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Trade fair injunction

Avocado scores win as Regional Court Nuremberg overturns PIs in 3D pen case

The Asian toy companies JER and myFirst Asia may sell their 3D pens on the German market again. Nuremberg Regional Court overturned the preliminary in ...

12 May 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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HP, Hewlett Packard, Ninestar, printer cartridges
Printing technology

HP prevails in Munich in toner cartridge dispute against Ninestar

Once again, the Munich Regional Court has banned several Ninestar subsidiaries from selling certain printer cartridges in Germany. This time, however, ...

8 May 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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Corning, TCL, Hisense, glass, TVs
Specialty glass

Corning and Quinn Emanuel defend special glass production method against TCL

TCL is banned from selling some of its TVs in Germany. In a ruling handed down today, Mannheim local division found a patent belonging to Corning to b ...

16 April 2026 by Mathieu Klos
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Samsung, ZTE, Regional Court Munich
Standard essential patents

Regional Court Munich puts decision in ZTE vs Samsung on hold

Once again, the German bifurcation system is throwing a spanner in the works of a patent litigation case. In the battle between ZTE and Samsung, the R ...

15 April 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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regeneron, sandoz, eylea
Blockbuster drug

Sandoz fends off PI over Eylea at Higher Regional Court Munich

Sandoz and Hexal are once again free to market their generic product of Bayer's ophthalmic drug Eylea in Germany. After a win against several generic ...

27 March 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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Cup&Cino, Alpina, milk frothers
Milk frothers

Cup&Cino wins with Boehmert & Boehmert in dispute over milk frothers

After an unsuccessful application for a PI in Vienna, Cup&Cino has now prevailed in the proceedings on the merits against competitor Alpina. The l ...

24 March 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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Amazon, InterDigital, UPC, local division Mannheim, UK High Court
Streaming technology

InterDigital vs Amazon – A chronology of the escalation

The dispute between Amazon and InterDigital quickly developed into much more than a simple patent infringement case. Since the turn of the year in par ...

16 March 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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French patent market

Top 10 patent cases in France

French courts recorded a decline in the number of cases in 2024, and recent research suggests that the downward trend continued last year. Nevertheles ...

6 March 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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millenium, cilag, bortezomib, Velcade
Right to sue

No claim to damages for Millenium and Cilag in dispute over bortezomib

Millennium Pharma and its distributor Cilag are not eligible to receive damages from generic companies for the infringement of patents related to anti ...

19 February 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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Maxeon, Aiko, solar panel, settlement
Renewable energy

Maxeon and Aiko settle solar panel dispute

Maxeon Solar and Aiko have settled their global dispute shortly before a scheduled UPC judgment. The parties had been battling over back-contact solar ...

11 February 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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Ona Patents, Google
Locating technology

Local division Düsseldorf dismisses Ona Patents infringement claim against Google

In the dispute between Ona Patents and Google concerning a patent relating to location-positioning technology in smartphones, the UPC today rejected O ...

15 January 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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Hisense, Nokia, streaming
Streaming technology

Hisense settles global dispute with Nokia over video coding patents

Nokia and Hisense have now settled their multi-jurisdictional dispute over video coding patents. Earlier this week, the Finnish patent holder withdrew ...

8 January 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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Nintendo, Bigben, Nacon, Wii
Gaming technology

Success for Nintendo against Bigben over Wii in France and Germany

The year 2025 concludes favourably for Nintendo. The Japanese games company achieved two successes in its battle against Bigben over a crucial patent ...

30 December 2025 by Konstanze Richter
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Roche, Menarini, CGM, glucose monitoring
Glucose-monitoring devices 

Hoffmann-La Roche lands PI against Menarini Diagnostics from UPC

Today, the local division Düsseldorf issued a preliminary injunction in proceedings between Hoffmann-La Roche and Menarini over CGM devices. Various p ...

5 December 2025 by Konstanze Richter
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expert klein, seoul viosys
LED technology

Infringment battle Seoul Viosys vs. expert Klein comes to an end

Expert Klein may resume selling Emporia Telecom smartphones after Seoul Viosys suffered a second defeat at the UPC against the retailer. The Court of ...

7 November 2025 by Konstanze Richter
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