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JUVE Awards, patent, Frankfurt Alte Oper, opera house

JUVE to present accolades to two winners for patent law in Germany

With just hours until Frankfurt's historic opera house opens its doors to nominees and guests of the JUVE Awards 2025, four German patent firms and fo ...

30 October 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Case preview

Ona Patents and Google battle it out at Düsseldorf local division

Today the Düsseldorf local division will hear a dispute between Ona Patents and Google. It is one of the first major mobile phone lawsuits to come bef ...

29 October 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Amazon, Via LA, InterDigital, Düsseldorf, video streaming

Video coding technology

Via LA strikes out against Amazon at Düsseldorf Regional Court

As an implementer, Amazon has faced some of the most extensive litigation. Now patent pool Via LA has also launched a new series of lawsuits against t ...

27 October 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Legal Commentary

Opinion

"Keep the SEP system simple"

The recent phenomenon of interim licences and the anti-suit injunctions directed against them highlights one thing above all: the global SEP system is ...

24 October 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Novo Nordisk, Ozempic, Wegovy, semaglutide

Blockbuster drug

Novo Nordisk and D Young defend crucial patent for tablet form of semaglutide

The European Patent Office has upheld a patent owned by Novo Nordisk. The patent is one of several intellectual property rights related to the diabete ...

20 October 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Software

Celonis hits back with new patent suits against SAP in Munich

The global dispute between SAP and Celonis is entering a new phase. Following reciprocal lawsuits in the US and at the UPC, Celonis has filed infringe ...

15 October 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Parkinson's drug

German Federal Patent Court upholds Newron's patent for Xadago

Alfred E. Tiefenbacher and Newron went head to head at the Federal Patent Court. The court upheld Newron's patent covering its Parkinson's drug Xadago ...

14 October 2025 by Christina Schulze

Legal Commentary

Court of Appeal, UPC, judges, Luxembourg

Unified Patent Court

Largest staff reshuffle since launch brings multiple new judges to UPC

A third panel for the UPC Court of Appeal has been planned for some time. The judges have now been appointed and hail from Germany, France and the Net ...

10 October 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Hoffmann Eitle, Thomas Gniadek, Simmons & Simmons, Munich

Germany

Comeback for Hoffmann Eitle with Simmons & Simmons partner

Simmons & Simmons partner Thomas Gniadek is moving to Hoffmann Eitle. The firm is thus swiftly rebuilding its litigation practice after a life sci ...

9 October 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Via LA, Microsoft, Düsseldorf Regional Court, HEVC, video coding

Settlement

Via LA and Microsoft settle dispute over video coding technology

Without a ruling from the Düsseldorf Regional Court, Via Licensing Alliance and Microsoft have ended their dispute over a licence for the patent pool' ...

9 October 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Anti-interim-licence injunction

UPC and Munich court limit UK jurisdiction over interim patent licences

The UPC local division Mannheim and Munich Regional Court have put a stop to UK courts' practice of granting interim licences through their first ex p ...

6 October 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Nokia, Paramount, Amazon, UPC, video streaming

Streaming technology

Nokia sues Paramount at UPC and in Germany

Patent holder Nokia is extending its litigation campaign against Paramount to Europe. Following lawsuits in the US and Brazil, the Finnish company has ...

2 October 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

GEMA, OpenAI, ChatGPT, AI, Munich, Munich Regional Court, Quinn Emanuel, Raue

Case preview

Munich hears first ever case over licences for generative AI in GEMA vs OpenAI

It is reportedly the first lawsuit worldwide against an AI provider for the unlicensed use of protected musical works. Today, Munich Regional Court is ...

29 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Blockbuster drug

Bayer and Regeneron secure PI against Formycon concerning Eylea

For now, Formycon cannot launch its biosimilar of the macular degeneration treatment Eylea in various European markets. Munich Regional Court yesterda ...

26 September 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Enlarged Board, Foreo, Geske, Breuer, skin-cleanser

EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal

G2/24: EBA brings skin-cleanser dispute to an end

The Enlarged Board of Appeal has ruled that a subsequently filed appeal cannot prolong an opposition against a European patent if the main appellant h ...

26 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

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