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British Taylor Wessing to leave the Schweizer Verein association

Taylor Wessing UK is leaving the Schweizer Verein, the association that connects the firm with its German and Austrian partner firms. Multiple indepen ...

12 December 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Nick McDonald, Marks & Clerk, Potter Clarkson

UK

Marks & Clerk grows IP offering with Potter Clarkson partner

Nick McDonald has joined Marks & Clerk's London office as partner. He was previously partner at mixed firm Potter Clarkson, where he litigated pre ...

9 December 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

UK

Mewburn Ellis takes on experienced litigator in life sciences

European IP law firm Mewburn Ellis is expanding its pan-European litigation team, once again attracting talent from competitor Carpmaels & Ransfor ...

5 December 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

InterDigital, Amazon, UK high court, FRAND, RAND

Case preview

InterDigital and Bird & Bird challenge UK High Court jurisdiction in Amazon case

There is much at stake for Amazon today as UK High Court judge Richard Meade hears InterDigital's jurisdictional challenge in the RAND-rate setting di ...

3 December 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

FRAND

SEP holders force UPC into FRAND dance with UK courts

Sun Patent Trust has asked the UPC's Paris local division to set a FRAND rate in its dispute with Vivo. Ericsson has also filed a similar FRAND claim ...

2 December 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

InterDigital, Amazon, UK High Court, AASI, ASI

Streaming technology

InterDigital hit with ex parte AASI from UK High Court in Amazon case

The pan-European dispute between Amazon and InterDigital is increasingly developing into a race between courts. In an anti-anti-suit injunction (AASI) ...

22 October 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Streaming technology

German and UPC rulings in Amazon case put pressure on UK proceedings

The dispute between InterDigital and Amazon has taken a new turn, with the UK High Court scheduling a hearing for late October. At a recent case manag ...

16 October 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Regeneron, Bayer, Eylea, Formycon, Samsung Bioepis

Blockbuster drug

Setback in UK after victory in Netherlands for Regeneron in Eylea case

Regeneron and Bayer have faced a defeat in the UK in their global dispute against several generic companies over their ophthalmic drug Eylea. The Lond ...

10 October 2025 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

Amy Crouch, Mewburn Ellis, Simmons & Simmons. London

UK

Mewburn Ellis hires partner from Simmons & Simmons

European IP firm Mewburn Ellis has hired patent litigator Amy Crouch from Simmons & Simmons in London. She will join as partner to strengthen the ...

6 October 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Life sciences

UPC sees next life sciences case as Guardant sues Sophia Genetics

The UPC is seeing more life sciences battles. In the latest case, Guardant Health has sued Sophia Genetics at the local division Paris over a liquid b ...

23 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Arnold & Siedsma, Rouse, private equity, Benelux

IP firm mergers

Dutch firm Arnold & Siedsma joins private-equity-backed IP group Rouse

Even patent attorney firms are not unaffected by the changes in the European patent market. The mixed Benelux IP law firm Arnold & Siedsma has joi ...

19 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Blockbuster drug

Sandoz challenges Bayer's Xarelto strategy in damages claim

The UK High Court does not follow Sandoz's argument that the usual calculation of lost income is insufficient for earnings lost during the ongoing PIs ...

11 September 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

BioNTech and Pfizer, GSK, Comirnaty, COVID-19, UK High Court

mRNA technology

BioNTech and Pfizer strike back against GSK in London

The backlash from BioNTech and Pfizer was not long coming. After GSK sued the two manufacturers of the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty at the UPC and in Ir ...

10 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Legal Commentary

Opinion

"The market has gone mad - but keep calm"

A spin-off at Taylor Wessing, an exodus at Klaka and Carpmaels' entry into German litigation mark unprecedented changes in the European patent market. ...

8 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

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