Germany

19 May 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Smart buildings

Belparts and Meissner Bolte defend crucial pressure valve technology

Belimo’s nullity suit against a central patent for state-of-the-art pressure valves has failed. The German Federal Patent Court has upheld competitor ...

17 May 2022 by Mathieu Klos

AIM Sport and Noerr score against Supponor over sports stadium advertising

Supponor can no longer use its hardware-based technology for electronic perimeter advertising in German stadiums. Munich Regional Court passed this ru ...

13 May 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Quinn Emanuel expands IP offering to Berlin

Quinn Emanuel is opening a fifth German office in Berlin. Like many of its predecessors which have moved to the country's capital, the US firm has set ...

Evidence, experts and witnesses at the UPC

The Unified Patent Court (“UPC” or “Court”) means a new court and thus new rules of procedure. Let’s look more specifically at the means of evidence t ...

12 May 2022 by Simmons & Simmons LLP

10 May 2022 by Konstanze Richter

Munich

ZSP gets set for UPC with Bird & Bird patent attorney

Patent attorney firm ZSP Patentanwälte is boosting its headcount with a partner coming from Bird & Bird in June. Sebastian Höpfner brings experien ...

6 May 2022 by Mathieu Klos

After Feldges: Allen & Overy's patent team secures succession

Joachim Feldges has left Allen & Overy and founded his own firm in Munich. The German patent litigation team has thus completed the generational c ...

28 April 2022 by Konstanze Richter

Pichlmaier vindicated as CJEU overturns preliminary injunction practice

German courts may grant a preliminary injunction in infringement cases, even if a patent-in-suit is not yet proven in opposition or nullity proceeding ...

25 April 2022 by Mathieu Klos

In-house

Volkswagen appoints new head of IP

Silke Reinhold is to become the new head of IP at Volkswagen, succeeding Uwe Wiesner who will retire in June 2022. Reinhold is taking over the IP depa ...

7 April 2022 by Amy Sandys

Coronavirus

Latest news on IP and coronavirus in Europe

Coronavirus is directly impacting many legal patent bodies and proceedings around Europe. JUVE Patent brings you the latest news regarding COVID-19, a ...

Standard essential patents

Stage victory for Samsung against FIPA and IPCom in nullity appeal

In a dispute over SEPs for the UMTS standard, IPCom, FIPA and several mobile communications companies including Samsung are fighting over millions in ...

5 April 2022 by Christina Schulze

4 April 2022 by Mathieu Klos

FRAND

Federal Court of Justice considers SEP questions in IP Bridge dispute

After the highest German court established current FRAND case law in Sisvel vs. Haier, it is now considering further questions on SEP claims in IP Bri ...

1 April 2022 by Mathieu Klos

FRAND

MPEG LA challenges Samsung with support from Krieger Mes and Cohausz & Florack

MPEG LA has filed a lawsuit against former pool member Samsung at the Regional Court Düsseldorf for infringing HEVC patents. Samsung was a member of t ...

31 March 2022 by Mathieu Klos

FRAND

Philips and Xiaomi settle dispute over UMTS and LTE technology

Philips and Xiaomi appear to have signed a licence agreement over 3G and 4G patents, thus settling their global dispute. The settlement marks the end ...

28 March 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Munich Regional Court takes new approach to FRAND

SEP owners and implementers are to go through proceedings at the Munich Regional Court while working towards a licence agreement. The 21st Civil Chamb ...