Cases Archives

HMD evaluates next steps after disappointing Federal Court of Justice ruling

HMD is not satisfied with Tuesday's Federal Court of Justice ruling. The court dismissed HMD's appeal in the dispute with VoiceAge on the same day as ...

29 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

FRAND

Nokia vs Asus and Acer: Regional Court Munich redefines FRAND rules

Last Thursday, Munich Regional Court ordered Asus and Acer to cease and desist in an infringement case concerning a Nokia video coding patent. The cou ...

28 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Speech-coding

Federal Court of Justice confirms Munich ruling in VoiceAge vs HMD

The Federal Court of Justice's Antirtust Senate has upheld the Munich Higher Regional Court's injunction against HMD. The court largely maintained its ...

27 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

FRAND, Federal Court of Justice, VoiceAge, HMD, CJEU, EU Commission

Case preview

Federal Court of Justice hears FRAND appeal in VoiceAge vs HMD

Today, the German Federal Court of Justice scrutinises Munich Higher Regional Court's new FRAND approach. The highest court's decision in the VoiceAge ...

27 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Court of Appeal, Luxembourg, third panel, UPC

Unified Patent Court

Litigation insurers and funders follow first case of new Court of Appeal panel

The third panel of the UPC Court of Appeal hears its first case today in Syntorr vs Arthrex. The crucial issue of security for claimants is at stake. ...

26 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Kodak, FujiFilm, UPC, local division Mannheim, long-arm jurisdiction

Printing technology

Local division Mannheim imposes over €1.7 million penalty against Kodak

The local division Mannheim has ruled that Kodak has not complied with the conditions of a first-instance injunction in its printing plate dispute wit ...

23 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Hair stylers

Court of Appeal hears first appeal over long-arm jurisdiction in Dyson vs Dreame

Today, the UPC Court of Appeal is hearing appeals by both Dyson and Dreame regarding a PI decision from the Hamburg local division. This marks the fir ...

22 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

DNA sequencing

Illumina and Powell Gilbert in love with Lisbon

Illumina has taken its dispute with Element Biosciences over DNA sequencing technology to the UPC. Together with Powell Gilbert and the Portuguese law ...

21 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Supplementary protection certificates

CJEU to decide if authorisation for human drug precludes SPC for veterinary use

Can a veterinary product authorisation be considered the first market authorisation if the active ingredient was previously approved for human use? Th ...

20 January 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Cardiovascular care

AorticLab fends off infringement suit by US competitor Emboline

The local division Munich has ruled that Italian medical device manufacturer AorticLab does not infringe a patent held by its US competitor Emboline. ...

16 January 2026 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Locating technology

Local division Düsseldorf dismisses Ona Patents infringement claim against Google

In the dispute between Ona Patents and Google concerning a patent relating to location-positioning technology in smartphones, the UPC today rejected O ...

15 January 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Anti-suit injunctions

US judge orders Onesta to withdraw Munich lawsuits against BMW

For now, BMW has successfully fended off a lawsuit filed by NPE Onesta at Munich Regional Court. US Judge Alan Albright has ordered an anti-suit injun ...

15 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Cardiovascular drug

Novartis and Freshfields defend Entresto at Dutch Court of Appeal

Novartis has successfully defended against an attack on its SPC protecting a treatment for chronic heart failure in the Netherlands. The Court of Appe ...

12 January 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Blockbuster drug

Regional Court Munich grants PI to Regeneron against generics in Eylea case

Once again, Regeneron and Bayer have successfully defended their ophthalmic drug Eylea on the German market and beyond. Munich Regional Court yesterda ...

9 January 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Streaming technology

Hisense settles global dispute with Nokia over video coding patents

Nokia and Hisense have now settled their multi-jurisdictional dispute over video coding patents. Earlier this week, the Finnish patent holder withdrew ...

8 January 2026 by Konstanze Richter

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