United Kingdom

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 Mathieu Klos

7 February 2020 by Konstanze Richter

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 ...

6 February 2020 by Amy Sandys

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 ...

Legal Commentary

Unified Patent Court

Beyond the transition period: Brexit and the UPC

Brexit has begun. On 31 January 2020, the UK and the EU offically ratified a withdrawal agreement to oversee the former's departure from the trade blo ...

5 February 2020 by Amy Sandys

14 January 2020 by Amy Sandys

FRAND

Conversant wins SEP technical trial against Huawei and ZTE

The UK High Court has declared two patents valid and essential in an SEP technical trial between Conversant and Huawei/ZTE. The trial is part of a lon ...

People & Business

UK

J A Kemp hires biotechnology partner in London

European patent attorney firm J A Kemp has hired Ian MacLeod as a partner in its London office. MacLeod joins from Carpmaels & Ransford, where he ...

13 January 2020 by Amy Sandys

20 December 2019 by Amy Sandys

Europe

Top 10 patent cases of the year 2019

In 2019 it was long-running and multi-jurisdictional cases which set the tone in Europe's top patent courts. FRAND was especially prevalent, setting t ...

People & Business

17 December 2019 by Amy Sandys

Boutique firms front and centre of UK patent market

International firms with multiple offices are often seen at the forefront of European patent disputes. However, the recent JUVE Patent UK rankings sug ...

13 December 2019 by Christina Schulze

JUVE Patent's UK research explained

For the first time, JUVE Patent has published a ranking for the UK's patent firms. While JUVE has been analysing and ranking the German market for two ...

Top patent filing firms in the UK

At the European Patent Office, UK patent filing firms play a vital role. But which are the leading patent filing firms in the UK, and for which fields ...

12 December 2019 by JUVE

Top patent litigation firms in the UK

Which are the leading firms, and who are the leading barristers and solicitors, in the UK patent litigation market 2020? Read the new JUVE Patent UK r ...

12 December 2019 by JUVE

Market Analysis & Rankings

JUVE Patent rankings explained

In May 2020, JUVE Patent rolled out its first rankings for the Netherlands patent market. JUVE Patent has now produced rankings for Europe’s four main ...

12 December 2019 by JUVE