Germany

Orckit IP wins infringement suit against Adtran

Düsseldorf Regional Court found US software and hardware manufacturer Adtran has infringed a network technology patent owned by Tel Aviv-based patent ...

16 July 2019 by JUVE

German litigation trends

Decline in cases at German patent courts

Figures collected by JUVE Patent show a declining number of new cases at the German patent courts. The three major courts for patent infringement suit ...

12 July 2019 by JUVE

Compulsory licence

Amgen prevails against Sanofi in licence dispute

Amgen has achieved another success in the dispute over a compulsory licence for two competing cholesterol-lowering drugs. Düsseldorf Regional Court up ...

11 July 2019 by JUVE

Munich

New hire for Braun-Dullaeus Pannen Emmerling

Six months ago, patent attorneys Friedrich Emmerling and Karl-Ulrich Braun-Dullaeus founded a new law firm. Now the firm, which specialises in mobile ...

10 July 2019 by JUVE

FRAND

Unwired Planet patent paves way for FRAND discussions

A standard essential patent owned by Unwired Planet has been maintained as valid by the Federal Court of Justice in Germany. The proceedings on validi ...

5 July 2019 by JUVE

Opinion

EPO customers want Michelin-star service

There is a new strategy at the European Patent Office. Last week António Campinos delivered what many had expected in his ambitious plan for the futur ...

3 July 2019 by JUVE

Munich

Mathys & Squire opens in Munich with team from Herzog Fiesser & Partner

Mathys & Squire is to open its third office on the European continent in Munich. The British firm recruited a team of four patent attorneys from Herzo ...

2 July 2019 by JUVE

Pharmaceuticals

Sales ban: Teva successful against Mylan drug Clift

In an urgent ruling of Düsseldorf Regional Court (case ID: 4c O 22/19), Mylan has been issued a Clift sales ban in Germany. Clift is a generic product ...

19 June 2019 by JUVE

Dating apps

Hoccer enforces default judgment against Tinder

A default judgment has been made against dating app Tinder at the Munich District Court. It was awarded after the defendants did not attend court proc ...

18 June 2019 by JUVE

Urinary catheters

Court partially upholds Coloplast urinary catheter patent

The Federal Patent Court has upheld Coloplast's patent in Germany to a limited extent. The judgment is part of a dispute between medical device manufa ...

14 June 2019 by JUVE

Mobile communication

Ericsson and Wiko agree on patent licence

Ericsson and French mobile phone company Wiko have apparently agreed on a licence agreement and settled their patent dispute before the Mannheim and D ...

7 June 2019 by JUVE

Memory interface technology

Polaris and Nvidia agree to end global dispute

Polaris and Nvidia have signed a global patent licensing agreement for memory interface technology, which ends an ongoing chip dispute before the US a ...

3 June 2019 by JUVE

Automatic injunctions

Government considers amendment to automatic injunction law

The German government is considering an amendment to the automatic injunction in patent law, following a meeting between the Federal Ministry of Justi ...

29 May 2019 by JUVE

Employee invention law

Hörmann and Novoferm conclude garage door patent dispute

The battle between two leading German garage door manufacturers, Hörmann and Novoferm, is epic. Now, after 18 years, the Federal Court of Justice has ...

24 May 2019 by JUVE

In-house interview

"The injunction gap is simply unacceptable"

After seven years, Siemens has climbed to the top of patent applicants at the European Patent Office. Beat Weibel, chief IP counsel of Siemens, talks ...

23 May 2019 by JUVE