Cases Archives

Final win for NSK and Bird & Bird against EMS in dental equipment dispute

The dental equipment industry is seeing increasingly fierce patent disputes. Several manufacturers are facing off in court. Now, the Higher Regional C ...

15 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Food waste recycling

Orbisk and Hoyng ROKH successfully fend off Winnow's UPC suit

The Dutch company Orbisk has won a round in its dispute over food waste management solutions for commercial kitchens. For now, it can continue selling ...

14 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Boehringer Ingelheim, Zentiva, Ofev, nintedanib, Portugal

Respiratory drug

Court of Appeal grants final victory to Boehringer in PI case against Zentiva

After losing its PI bid at the UPC local division Lisbon in May, Boehringer Ingelheim has now come out on top. The Court of Appeal finds Zentiva is at ...

14 August 2025 by Laura King

Cases

Supercomputers

Frohwitter puts pressure on Nvidia with third UPC suit

Partec has filed another lawsuit against Nvidia at the Unified Patent Court. The move comes after a setback for the Munich-based supercomputing compan ...

12 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

mRNA, covid-19 vaccines, GSK, Moderna, Pfizer, BioNTech, CureVac

mRNA technology

mRNA patent wars kick into higher gear during dog days of summer

The global patent disputes between mRNA vaccine manufacturers have once again set the patent community buzzing. While GSK launched several lawsuits at ...

11 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Merz, Viatris, Fampyra, A&O Shearman, Carpmaels & Ransford

Multiple sclerosis drug

Carpmaels and A&O Shearman file first SPC suit at UPC for Merz against Viatris

The German pharmaceutical company Merz has filed a PI action against Viatris at the Paris local division. According to JUVE Patent information, this m ...

11 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Semiconductors

Munich court halts Innoscience's GaN sales in Germany over Infineon patent

Munich Regional Court has ordered Chinese manufacturer Innoscience to cease selling its gallium nitride products in Germany, ruling they infringe an I ...

6 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Bayer, Nexavar, sorafenib, Teva, Sandoz, Biogaran, Paris

Cancer drug

Paris court invalidates crucial claim of Bayer's sorafenib patent

Bayer Healthcare has suffered another blow in its dispute with multiple generic drug companies over cancer drug Nexavar. The Paris Judicial Court has ...

5 August 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Printing technology

HP and Freshfields successfully defend printer cartridges in Munich

The Ninestar subsidiary CaiLuo Technology is no longer allowed to sell certain printer cartridges in Germany. The Chinese company has lost its dispute ...

1 August 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

aldi nord, Uwe Dominik, Regional Court Düsseldorf

Germany

Bittersweet win for inventor against Aldi at Regional Court Düsseldorf

Aldi Nord is no longer allowed to use certain securing devices for stacking trolleys. The Düsseldorf Regional Court found that the discounter and its ...

31 July 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

bayer, xarelto, rivaroxaban, federal patent court

Blockbuster drug

Showdown in Munich: Federal Patent Court revokes Xarelto patent

Turn of events for Bayer's Xarelto in Germany: After being granted PIs in both instances at Munich's civil courts, the Federal Patent Court has now re ...

30 July 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Edwards Lifesciences, Meril, heart valves

Nordic-Baltic division

Edwards Lifesciences prevails in heart valve dispute at the UPC

Edwards Lifesciences has secured an important victory before the Unified Patent Court in its long-running heart valve dispute. The Nordic-Baltic divis ...

29 July 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Battery technology

Another win for Tulip in battle against Sunwoda over battery technology

Tulip Innovation has successfully enforced another patent at the Munich Regional Court in the dispute against Sunwoda over battery technology. This de ...

28 July 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Astellas, Xtandi, Accord, Sandoz, Teva, generics, Kirkland

Cancer drug

Another success for Astellas and Kirkland defending Xtandi

Generics of prostate cancer drug enzalutamide remain banned from entering the UK market. The Court of Appeal in London has upheld a key patent and SPC ...

25 July 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Battery technology

CosMX and ATL take laptop battery fight to next round

Chinese battery manufacturers Zhuhai CosMX and ATL continue their battle in German courts over lithium-ion batteries. The Federal Patent Court has now ...

24 July 2025 by Christina Schulze

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