Chemistry Archives

Solvay wins Dutch chemicals case

The District Court The Hague has ruled that Kazan, a soda ash producer belonging to Turkish company Ciner, infringed a patent held by Solvay. As a result, Ciner must stop sale of Kazan’s soda ash in ...

18 December 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Consumer goods

EPO finally revokes Stada sunscreen patent in battle with German drugstores

The argument of plausibility plays a crucial role in the latest decision of the EPO's Technical Board of Appeal. Stada has lost a patent for the use o ...

4 December 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Kettenbach, employee invention, compensation

Employee inventions

Frankfurt higher court ruling favours employers on inventor compensation

In Germany, the Employee Inventions Act governs the rights and obligations of employees and employers regarding inventions created during employment. ...

1 December 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

EBA, EPO Enalrged Board of Appeal, Knauf, Rockwool, hydroponics, patent claims, descriptions

EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal

G1/25: EBA to decide on hydroponic case between Knauf and Rockwool

The Enlarged Board of Appeal faces its first referral of 2025. The EPO's highest instance must now decide on the office's current legal practice regar ...

20 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Dental technology

Final win for NSK and Bird & Bird against EMS in dental equipment dispute

The dental equipment industry is seeing increasingly fierce patent disputes. Several manufacturers are facing off in court. Now, the Higher Regional C ...

15 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Battery technology

CosMX and ATL take laptop battery fight to next round

Chinese battery manufacturers Zhuhai CosMX and ATL continue their battle in German courts over lithium-ion batteries. The Federal Patent Court has now ...

24 July 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Kodak, FujiFilm, UK, UPC, jurisdiction, Mannheim

Printing technology

UPC decisions in FujiFilm vs Kodak now extend to the UK

In the dispute between FujiFilm and Kodak over printing plates, the UPC has claimed jurisdiction over the UK part of the patents. Two rulings issued i ...

21 July 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

prior art, inventive step, Enlarged Board of Appeal, Borealis, Mitsui

EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal

G1/23: If it is public, it is prior art

A product made publicly available before a patent's filing date cannot be excluded from prior art simply because its composition or structure could no ...

8 July 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Nylon production

Amsterdam court enforces Cathay's Chinese patent rights against Dutch importer Wego

Wegochem may no longer import and distribute certain raw materials used for nylon production in Europe. The Amsterdam District Court has banned the Du ...

27 June 2025 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

In-house move

Bayer appoints Dorian Immler as new IP head as Jörg Thomaier steps down

After 28 years at Bayer, veteran Jörg Thomaier is stepping down as CEO of Bayer Intellectual Property and head of IP Bayer Group. Dorian Immler, curre ...

18 June 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Tulip, Sunwoda, Renault, battery, electric car

Battery technology

Hogan Lovells and Tulip land sales ban against Sunwoda's car batteries

A Munich court has temporarily barred the Chinese Sunwoda Group from selling batteries in Germany. The ruling primarily affects imports of the Dacia S ...

30 May 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

MU Ionics, CATL, batteries, Opel, lithium-ion, electric vehicles, electric cars

Settlement

Battle over battery technology ends as MU Ionics and CATL sign licensing deal

MU Ionics and CATL have resolved their patent disputes. They recently signed a licence deal that also impacts Opel, which uses the Chinese battery man ...

22 May 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Consumer goods

Gucci does not infringe Agfa leather printing patent

Gucci has not infringed Agfa's patent for a technique used in printing on leather, the UPC's local division Hamburg has ruled. However, the court foun ...

7 May 2025 by Christina Schulze

People & Business

df-mp Dörries Frank-Molnia & Pohlman, litigation, UPC

Germany

df-mp hones structure to focus entirely on litigation

With a new firm structure and a focus on life sciences and hi-tech, the IP firm df-mp is concentrating entirely on patent litigation and strengthening ...

4 February 2025 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

WSL, HGF, Jan Robert Naefle, Markus Zoller, Ausra Naefe

Germany

Patent attorney firm WSL opens office in Munich with HGF team

In July, WSL ventured into Munich, bringing in three patent attorneys from HGF as its starting team. WSL is the latest German law firm to readjust fol ...

7 August 2024 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Germany

Chemistry and pharma team joins Eisenführ Speiser in Munich and Hamburg

A five-strong team of patent attorneys is moving from Uexküll & Stolberg to Eisenführ Speiser. The team's two partners bring over twenty years of ...

17 July 2024 by Christina Schulze

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