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Latest news on IP and coronavirus in Europe

Coronavirus is directly impacting many legal patent bodies and proceedings around Europe. JUVE Patent brings you the latest news regarding COVID-19, a ...

2 April 2020 by JUVE

Pharmaceuticals

Akebia, Fibrogen and Astellas battle over anaemia drugs

A two-week trial involving patents for an anaemia drug has just concluded at the UK High Court. Although GSK settled its strand of the complex case be ...

23 March 2020 by JUVE

Unified Patent Court

Dark day for UPC: Europe reacts to surprise judgment

Can the UPC be saved? Only a few hours after the German Federal Constitutional Court found the German UPC legislation unconstitutional, the reactions ...

20 March 2020 by JUVE

Unified Patent Court

BREAKING: German Constitutional Court upholds UPC complaint

The German Federal Constitutional Court has upheld the constitutional complaint filed against the German UPC legislation. But it has at the same time ...

20 March 2020 by JUVE

Hoffmann Eitle strengthens London office with two hires

European patent attorney firm Hoffmann Eitle has made two hires in London. New partner Toby Simpson moves from Mathys & Squire, where he was also a pa ...

12 March 2020 by JUVE

German Federal Court of Justice

Sisvel vs. Haier judgment could see FRAND standardised in Germany

This month, the German Federal Court of Justice will hear Sisvel vs. Haier, one of the most important FRAND cases in Europe. The decision could see Ge ...

5 March 2020 by JUVE

Interview

"We don’t expect major disruption to the UPC"

Alexander Ramsay was once optimistic over the UK's participation in the Unified Patent Court. At the end of last year, he told JUVE Patent, "It would ...

4 March 2020 by JUVE

Opinion

UK patent courts under pressure after UPC announcement

A scarcity of patent judges and the delay of a crucial judgment to clarify its position on FRAND are two issues already facing the UK patent courts. N ...

3 March 2020 by JUVE

Unified Patent Court

What now for UPC? Dismay as UK government rejects participation

The UK government has confirmed that it will no longer participate in the Unified Patent Court system. The announcement has surprised many in the Euro ...

28 February 2020 by JUVE

Long read

How IPCom kept the mobile phone industry on tenterhooks for 13 years

IPCom's famous 100A patent has expired and the non-practising entity will have to change its business model. The NPE has kept the European mobile comm ...

19 February 2020 by JUVE

EIP and WilmerHale expand UK practices

Two of London's leading patent firms have recently opened their doors to new lawyers. Gareth Probert and Colin Lobban have both joined international I ...

18 February 2020 by JUVE

Germany

Mewburn Ellis and Boult Wade Tennant bolster German offices

UK IP firms continue to strengthen their teams in Germany. Patent attorney Thomas Wolter has joined Mewburn Ellis in Munich, while Boult Wade Tennant ...

17 February 2020 by JUVE

Standard essential patents

Mixed results for Frohwitter in Germany and UK

Just days before IPCom's important 100a patent expires, the non-practising entity and its sister company Fipa have had mixed success at the High Court ...

11 February 2020 by JUVE

FRAND jurisdiction

Paris takes first step towards becoming FRAND hotspot

The Tribunal Judiciaire in Paris is responsible in the FRAND dispute between Dutch electronics group Philips and competitor TCL, it has declared. Stan ...

7 February 2020 by JUVE

Antibody development

Supreme Court awaits showdown between Regeneron and Kymab

On February 11, the UK Supreme Court will hear an appeal by pharmaceutical company Kymab against Regeneron, concluding seven years of litigation betwe ...

6 February 2020 by JUVE