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Major IP team loss leaves Gowling without German patent practice

Two recent partner moves sees Gowling WLG’s Munich patent practice break away for the second time in just a few years. With the departures of Thomas Mayer and Carsten Schulte, the Anglo-Canadian firm ...

9 February 2021 by Konstanze Richter
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German court system

Munich Procedure enhances competition among patent courts

Short and transparent court procedures make the Regional Court Munich a go-to location to file for patent disputes. According to a recent survey of th ...

26 October 2020 by Konstanze Richter
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Heart valve technology

Powell Gilbert and Kirkland battle over five heart valve patents

The UK High Court has delivered its first judgment in a pan-European dispute regarding technology for heart valve patents. The judgment, part of the o ...

6 October 2020 by Konstanze Richter
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Standard essential patents

Focus on France in Philips and TCL FRAND battle

Chinese telecommunications manufacturer TCL is questioning the competence of UK courts in a case against Philips. Since the High Court decision of Col ...

6 December 2019 by Konstanze Richter
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Laboratory equipment

Beckman Coulter victorious in diagnostics technology dispute

Düsseldorf Regional Court has ruled that the German part of US manufacturer Beckman Coulter's patent (case ID: 4c O 88/17) is infringed by Sysmex. The ...

27 August 2019 by Konstanze Richter
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JUVE Patent rankings 2019

Top patent litigation firms in Austria

Which are the leading firms, and who are the leading individuals, in the Austrian patent litigation market 2019? Read the latest JUVE patent rankings ...

22 August 2019 by JUVE
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Urinary catheters

Court partially upholds Coloplast urinary catheter patent

The Federal Patent Court has upheld Coloplast's patent in Germany to a limited extent. The judgment is part of a dispute between medical device manufa ...

14 June 2019 by Christina Schulze
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Injunction

Generics prevail against Eli Lilly in Alimta cancer drug case

In a lasting dispute over the cancer drug Alimta, several generic drug manufacturers have achieved a significant win against Eli Lilly. The Munich Reg ...

4 April 2019 by Konstanze Richter
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Mobile communication

Philips loses UMTS patent in Germany

A series of lawsuits being conducted by Philips against various mobile phone manufacturers is one of the largest in Europe. Now the Dutch company has ...

3 April 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Long read

America, the hesitant

Even if the future of the UPC remains unclear, a number of major US patent firms are gearing up to enter the European market. Up until now, few have b ...

22 March 2019 by Aled Griffiths
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Connected cars

Next Broadcom battle over Daimler and BMW

A few months after the successful settlement with VW, Audi and Porsche, chip manufacturer Broadcom has filed the next lawsuit against two German autom ...

20 March 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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The Netherlands

Dutch courts see increase in patent revocations over 2018

The District Court and the Courts of Appeal in The Hague, the Netherlands, oversee some of Europe’s most pressing patent cases. One thing, however, ha ...

9 January 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Mobile communications

Qualcomm hits Apple hard

Qualcomm against Apple remains one of the biggest ongoing patent disputes worldwide. Yesterday the Munich patent court published an important judgemen ...

20 December 2018 by Mathieu Klos
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Video coding technology

MPEG LA scores another victory in SEP dispute

Patent pool MPEG LA has achieved another success in the dispute over the video coding standard AVC/H.264. Düsseldorf Regional Court upheld the infring ...

17 December 2018 by Konstanze Richter
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Interview

"Clients won't litigate in every jurisdiction"

Previously Allen & Overy’s top litigator, Nicola Dagg joined Kirkland & Ellis just six weeks ago. Dagg’s appointment is a new direction for the US fir ...

13 December 2018 by Amy Sandys
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Pharma patents

Amgen defends patent for cholesterol treatment

After rebutting a demand for compulsory licences concerning its cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha, US pharmaceutical company Amgen has now successfull ...

12 December 2018 by Konstanze Richter
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