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CureVac’s road to the coronavirus vaccine

German biopharmaceutical company CureVac is on track to launch a coronavirus vaccine based on an mRNA platform. Like its competitors, the company has ...

20 April 2021 by Christina Schulze
People & Business
Germany

German firm Graf von Westphalen makes push into patent litigation

Midsized, full-service German firm Graf von Westphalen has strengthened its patent practice in Munich with a team from competitor Beiten Burkhardt. Pa ...

9 April 2021 by Konstanze Richter
People & Business
Germany

Allen & Overy hires life science litigator from Hogan Lovells

Allen & Overy is taking a major step forward in expanding its life science patent litigation team in Germany. It has broadened its team with the a ...

8 April 2021 by Christina Schulze
Cases
Packing technology

Ranpak and Bardehle victorious in paper cushioning system dispute

As the postal order business grows, the stakes are getting higher in disputes in the paper cushioning technology and packaging industries. Mannheim Di ...

1 April 2021 by Christina Schulze
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CFPodcast: Ideas in the spotlight

What factors determine the economic strength of a country? Taxes? Tariffs? Many SMEs? Full employment? All true. But have you thought about the intell ...

31 March 2021 by COHAUSZ & FLORACK
Cases
Consumer goods

Ocado and AutoStore expand robot-assisted technology war to Europe

Ocado has filed several patent infringement suits against competitor AutoStore in Germany, taking the dispute to the next level. The new litigation fo ...

30 March 2021 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
German patent courts

Tim Crummenerl takes up new role at German Federal Court of Justice

Tim Crummenerl is set to take up his new position as a judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe on 1 April. Crummenerl will move from the Re ...

29 March 2021 by Konstanze Richter
Legal Commentary
Opinion

"Anti-suit injunctions are a road to nowhere"

The Regional Court Munich wants to classify implementers in FRAND disputes who file anti-suit injunctions in China or elsewhere, as unwilling licensee ...

25 March 2021 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
IP transaction

French competitor acquires NovumIP from Paragon Partners

NovumIP is changing hands. French competitor Questel is taking over the global IP service provider from private equity firm Paragon Partners. The cros ...

24 March 2021 by Aled Griffiths
Cases
Cancer drug

Next win for Eli Lilly against generics in German pemetrexed dispute

Generic manufacturers Hikma and Zentiva are still unable to sell their imitation pemetrexed products in Germany. The Higher Regional Court in Munich p ...

22 March 2021 by Mathieu Klos
Cases
Cigarette technology

Two BAT patents revoked in heat-not-burn cigarette battle

The global dispute between Philip Morris and British American Tobacco over heat-not-burn cigarette technology is intensifying. Yesterday, the UK High ...

10 March 2021 by Amy Sandys
Cases
Germany

Envipco and DPG settle dispute over bottle deposit system

Envipco and the operator of the German bottle deposit system DPG have settled their long-running dispute over a technology for sorting returnable bott ...

4 March 2021 by Mathieu Klos
Cases
FRAND

Sisvel vs. Haier: Federal court raises bar for implementers in SEP disputes

The Federal Court of Justice has ruled that implementers must show a more precise interest in taking a FRAND licence in SEP disputes. In the latest Si ...

2 March 2021 by Mathieu Klos
Cases
Anti-suit injunction

Munich court confirms AAAASI in SEP battle between InterDigital and Xiaomi

Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Xiaomi has suffered a setback in its global SEP dispute with InterDigital. The Regional Court Munich prohibited Xiao ...

26 February 2021 by Mathieu Klos
Cases
Connected cars

All eyes on Luxembourg in Nokia and Daimler patent battle

The battle between Nokia and Daimler has a new forum. Nokia has withdrawn its appeal against the referral of FRAND issues to the CJEU. In August, Noki ...

24 February 2021 by Mathieu Klos
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