Cases Archives

G 2/21: Enlarged Board of Appeal allows post-filed data to prove technical effect

Experimental evidence submitted after filing a patent can be used to prove a technical effect for patentability. With its decision in the case of G 2/21, regarding plausibility, the Enlarged Board of ...

24 March 2023 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Pharmaceuticals

EPO revokes Amgen antibody patent amid ongoing battle with Sanofi

As part of their global dispute over cholesterol-lowering medication, Amgen has lost a divisional patent following a challenge by Sanofi. The patent, ...

22 March 2023 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Medical devices

Insulet and Peterreins Schley win PI over insulin pumps at Düsseldorf Regional Court

Italian company Menarini Diagnostics may no longer sell its insulin pump GlucoMen Day Pump through Berlin Chemie, which is its subsidiary in Germany. ...

21 March 2023 by Mathieu Klos

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FRAND

InterDigital vs. Lenovo: High Court cements UK as centre for FRAND-rate setting

For over a year, the patent community in the UK and Europe has awaited the outcome of the FRAND trial between InterDigital and Lenovo. Now the court h ...

16 March 2023 by Amy Sandys

CJEU and German courts shape FRAND

The Düsseldorf Regional Court today submitted certain issues in the connected cars case Nokia vs. Daimler to the Court of Justice of the European Unio ...

26 November 2020 by COHAUSZ & FLORACK

Cases

France

Paris Court of Appeal destroys Lufthansa patent in dispute with Thales and Astronics

In France, two defendants Thales and Astronics have succeeded in invalidating a Lufthansa patent, which covers an invention intended to increase passe ...

7 March 2023 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Medical devices

Boston Scientific and Vossius prevail against Cook over compression clamps

Following a successful injunction procedure, Boston Scientific has now enforced its patent in a dispute with competitor Cook on the merits over compre ...

6 March 2023 by Konstanze Richter

Wi-Fi 6: Key Innovations and their Contributors -Part 2-

(Continued from part 1) Key innovations of Wi-Fi 6 The key innovations for increasing efficiency and capacity – four times as high – are the orthogona…

26 August 2020 by Braun-Dullaeus Pannen Emmerling Patent- und Rechtsanwälte

Cases

Mobile communication

Eisenführ partners bid goodbye with win for Access Advance against TCL

The Regional Court Munich has decided that TCL is an unwilling licensee and, for the time being, cannot sell HEVC-compatible televisions and mobile de ...

2 March 2023 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Household appliances

BSH defends vacuum cleaner patent against Electrolux

The German Federal Court of Justice has upheld a vacuum cleaner patent owned by German manufacturer BSH, thus overturning a first-instance ruling. It ...

27 February 2023 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Medical devices

Alcon and AMO reach global settlement over cataract surgery equipment

American-Swiss medical company Alcon and J&J subsidiary AMO have settled a global patent dispute over technology related to ophthalmic surgery for ...

22 February 2023 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Damages claim

Dr Reddy's and Mishcon de Reya deflect Warner-Lambert appeal over claim amendments

The Court of Appeal in London has upheld a first-instance judgment, rejecting a request by Warner-Lambert to amend two so-called Points of Defence aga ...

20 February 2023 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Pharmaceuticals

MSD and generics await CJEU ruling in French SPC battle over Inegy

In France, competing parties must wait for a final CJEU decision in the dispute over a supplementary protection certificate for MSD's cholesterol-lowe ...

15 February 2023 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Electric cars

Opel and supplier CATL succeed in e-battery dispute with MU Ionic

Düsseldorf Regional Court has found in favour of carmaker Opel and Chinese lithium-ion battery manufacturer CATL, with the judges ruling that the two ...

13 February 2023 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Pharmaceuticals

Federal Court of Justice reopens Ratiopharm and Acorda revocation case over MS drug

The German Federal Patent Court must once again deal with Ratiopharm's revocation claim against two Acorda patents which protect a multiple sclerosis ...

8 February 2023 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

LED displays

AIM Sport wins infringement case against Supponor over advertising technology

At the High Court in London, sports marketing and advertising company AIM Sport has won a finding of infringement and validity against competitor Supp ...

7 February 2023 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Medical devices

Advanced Bionics and De Brauw successful against MED-EL over cochlear implant

Advanced Bionics may continue to sell its cochlear implant in the Netherlands, after the District Court of The Hague ruled that the company did not in ...

3 February 2023 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Operating systems

Apple and Google defend iOS and Android against inventor in Paris

Apple and Google have achieved a first-instance win in a case brought by inventor Ferid Allani, who claims the two companies infringed his patent thro ...

1 February 2023 by Amy Sandys

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