Cases - JUVE Patent

Ranpak and Bardehle victorious in paper cushioning system dispute

As the postal order business grows, the stakes are getting higher in disputes in the paper cushioning technology and packaging industries. Mannheim District Court recently handed down a ruling in the ...

1 April 2021 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Aerospace

Fatal comma error: EPO nullifies Boeing communication patent

It was a small punctuation mark with major repercussions. The EPO Board of Appeal has nullified a Boeing patent due to the inconsistent placement of a ...

7 April 2021 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Consumer goods

Ocado and AutoStore expand robot-assisted technology war to Europe

Ocado has filed several patent infringement suits against competitor AutoStore in Germany, taking the dispute to the next level. The new litigation fo ...

30 March 2021 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

The Netherlands

Assia loses appeal against KPN and Nokia over data transmission patent

The Court of Appeal in The Hague has handed down its appeal decision in a case between Assia, and KPN and Nokia. The court upheld the decision from th ...

23 March 2021 by Amy Sandys

CJEU and German courts shape FRAND

The Düsseldorf Regional Court today submitted certain issues in the connected cars case Nokia vs. Daimler to the Court of Justice of the European Unio ...

26 November 2020 by COHAUSZ & FLORACK

Cases

Cancer drug

Next win for Eli Lilly against generics in German pemetrexed dispute

Generic manufacturers Hikma and Zentiva are still unable to sell their imitation pemetrexed products in Germany. The Higher Regional Court in Munich p ...

22 March 2021 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

CRISPR/Cas

EPO revokes first Sigma-Aldrich CRISPR patent for lack of inventive step

The EPO Opposition Division has revoked a CRISPR patent, part of the Sigma-Aldrich patent portfolio, for lack of inventive step. The revocation is sig ...

19 March 2021 by Amy Sandys

Wi-Fi 6: Key Innovations and their Contributors -Part 2-

(Continued from part 1) Key innovations of Wi-Fi 6 The key innovations for increasing efficiency and capacity – four times as high – are the orthogona…

26 August 2020 by Braun-Dullaeus Pannen Emmerling Patent- & Rechtsanwälte

Cases

French case law

French court decides no sequencing in biodegradable packaging case

In a biodegradable packaging case, a French court has decided against 'sequencing' - separate hearings on validity and infringement. For some French l ...

15 March 2021 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Year in review

Crème de la crème of French patent cases

The Parisian courts are breaking new ground in multiple recent decisions in French patent cases. From FRAND hearings, to sizeable damages in pharma pr ...

12 March 2021 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

EPO Boards of Appeal

Enlarged Board of Appeal releases G 1/19 decision on patenting computer simulations

The EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal has published its decision in case G 1/19 regarding the patentability of computer-implemented simulations. The EBA st ...

11 March 2021 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Cigarette technology

Two BAT patents revoked in heat-not-burn cigarette battle

The global dispute between Philip Morris and British American Tobacco over heat-not-burn cigarette technology is intensifying. Yesterday, the UK High ...

10 March 2021 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Germany

Envipco and DPG settle dispute over bottle deposit system

Envipco and the operator of the German bottle deposit system DPG have settled their long-running dispute over a technology for sorting returnable bott ...

4 March 2021 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

FRAND

Sisvel vs. Haier: Federal court raises bar for implementers in SEP disputes

The Federal Court of Justice has ruled that implementers must show a more precise interest in taking a FRAND licence in SEP disputes. In the latest Si ...

2 March 2021 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Anti-suit injunction

Munich court confirms AAAASI in SEP battle between InterDigital and Xiaomi

Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Xiaomi has suffered a setback in its global SEP dispute with InterDigital. The Regional Court Munich prohibited Xiao ...

26 February 2021 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Supplementary protection certificates

Paris Court of Appeal applies CJEU case law in three SPC judgments

The Paris Court of Appeal has applied CJEU case law in three separate landmark rulings on SPC applications in France. The case law is based on the 202 ...

25 February 2021 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Connected cars

All eyes on Luxembourg in Nokia and Daimler patent battle

The battle between Nokia and Daimler has a new forum. Nokia has withdrawn its appeal against the referral of FRAND issues to the CJEU. In August, Noki ...

24 February 2021 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Standard essential patents

Court of Appeal overturns Vodafone's Crown use defence in IPCom dispute

The UK Court of Appeal has overturned a first-instance decision regarding Vodafone's Crown use defence against claimant IPCom. The court also rejected ...

22 February 2021 by Amy Sandys

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