Cases Archives

Kiekert accelerates proceedings against Brose after Düsseldorf defeat

Kiekert and Brose are locked in a dispute over BMW car-lock patents. Brose celebrated a late success at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, which ov ...

16 February 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Standard essential patents

Lenovo accelerates Ericsson dispute with unusual UPC and UK claims

Lenovo and its subsidiary Motorola have taken the global dispute with Ericsson over 5G patents to the Unified Patent Court. In doing so, the Chinese m ...

15 February 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Biotechnology

EPO revokes two more DNA-sequencing patents despite Illumina appeal

The EPO Boards of Appeal have confirmed the revocation of two more Illumina patents concerning DNA-sequencing technology. The same boards also issued ...

13 February 2024 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Trade fair injunction

Peterreins Schley and WobbleWorks serve PI at world's biggest toy trade fair

A court in Nuremberg has handed down a preliminary injunction against myFirst Tech Asia, after WobbleWorks accused its competitor of infringing a pate ...

12 February 2024 by Amy Sandys

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SPC regulation

MSD vs. Viatris sees Paris Court of Appeal depart from previous SPC case law

It is rare for the Paris Court of Appeal to confirm a preliminary injunction in a patent dispute. But now, in doing so in an SPC dispute between MSD a ...

9 February 2024 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Intel, R2 Semiconductor, voltage regulator, chip

Chip sets

Düsseldorf court hands Intel a sales ban in R2 Semiconductor chip dispute

The Düsseldorf Regional Court has upheld claims made by R2 Semiconductor in proceedings against US technology company, Intel. The court found that cer ...

8 February 2024 by Amy Sandys

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Ireland

Teva win in Ireland evens playing field with Bristol-Myers Squibb

Following a weeks-long trial in Dublin, the Irish High Court has found a patent owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb invalid in a case brought by Teva over a ...

8 February 2024 by Amy Sandys

Cases

technical judges, Nanostring, 10x Genomics, UPC, bankruptcy

Unified Patent Court

NanoString files for bankruptcy as first UPC Court of Appeal ruling looms

NanoString has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US to restructure its business. This will halt all global patent litigation. In Europe, the judg ...

7 February 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Philip Morris, BAT, heat-not-burn, cigarette

E-cigarette technology

Philip Morris and BAT end global patent clash over heat-not-burn cigarettes

After clashing fiercely for four years over heat-not-burn e-cigarette technology, British American Tobacco and Philip Morris today reached a global se ...

2 February 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Unified Patent Court

First NPE lawsuits over semiconductor patents reach the UPC

Two companies that do not manufacture their own products have filed their first lawsuits with the UPC. Network System Technologies recently sued Texas ...

30 January 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Samsung Bioepis, Janssen, Simmons & Simmons

The Netherlands

Samsung Bioepis and Simmons repel Janssen infringement claims over SPC waiver

Samsung Bioepis has successfully invoked the EU SPC export waiver in the Netherlands, after Janssen brought claims against the company on the basis th ...

29 January 2024 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Voice-coding technology

VoiceAge victorious in nullity suits against HMD as battle enters final stage

The battle between VoiceAge EVS and HMD is heating up after the German Federal Court of Justice upheld two important VoiceAge patents on speech-coding ...

26 January 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Licence agreement

Settlement season continues as Nokia and Oppo end global patent battle

Nokia and Oppo have reached a cross-licence agreement. In doing so, the companies have ended what was probably the biggest patent dispute of the last ...

24 January 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Medical devices

UK invalidates two patents apiece for Abbott and Dexcom in vast CGM battle

In the next round of litigation between Abbott and Dexcom over continuous glucose monitoring devices, the UK High Court has found four patents invalid ...

18 January 2024 by Amy Sandys

Cases

liability, CJEU, patent litigation, Finland,

Damages

CJEU confirms strict liability standard for losses due to PI

Patent owners who apply for preliminary injunctions against alleged infringers can be held liable for damages if the patent is later found to be inval ...

16 January 2024 by Konstanze Richter

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