heuking attempts to revoke teff flour patent

Rarely do patents impact the political discourse of a nation. But Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek's case against the German part of the European patent for t ...

21 May 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Patenting plants: EPO examiners explore solution

Lack of consensus on if patents can be granted on plants and animals is causing a stalemate between the European Patent Organisation member states, an ...

29 March 2019 by Christina Schulze
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The patent for a novel pepper plant is once again within Syngenta's grasp. The patent had previously been rejected but in the seed company's appeal, t ...

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