Cases

Haar belongs to Munich

The Enlarged Board of Appeal today took a clear stand on the issue of its location. The suburb Haar is permissible as the location of the Boards of Appeal in Munich. Furthermore, the court ruled that ...

16 July 2019 by Christina Schulze

Sales ban

Orckit IP wins infringement suit against Adtran

Düsseldorf Regional Court found US software and hardware manufacturer Adtran has infringed a network technology patent owned by Tel Aviv-based patent ...

16 July 2019 by Konstanze Richter

FRAND

UK High Court finds Conversant patent infringed but invalid

A standard essential patent held by Conversant has been found infringed but invalid for added matter by the UK High Court. The judgment is part of a t ...

15 July 2019 by Amy Sandys

Compulsory licence

Amgen prevails against Sanofi in licence dispute

Amgen has achieved another success in the dispute over a compulsory licence for two competing cholesterol-lowering drugs. Düsseldorf Regional Court up ...

11 July 2019 by Konstanze Richter

FRAND

Unwired Planet patent paves way for FRAND discussions

A standard essential patent owned by Unwired Planet has been maintained as valid by the Federal Court of Justice in Germany. The proceedings on validi ...

5 July 2019 by Amy Sandys

Dutch patent market

Pemetrexed patent not infringed by Fresenius in the Netherlands

The District Court of the Hague has found the pemetrexed patent held by Eli Lilly not infringed by Fresenius in the Netherlands. The decision is contr ...

26 June 2019 by Amy Sandys

Pharmaceuticals

Sales ban: Teva successful against Mylan drug Clift

In an urgent ruling of Düsseldorf Regional Court (case ID: 4c O 22/19), Mylan has been issued a Clift sales ban in Germany. Clift is a generic product ...

19 June 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Dating apps

Hoccer enforces default judgment against Tinder

A default judgment has been made against dating app Tinder at the Munich District Court. It was awarded after the defendants did not attend court proc ...

18 June 2019 by Amy Sandys

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

Mobile communication

Ericsson and Wiko agree on patent licence

Ericsson and French mobile phone company Wiko have apparently agreed on a licence agreement and settled their patent dispute before the Mannheim and D ...

7 June 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Memory interface technology

Polaris and Nvidia agree to end global dispute

Polaris and Nvidia have signed a global patent licensing agreement for memory interface technology, which ends an ongoing chip dispute before the US a ...

3 June 2019 by Konstanze Richter

Arrow declarations

Dutch court confirms jurisdiction for arrow declarations

The District Court in the Hague has ruled in favour of Pfizer in a judgment concerning jurisdiction of arrow declarations. This is the first such juri ...

31 May 2019 by Amy Sandys

Teff flour patent

Heuking attempts to revoke teff flour patent

Rarely do patents impact the political discourse of a nation. But Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek's case against the German part of the European patent for t ...

21 May 2019 by Amy Sandys

Artificial intelligence

Bosch subsidiary defends AI patent against Vorwerk

Thermomix manufacturer Vorwerk faces competition. Household appliance manufacturer BSH, a subsidiary of the Bosch Group, has successfully defended its ...

16 May 2019 by Konstanze Richter

Standard essential patents

Philips successful against Asus in the Netherlands

After losing a patent in Germany, things have been better for Philips in its home jurisdiction. This week the Dutch tech giant enforced a FRAND judgme ...

15 May 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Standard essential patents

Unwired Planet and Huawei appeal Düsseldorf judgment

It's the next round in Huawei vs. Unwired Planet and Ericsson. Today it became public that all parties have appealed the latest FRAND judgment from th ...

9 May 2019 by Mathieu Klos