Germany

6 January 2022 by Konstanze Richter

Patent pool

Access Advance licence is non-FRAND, rules Regional Court Düsseldorf

For the first time, a German court has found member licences owned by Access Advance for video content to be non-FRAND. The Regional Court Düsseldorf ...

3 January 2022 by Konstanze Richter

Witte Weller grows with two specialist mechanical engineering partners

Stuttgart-based patent law firm Witte Weller & Partner has strengthened its team with Lukas Klement and Dieter Späth. Through the two new patent a ...

27 December 2021 by Amy Sandys

Year in review 2021

Top patent partner and judge moves 2021

Major external developments continue to impact how Europe's patent law and attorney firms conduct business – including hiring decisions. Last year, co ...

23 December 2021 by Mathieu Klos

Lars Meinhardt is new presiding judge at Higher Regional Court Munich

The patent senate of the Higher Regional Court in Munich has a new presiding judge. Lars Meinhardt succeeds Konrad Retzer at the beginning of the year ...

17 December 2021 by Mathieu Klos

European Patent Office

Boards of Appeal to move back to Munich city centre

The presidents of the European Patent Office and the Boards of Appeal want the court to move back into the EPO building in the centre of Munich. This ...

16 December 2021 by Mathieu Klos

Meissner Bolte bolsters team with renowned lawyers in plant-variety protection

Munich IP boutique Würtenberger joins Meissner Bolte at the turn of the year with its three fee earners. These are the experienced trademark lawyer an ...

9 December 2021 by Christina Schulze

ABP Burger hires litigator as managing partner in Munich

Austrian law firm ABP Burger is strengthening its Munich team with Eike Schaper, who joins as its new head of litigation. Schaper, who joins from Rosp ...

8 December 2021 by Mathieu Klos

Interview

Peter Meier-Beck: “From a German perspective, anti-suit injunctions should not exist”

Peter Meier-Beck is one of the most renowned patent judges in Europe. In October, the long-time presiding judge at the German Federal Court of Justice ...

7 December 2021 by Christina Schulze

Cigarette technology

BAT and Vossius successful in heat-not-burn cigarette dispute in Mannheim

British American Tobacco has experienced another first-instance win against Philip Morris over heat-not-burn cigarette technology. Mannheim Regional C ...

2 December 2021 by Christina Schulze

Firearms

Heckler & Koch successful against C.G. Haenel over assault rifle patent

German weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch has been successful in a first instance patent infringement suit against competitor C.G. Haenel. As wel ...

26 November 2021 by Christina Schulze

Cloud computing

German Federal Court of Justice confirms Zoe Life software patent

The German Federal Court of Justice has confirmed a central software patent of investor Zoe Life Technologies, which covers cloud computing. The inves ...

JUVE Patent judges list 2022

UPC favourites: French and German judges dominate

Five French and five Germans top the list of the most popular judges for the UPC. This is the result of an international survey of patent experts by J ...

24 November 2021 by Mathieu Klos

23 November 2021 by Christina Schulze

DTS opens Stuttgart office with Hoeger Stellrecht patent attorneys

Munich IP boutique DTS is opening an office in Stuttgart in January 2022, after recruiting a patent attorney duo from Hoeger Stellrecht. The two physi ...