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FujiFilm, Kodak, UPC, Mannheim local division

UPC grants FujiFilm and Hoyng ROKH Monegier injunction against Kodak

Kodak may no longer sell certain printing plates in Germany following a ruling by the UPC's Mannheim local division. FujiFilm has secured an initial v ...

3 April 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Amazon, Nokia, Amazon Prime Video, settlement, agreement, streaming

Streaming technology

Nokia and Amazon sign agreement settling global patent dispute

The global patent dispute between Nokia and Amazon has ended. Today, the Finnish tech company announced it had signed an agreement with the US company ...

31 March 2025 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

Siemens, Beat Weibel, Meiko Stenger, ETH Zurich

In-house move

Siemens appoints successor for Beat Weibel in global patent department

Meiko Stenger is the new head of the global patent department at Siemens. He succeeds Beat Weibel, who is moving to the university ETH Zurich. In rece ...

7 March 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Avalanche rescue devices

Swiss court limits scope of Ortovox's avalanche rescue patent

The patent for locating avalanche victims that Ortovox is asserting against Mammut at the UPC is only valid to a limited extent in Switzerland, accord ...

4 March 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

BSH Hausgeräte, Electrolux, CJEU, jurisdiction, invalidity, validity, infringement

Jurisdictional challenge

CJEU reopens European cross-border litigation in BSH vs Electrolux ruling

Swedish Courts have jurisdiction to rule on infringement even for the non-Swedish parts of European patents. The CJEU handed down its ruling today in ...

25 February 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Video coding technology

Bittersweet outcome for both Nokia and Amazon Prime in Düsseldorf

Today, relief and disappointment were closely intertwined for Nokia and Amazon at Düsseldorf Regional Court. The Finnish tech company and US streaming ...

7 February 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Walt Disney, Disney+, InterDigital, video streaming

Video streaming technology

InterDigital launches attack on Disney at multiple venues including UPC

Video streaming is increasingly the focus of patent litigation. InterDigital is now suing the Walt Disney Company in the US, Brazil and Europe over pa ...

6 February 2025 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

JUVE Patent rankings 2024

Ones to Watch Germany 2024: Lars Grannemann

In JUVE Patent’s recent Germany ranking, one patent attorney and five patent litigators stood out among the up-and-coming lawyers in the market. Lars ...

1 November 2024 by Christina Schulze

Cases

QuantifiCare, Canfield Scientific, UPC, local division Düsseldorf, 3D medical imaging

3D imaging

QuantifiCare sues Canfield Scientific at UPC over 3D medical imaging systems

QuantifiCare has filed a complaint with the UPC against Canfield Scientific. Previously, the Federal Court of Justice in Germany upheld an important p ...

1 October 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Ortovox, Mammut, Court of Appeal, UPC, avalanche, local division Düsseldorf

Avalanche rescue devices

Ortovox wins at UPC Court of Appeal in avalanche rescue devices dispute

The UPC Court of Appeal has upheld the sales ban against Mammut's avalanche rescue devices in Austria and Germany. The applicant Ortovox is thus the f ...

26 September 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

CJEU

BSH case could lead to greater competition among patent courts

The Advocate General of the CJEU has issued his second opinion in BSH vs Electrolux. If the CJEU agrees with Nicholas Emiliou's opinion in its judgmen ...

9 September 2024 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Chip technology

Tesla on road to success against Broadcom/Avago

Broadcom/Avago's litigation campaign against e-car company Tesla spans many technological fields, from charging infrastructure to the chips used. In i ...

28 August 2024 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Video streaming technology

Win for Netflix and Quinn Emanuel as patent court invalidates Broadcom patent

In the long-running dispute with Broadcom/Avago, Netflix has now won a victory before the German Federal Patent Court. After an initial opinion indica ...

31 July 2024 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

Unified Patent Court

Proportion of German judges at the UPC grows

The Unified Patent Court has appointed eight new technically qualified judges. Of these, seven have a technical focus on electronics and six hail from ...

25 June 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Case preview

BSH vs. Electrolux vacuum cleaner case takes jurisdiction question to CJEU

Today, the CJEU will hear a patent dispute between BSH Hausgeräte and Electrolux over vacuum cleaners. It must clarify whether a Swedish court also ha ...

14 May 2024 by Mathieu Klos

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