Germany

Hoffmann Eitle, König Szynka, Smorodin, Düsseldorf, Munich

14 January 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Hoffmann Eitle and König Szynka unite top pharma teams

A new heavyweight in the life sciences sector is emerging in Germany. The Düsseldorf team of König Szynka Tilmann von Renesse is to join Hoffmann Eitl ...

Maucher Jenkins, df-mp, Philipp Nordmeyer, Munich

14 January 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Maucher Jenkins hires team from df-mp

The patent attorney firm Maucher Jenkins has strengthened its Munich office with a team from df-mp. In January, Philipp Nordmeyer joined as a partner ...

Standard essential patents

ZTE sues Samsung with Taliens and Vossius

The next major dispute over mobile communications licences is looming. At the turn of the year, ZTE sued Samsung in China, at the UPC and in Germany. ...

9 January 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Finnegan Henderson, Johannes Druschel, Quinn Emanuel Sullivan & Urquhart

6 January 2025 by Laura King

Finnegan Henderson adds fifth IP partner in Munich from Quinn Emanuel

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner is the next US law firm to beef up its patent team in Europe. Quinn Emanuel counsel Johannes Druschel ...

Morgan Lewis, Alexander Ritter, Tim Powell, Baker McKenzie

6 January 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Morgan Lewis expands European patent litigation team in Munich with Baker partner

Yet another US law firm is establishing a European patent litigation practice. Following the arrival of Tim Powell in the UK in autumn, Morgan Lewis i ...

27 December 2024 by Konstanze Richter

Year in review 2024

Top 10 patent cases of the year 2024

The year 2024 was dominated by the UPC. Under the watchful eyes of the patent world, the new court is making patent history with its numerous rulings ...

24 December 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Year in review 2024

JUVE Patent's Ones to Watch 2024 - the full overview

JUVE Patent identified 17 rising stars as Ones to Watch in 2024. For the first time since JUVE Patent began awarding this accolade, almost half of the ...

19 December 2024 by Konstanze Richter

Klinkert IP team opens new Frankfurt office for BluePort

The Frankfurt law firm Klinkert is dissolving and the small IP team is joining BluePort Legal. It brings expertise in trademarks and patents to the sp ...

Standard essential patents

Local division Munich grants injunction over Netgear's Wi-Fi 6 routers

In another important FRAND ruling from the UPC, the Munich local division has ruled Netgear may no longer sell Wi-Fi-6-capable routers in six importan ...

18 December 2024 by Mathieu Klos

10 December 2024 by Konstanze Richter

IFA, Bayer, Lauer Taxe, Rivaroxaban, Xarelto, Munich

Blockbuster drug

Bayer's defeat in dispute with IFA over Xarelto listing in Munich

Bayer is fighting tooth and nail for its blockbuster Xarelto. However, the pharmaceutical manufacturer has now failed in its attempt to hold the infor ...

10 December 2024 by Mathieu Klos

JUVE Patent Award 2025

Vossius & Brinkhof: Joint force for UPC litigation

Vossius & Brinkhof UPC Litigators represents one of the more unusual strategic approaches with which law firms are entering the UPC business. The ...

6 December 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Supercomputers

Bernhard Frohwitter's foray into supercomputers and suit against Nvidia

Years ago, Bernhard Frohwitter shook up the mobile communications industry with the NPE IPCom. Now the lawyer and company has invested in supercompute ...

5 December 2024 by Konstanze Richter

Kather Augenstein, JUVE Patent Award, Miriam Kiefer, Düsseldorf, UPC

JUVE Patent Award 2025

Kather Augenstein: A Düsseldorf litigation boutique with sights firmly set on the UPC

Five law firms have been nominated for the JUVE Patent Award UPC Firm of the Year 2025. One of them is the Düsseldorf boutique Kather Augenstein, whic ...