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Oliver Schön, 7th Civil Chamber, Munich Regional Court

Oliver Schön: "The case law of the UPC and the German courts is the gold standard"

Munich Regional Court reports a 43% increase in patent cases. One of the driving forces behind this development is Oliver Schön, presiding judge of th ...

13 February 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

WobbleWorks, JER, Kretum, 3D pens, Nuremberg toy trade fair

Trade fair injunction

Peterreins Schley and ZSP enforce PIs for Wobbleworks over 3Doodler

German courts have banned Chinese companies JER and Kretum from marketing their 3D pens in Germany. The Regional Courts in Munich and Nuremberg issued ...

12 February 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Renewable energy

Maxeon and Aiko settle solar panel dispute

Maxeon Solar and Aiko have settled their global dispute shortly before a scheduled UPC judgment. The parties had been battling over back-contact solar ...

11 February 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Veolia, Supratec, Heuking, Grünecker, wastewater

Wastewater technology

Veolia and Heuking land win against Supratec

Supratec can no longer manufacture and sell certain gas distributors and hollow fibre membrane modules in Germany following a January ruling from Düss ...

6 February 2026 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

local division Düsseldorf, UPC, panel, judges

Unified Patent Court

Bérénice Thom takes over second panel at local division Düsseldorf

For some time there has been speculation that Düsseldorf would receive a second panel. Now it is official. Following the recent announcement that Ingo ...

6 February 2026 by Laura King

People & Business

Aurodion, Wasilis Koukounis, Michalski Hüttermann, Düsseldorf, Heidelberg

Germany

Michalski Hüttermann partner launches new patent firm Aurodion

Wasilis Koukounis and three other former Michalski Hüttermann & Partner attorneys have launched mixed IP firm Aurodion. The new outfit has offices ...

3 February 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Regional Court Munich, 7th Civil Chamber, FRAND, Asus, Wilus

Wifi technology

Munich Regional Court further clarifies FRAND rules in Wilus vs Asus judgment

A partial payment obligation, comparative agreements for FRAND licences and FRAND calculation. A recent judgment by Munich Regional Court's 7th Civil ...

30 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

FRAND

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

People & Business

Regional Court Munich

Hubertus Schacht takes helm at 21st Civil Chamber in Munich

As expected, Hubertus Schacht will be the new presiding judge of the 21st Civil Chamber at the Regional Court Munich. He succeeds the experienced pate ...

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

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

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

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