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Infineon, GaN, gallium nitride, Innoscience, chips, semiconductors

Munich court halts Innoscience's GaN sales in Germany over Infineon patent

Munich Regional Court has ordered Chinese manufacturer Innoscience to cease selling its gallium nitride products in Germany, ruling they infringe an Infineon patent. The decision is part of a broader ...

6 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

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

Cases

Consumer goods

Paris local division hands NUC victory in slow juicer battle with Hurom

After recent success in Mannheim, kitchen appliance manufacturer Hurom has now suffered a setback against competitors NUC and Warmcook in its UPC disp ...

27 May 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

3D imaging

QuantifiCare wins injunction against Canfield in 3D imaging dispute

Düsseldorf Regional Court has ruled the US manufacturer of 3D imaging systems Canfield may no longer sell certain products in Germany. The dispute now ...

29 April 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

LED chips

UPC enforces strict deadlines in Seoul Viosys LED dispute

Photon Wave may not sell its UVC LED chips in France. The Paris local division has ruled that a patent owned by Seoul Viosys is infringed. However, th ...

25 April 2025 by Konstanze Richter

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

Supercomputers

Bernhard Frohwitter's foray into supercomputers and suit against Nvidia

Years ago, Bernhard Frohwitter shook up the mobile communications industry with the NPE IPCom. Now the lawyer and company has invested in supercompute ...

6 December 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Cardo Systems, Asmax, ex-parte PI, Milan, UPC

Fastening devices

From patent grant to PI in a month: Cardo scores ex-parte PI in Milan

Asmax may no longer sell some of its bluetooth communication devices in all 18 UPC countries. The Milan local division recently imposed a sales ban fo ...

5 December 2024 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Streaming technology

Nokia lands first blow against Amazon at Munich Regional Court

Amazon may no longer sell Fire Sticks that use HEVC technology in Germany. In handing down its ruling yesterday, Munich Regional Court granted Nokia a ...

20 September 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Licensing

Licensing deal between Acer and Sisvel ends litigation

Acer is the latest implementer to take a licence from Sisvel's Wifi 6 patent pool. The licensing deal puts an end to all patent litigation between Ace ...

27 August 2024 by Laura King

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

Cases

Unified Patent Court

First NPE lawsuits over semiconductor patents reach the UPC

Two companies that do not manufacture their own products have filed their first lawsuits with the UPC. Network System Technologies recently sued Texas ...

30 January 2024 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

France

Bird & Bird strengthens Paris patent litigation practice

Bird & Bird, one of the largest patent litigation practices active at the UPC, has bolstered its French team with an up-and-coming partner. With ...

6 September 2023 by Christina Schulze

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