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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Costs

ETSI loses costs appeal following TCL and Philips dispute

When Philips and TCL fought over standard essential patents, standard-setting organisation ETSI was caught up in the dispute. While the main conflict ...

9 January 2024 by Konstanze Richter

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Standard essential patents

InterDigital prevails against Oppo and OnePlus over SEPs in Munich

InterDigital recently celebrated two successes in its ongoing dispute with multiple mobile phone manufacturers. After the Federal Patent Court upheld ...

5 January 2024 by Konstanze Richter

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Top ten most-read articles 2023, patent, JUVE Patent

Year in review 2023

Huawei and Bird & Bird successful against Amazon in dispute over wifi routers

Amazon may no longer sell its own wifi routers in Germany, as they infringe a Wifi 6 patent from Huawei. This was decided by Munich Regional Court las ...

22 December 2023 by Mathieu Klos

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Artificial intelligence

UK Supreme Court has final say on Dabus as named inventor

In the long-running case over AI system Dabus, the UK's highest judicial instance has determined that a patent application cannot name AI as an invent ...

21 December 2023 by Amy Sandys

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Unified Patent Court

10x Genomics and NanoString yield no ground in first UPC Court of Appeal hearing

On Monday, the UPC Court of Appeal in Luxembourg heard its first case. 10x Genomics and NanoString fought hard in their appeal against a preliminary i ...

20 December 2023 by Mathieu Klos

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Year in review 2023

Top 10 patent cases of the year 2023

Landmark judgments were the order of the day in 2023, with the JUVE Patent top 10 patent cases of the year demonstrating the power of cross-border tea ...

20 December 2023 by Amy Sandys

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German Federal Patent Court, CureVac, mRNA

mRNA vaccines

German Federal Patent Court changes its mind on CureVac mRNA patent

CureVac has today suffered a defeat in its dispute against BioNTech over mRNA patents, after the German Federal Patent Court nullified the German part ...

19 December 2023 by Konstanze Richter

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Cases

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

First NPE lawsuits over semiconductor patents reach the UPC

Samsung Bioepis and Simmons repel Janssen infringement claims over SPC waiver

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

Settlement season continues as Nokia and Oppo end global patent battle

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

CJEU confirms strict liability standard for losses due to PI

ETSI loses costs appeal following TCL and Philips dispute

InterDigital prevails against Oppo and OnePlus over SEPs in Munich

Top 10 most-read articles of the year 2023

Huawei and Bird & Bird successful against Amazon in dispute over wifi routers

UK Supreme Court has final say on Dabus as named inventor

10x Genomics and NanoString yield no ground in first UPC Court of Appeal hearing

Top 10 patent cases of the year 2023

German Federal Patent Court changes its mind on CureVac mRNA patent