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SEPs, medical devices, e-cigarettes: Biggest UPC battles reveal broad court remit

By the end of 2023, the Unified Patent Court had a total of 160 filed cases, with the three biggest battles being fought by Panasonic against Oppo and ...

23 January 2024 by Mathieu Klos
Cases
Cigarette technology

Philip Morris invalidates BAT patent, but UK court denies Arrow declaration

The most recent decision in ongoing litigation between Philip Morris and BAT has seen the UK High Court revoke a BAT patent which covers heat-not-burn ...

1 November 2023 by Amy Sandys
Cases
Unified Patent Court

UPC imposes penalty payment on Revolt in e-bike dispute with MyStromer

In the dispute between MyStromer and Revolt Zycling over e-bike technology, the Düsseldorf local division has imposed the first penalty payment in a U ...

24 October 2023 by Konstanze Richter
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Household appliances

Basic Holdings and DLA Piper secure infringement decision over decorative fireplaces

The Court of Appeal in the Netherlands has overturned a first-instance judgment to determine that decorative fireplace producer Afire has infringed a ...

21 September 2023 by Amy Sandys
Cases
Consumer goods

Alpina and Torggler & Hofmann win first UPC hearing at Vienna local division

The UPC local division in Vienna impressed in its first hearing by issuing a quick decision in preliminary injunction proceedings. Patent holder CUP&a ...

14 September 2023 by Christina Schulze
Cases
Consumer goods

Agfa files UPC case against Gucci over leather product printing

Imaging product distributor Agfa has filed an infringement suit against luxury brand Gucci before the UPC local division Hamburg. Should the court fin ...

24 August 2023 by Christina Schulze
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In-house

BAT hires new senior counsel for patent litigation from Sandoz

British American Tobacco has a new senior counsel for patent litigation. Earlier this month, Sara Burghart joined the US tobacco company from Sandoz. ...

14 August 2023 by Konstanze Richter
Cases
Consumer goods

UPC sees first settlement after Ocado and AutoStore end global dispute

Ocado and AutoStore have settled their global dispute over robot-assisted automation systems for warehouses. As such, the Unified Patent Court is expe ...

24 July 2023 by Mathieu Klos
Cases
Mobile phone app

Shell and Norton Rose invalidate Ensygnia mobile payment patent

Shell Oil has successfully repelled accusations that a system which allows customers to pay for their petrol at the pump, via an app, infringes a pate ...

10 July 2023 by Amy Sandys
Cases
Consumer goods

EPO revokes Stada suncream patent after opposition from German drugstores

The European Patent Office has revoked a Stada patent covering the use of antioxidants to prevent sun damage from infrared rays. Stada had filed multi ...

7 July 2023 by Amy Sandys
Cases
Settlement

IP Bridge and TCL settlement pre-empts FRAND negotiation in Germany

IP Bridge and TCL have settled their global patent lawsuits. The US and Germany were the focus of the cases which concerned cellular, wireless communi ...

16 June 2023 by Mathieu Klos
Cases
Cigarette technology

Philip Morris and BAT continue heat-not-burn patent saga at UK High Court

The UK High Court has found two Philip Morris patents valid, but rejected an argument that rival multinational tobacco company BAT infringes the paten ...

24 April 2023 by Amy Sandys
Cases
Video streaming technology

Netflix and Quinn Emanuel invalidate important DivX patent at EPO

The next stage of DivX's dispute with Netflix has seen the European Patent Office cancel an important patent for streaming technology belonging to the ...

21 April 2023 by Mathieu Klos
Cases
Household appliances

BSH defends vacuum cleaner patent against Electrolux

The German Federal Court of Justice has upheld a vacuum cleaner patent owned by German manufacturer BSH, thus overturning a first-instance ruling. It ...

27 February 2023 by Konstanze Richter
Cases
Electronics

Sony and Rohnke Winter prevail against inventor over Vaio laptops

Sony has not infringed a patent owned by German company Virtual Paper, meaning it does not have to pay damages. The German Federal Court of Justice ca ...

26 January 2023 by Mathieu Klos
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