Germany

Connected cars

Warning, trolls ahead

The use of mobile telecommunications in cars is nothing new and so the auto industry has been waiting for NPEs to strike for a long time. But now the ...

6 April 2018 by JUVE

6 April 2018 by Mathieu Klos

Patent Licencing

“US and Asian companies put more emphasis on quality than Germans”

How do companies capitalize on their patents? And what advantages do US companies have over German outfits? Bastian July (41) worked in Osram’s licens ...

6 April 2018 by Mathieu Klos

UPC Challenge Germany

Lone warrior: who is Ingve Stjerna?

Stunning victory or devastating defeat? Pariah or hero? For Ingve Stjerna the stakes are high. And no less for the European patent community: Stjerna ...

German Market

Running hot

There is no other market in the UPC which is as active as Germany. That is due to the sheer size of the market, the attraction of German courts for NP ...

10 November 2017 by JUVE

10 November 2017 by Mathieu Klos

European Patent Office

“The new president must restore harmony”

Christoph Ernst faces a Herculean task. He has to steer the European Patent Office into calmer waters while also managing the situation resulting fro ...

10 November 2017 by Mathieu Klos

Patent Judges

Paris favourites

Given that the United Patent Court will appoint 40 judges to rule on Europe-wide injunctions, it is vital for industry and the legal profession that t ...

10 November 2017 by Mathieu Klos

UPC challenge in Germany

Düsseldorf torpedo

All hopes for a quick ruling by the German Constitutional Court in the complaint against the UPC are dashed. A ruling before 2020 is looking increasin ...

Unified Patent Court

Black Box

A complaint at the Constitutional Court has brought the ratification process in Germany – and with it the UPC – to a screeching halt. The reasons behi ...

25 July 2017 by JUVE

10 July 2017 by Mathieu Klos

Unified Patent Court

"The UPC is long overdue"

In a strange reversal of roles, the UK has restarted the ratification process after its General Election, but now the Constitutional Court in Germany ...

24 May 2017 by Mathieu Klos

Profile

The Steam Engine

Thomas Kühnen is not only notorious among Germans: British and Dutch lawyers describe the Presiding Judge of the 2nd Civil Senate at the Higher Region ...

4 April 2017 by Mathieu Klos

FRAND

Gulde defends Haier against Sisvel in precedent FRAND case

Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court has ruled that Chinese electronics manufacturer Haier can sell its mobiles and tablets in Germany (case IDs: I-15 U 6 ...

13 February 2017 by Mathieu Klos

European Patent Office

President Battistelli should resign, says JUVE survey

In a non-representative JUVE survey, global technology companies expressed concern about the state of the European Patent Office. Many are worried abo ...

27 January 2016 by Mathieu Klos

FRAND

Haier wins partial suspension of injunction in SEP case

Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court has ruled that the FRAND conditions set out by the European Court of Justice apply to both parties in court cases. In ...