Germany Archives

Setback for Daimler in connected cars dispute against Avanci pool members

The Regional Court Munich has found that automotive company Daimler infringed one of Sharp's LTE patents, and was an unwilling licensee. The ruling co ...

11 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Lamination technology

Boehmert and Gramm Lins win in Berlin over ID technology patent

ID cards and passport producer Bundesdruckerei may continue to produce ID documents using embossed plates from manufacturer VTT. The Berlin Regional C ...

8 September 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

FRAND

Connected cars lawsuits: referral to CJEU increasingly likely

Düsseldorf Regional Court is considering submitting certain issues in the current connected cars cases to the Court of Justice of the European Union ( ...

4 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

SEP, FRAND, UK Supreme Court, Huawei, Conversant, ZTE

Long read

The global SEP race

After the UK Supreme Court's ruling in the Unwired Planet and Conversant cases, the European patent community were discussing whether the UK courts ar ...

3 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Legal Commentary

Germany

No major changes in second draft of new German patent legislation

The Federal Ministry of Justice has published a second draft of a new German patent law. As far as the automatic injunction is concerned, nothing chan ...

2 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Conversant, Huawei, ZTE, patent litigation, SEPs, infringement

FRAND

Conversant wins in Germany with EIP against Huawei and ZTE

Huawei's and ZTE's mobile phones infringe two of Conversant's SEPs. Düsseldorf Regional Court has now prohibited the two companies from selling UMTS-e ...

2 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

HEVC Advance, patent litigation, Xiaomi, Vestel

Standard essential patents

HEVC Advance members sue Xiaomi and Vestel after MAS Elektronik success

After the recent win of patent pool HEVC Advance against MAS Elektronik, the former has now launched another wave of lawsuits over the video coding st ...

31 August 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Medit, 3Shape, 3D scanning, dental prosthesis, patent litigation

3D scanning technology

Medit and Hogan Lovells even the score with 3Shape over 3D scanning for dental implants

Düsseldorf Regional Court finds that South Korean company Medit has not infringed a patent for 3D scanning for the design of dental posts. In the exte ...

28 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Fisher & Paykel, Medisize, Flexicare, ventilators

Respiratory equipment

Despite COVID-19 no exemption for Flexicare against Fisher & Paykel

UK-based medical device company Flexicare may no longer sell certain products for ventilators in Germany. Düsseldorf Regional Court finds German distr ...

27 August 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Legal Commentary

Opinion

Germany does not need to reform the automatic injunction

Mannheim Regional Court's ruling in the connected cars dispute between Nokia and Daimler sends a clear signal to German politicians that a change to t ...

24 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Long read

Liquid gold: the MPEG inventor's embezzlement scandal

Three years ago, a patent attorney and the German broadcasting institute IRT were at the centre of an embezzlement scandal worth millions. Now the ins ...

21 August 2020 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

Germany

IP nominees announced for JUVE Awards 2020

Today JUVE has announced the JUVE Awards Germany 2020 shortlist, including the nominees for JUVE IP Law Firm of the Year and IP In-house Team of the Y ...

20 August 2020 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

Non-practising entities

IPCom undergoes major management restructure

Bernhard Frohwitter has left IPCom. His successor as managing director of the well-known non-practising entity is Pio Suh. The change in management is ...

19 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Connected cars

First win for Nokia and Arnold Ruess in ongoing battle with Daimler

Daimler has infringed Nokia's mobile phone patent, decided Mannheim Regional Court yesterday in one of ten connected cars suits filed by Nokia. All su ...

18 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Legal Commentary

Opinion

Germany's top court holds the future of the European patent system in its hands

The UPC, the EPO and now FRAND. The German Constitutional Court is currently deciding on central issues concerning the patent market. The guardians of ...

13 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos

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