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Carpmaels & Ransford, Hoffman Eitle, Mike Gruber, Niels Hölder, Munich, Germany

Carpmaels next UK firm to expand in Germany

Carpmaels & Ransford already has a representative office in Munich. But now the UK firm is bringing in two litigators from Hoffmann Eitle to fully ...

1 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Awards, Patent, 2025, JUVE Awards, nominees

JUVE Awards 2025

JUVE reveals nominees in patent for JUVE Awards Germany 2025

The nominees have been revealed for this year's JUVE Law Firm of the Year and In-house Team of the Year in the patent category in the annual JUVE Awar ...

27 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

heuking, taylor wessing, Manja Epping, Stefanie Greifeneder

Germany

Heuking brings in partner trio and team from Taylor Wessing

Heuking's German healthcare and life sciences practice is set to receive a major boost: two equity partners, a salary partner and a team will join fro ...

26 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

EBA, EPO Enalrged Board of Appeal, Knauf, Rockwool, hydroponics, patent claims, descriptions

EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal

G1/25: EBA to decide on hydroponic case between Knauf and Rockwool

The Enlarged Board of Appeal faces its first referral of 2025. The EPO's highest instance must now decide on the office's current legal practice regar ...

20 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Dental technology

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

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

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

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

People & Business

Benjamin Grzimek, Casalonga, Fieldfisher, Düsseldorf

Germany

Casalonga opens in Düsseldorf with Fieldfisher litigation team

Casalonga is opening an office with three lawyers in Düsseldorf this week. The move is part of its strategic goal to evolve from a mixed French law fi ...

29 July 2025 by Christina Schulze

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

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

Cases

Munich Regional Court, Samsung, ZTE, FRAND, 7th Civil Chamber

Standard essential patents

Munich Regional Court reinterprets FRAND rules in Samsung vs ZTE

In the pan-European dispute between ZTE and Samsung, the 7th Civil Chamber of Munich Regional Court has set out new approaches to FRAND proceedings. T ...

23 July 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Connected cars

Nokia launches actions against Geely at the UPC and Regional Court Munich

Nokia has initiated a fresh round of lawsuits over SEPs at the Unified Patent Court and Munich Regional Court. The Finnish mobile communications compa ...

22 July 2025 by Konstanze Richter

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