Cases Archives

InterDigital, Oppo, Federal Patent Court, Germany

Federal Patent Court revokes InterDigital patent in dispute with Oppo

Oppo won a victory against InterDigital last week. The Federal Patent Court in Germany revoked an important InterDigital patent. In a matter of days, ...

23 September 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Streaming technology

Nokia lands first blow against Amazon at Munich Regional Court

Amazon may no longer sell Fire Sticks that use HEVC technology in Germany. In handing down its ruling yesterday, Munich Regional Court granted Nokia a ...

20 September 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Nokia, Mala, UPC Court of Appeal, Federal Court of Justice, Federal Patent Court

Unified Patent Court

UPC must wait for German nullity ruling in Nokia vs Mala

The UPC must wait for the German nullity proceedings to be concluded before it can continue a parallel revocation action at the central division. This ...

18 September 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Standard essential patents

KPN files first SEP case at local division The Hague

KPN has sued Oppo at the local division The Hague and relied on its regular advisors form Bird & Bird. This is the first SEP case for the Dutch UP ...

17 September 2024 by Mathieu Klos

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Telecommunications

Philips succeeds at UPC in suit against Belkin

In the dispute over a Philips patent for wireless inductive charging of portable electronic devices, the UPC has issued a comprehensive injunction and ...

16 September 2024 by Christina Schulze

Cases

patient information, Bayer, Xarelto, state of the art

Blockbuster drug

Xarelto case: patient information not state of the art

Munich Regional Court and Oslo District Court have ruled on interesting legal details in what is currently the most hotly contested pan-European pharm ...

13 September 2024 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Case preview

Ericsson begins UPC experiment against AsusTek at local division Lisbon

Today, the local division Lisbon will hear the PI claim of Ericsson against AsusTek and two service providers over a mobile communication patent. The ...

12 September 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Accord, Sanofi, chemo, Judicial Court Paris

Pharmaceuticals

Paris court revokes Sanofi cabazitaxel patent

Generic drug company Accord's nullity action has been successful. The Judicial Court of Paris has revoked the patent protecting Sanofi's chemotherapy ...

10 September 2024 by Christina Schulze

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CJEU

BSH case could lead to greater competition among patent courts

The Advocate General of the CJEU has issued his second opinion in BSH vs Electrolux. If the CJEU agrees with Nicholas Emiliou's opinion in its judgmen ...

9 September 2024 by Christina Schulze

Cases

imminent infringement, Novartis, Celltrion, Genentech, local division Düsseldorf

Biosimilars

Novartis' imminent infringement suit against Celltrion fails

Celltrion will not face a PI from the Unified Patent Court against its biosimilar of Novartis' asthma drug Xolair. Today, Düsseldorf local division di ...

6 September 2024 by Mathieu Klos

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Plant protection patents

Syngenta obtains UPC injunction against Sumi Agro for herbicide

The UPC Munich local division issued a clear injunction in the dispute between two companies from the plant protection industry and upheld the patent. ...

5 September 2024 by Christina Schulze

Cases

restrict, nullify, UPC, patent, plaintiff

UPC infringement cases

Initial judgments indicate tendency of UPC to restrict patents

Since June 2024, the various divisions of the UPC have been issuing more and more decisions on the merits in infringement claims. The UPC has restrict ...

4 September 2024 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Settlement

Philips and Thales settle global disputes

Philips has been battling Thales over wireless communication patents in both the US and France since 2020. The parties have now settled their dispute.

30 August 2024 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Chip technology

Tesla on road to success against Broadcom/Avago

Broadcom/Avago's litigation campaign against e-car company Tesla spans many technological fields, from charging infrastructure to the chips used. In i ...

28 August 2024 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Licensing

Licensing deal between Acer and Sisvel ends litigation

Acer is the latest implementer to take a licence from Sisvel's Wifi 6 patent pool. The licensing deal puts an end to all patent litigation between Ace ...

27 August 2024 by Laura King

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