Consumer Goods Archives

EPO revokes Stada sunscreen 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

Cases

Video streaming technology

Amsterdam court denies DivX injunction against Netflix over video coding patent

The District Court of Amsterdam has declined a request by DivX to align a preliminary judgment with a finding of infringement made by a German court, ...

19 January 2023 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Cigarette technology

BAT draws level with Philip Morris after success in London and Düsseldorf

British American Tobacco has recently won two victories in its global dispute with Philip Morris over heat-not-burn cigarette technology. The Court of ...

3 January 2023 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Koroyd, Burton, patent litigation, ski helmets

Sports equipment

Koroyd and Hoyng ROKH Monegier win against ski helmet provider Burton

The Regional Court Düsseldorf has found that snowboarding company Burton infringed Koroyd's patent rights. If the plaintiff enforces the ruling, it wo ...

28 November 2022 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

LED technology

Eglo and Vossius win fourth infringement case against Signify

Austrian LED light manufacturer Eglo may continue to sell its LED lights in Germany, following a decision of the Regional Court Düsseldorf. Signify is ...

6 October 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Entertainment

Subsonic and Plasseraud defeat Sony in litigation over PlayStation controllers

In a dispute over patents for games console controllers, Subsonic has defeated electronic giant Sony in Paris. The Japanese electronics manufacturer s ...

4 October 2022 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Germany

Hamburg court challenges billing practices of mixed firms

In a trademark dispute with Adidas, the Higher Regional Court Hamburg has ruled that Puma must only pay the costs of the opposing lawyers once. The ru ...

19 August 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Consumer goods

AutoStore and Ocado "robot wars" has more twists in the tale

AutoStore has withdrawn two of three patent families which formed the basis of imminent infringement proceedings against Ocado in the UK. However, it ...

24 February 2022 by Amy Sandys

FRAND licenses: the legal and practical issues raised by 5G

What are the legal and practical challenges brought by 5G and how can companies address them? This article explores the new issues arising with regard ...

18 January 2022 by AMAR GOUSSU STAUB

Cases

Cigarette technology

Philip Morris and Hoyng ROKH Monegier strike back against BAT's Glo products

British American Tobacco may no longer be allowed to sell its Glo products in Germany, after the Düsseldorf Regional Court found it infringed a Philip ...

12 January 2022 by Mathieu Klos

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