Cases

Collision course set for Nokia and Daimler

Current mediation in the connected cars dispute between Nokia and Daimler is of monumental significance - not just for the car industry but for all connected products. The dispute reached the highest ...

19 February 2020 by Christina Schulze

Report

First days of IPCom: the battle with Nokia begins

On February 15 2020, IPCom's famous 100 patent family expired. The non-practising entity first filed a €12 billion claim against Nokia in 2008. At the ...

19 February 2020 by Mathieu Klos

CRISPR-Cas

University of California wins CRISPR-Cas opposition case at EPO

The Broad Institute has recently failed to protect its CRISPR-Cas patent before the Boards of Appeal. Now the European Patent Office has maintained a ...

13 February 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Standard essential patents

Nokia's first suit against Daimler dismissed

Mannheim Regional Court has issued the first verdict in the connected cars dispute between Nokia and Daimler. The court yesterday dismissed Nokia's su ...

12 February 2020 by Christina Schulze

MDSEPs, FRAND and MPEG-4 procedures – The latest trends in case law

Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) are patents that are implemented when a technical standard is used. The enforcement of SEPs is currently one of the ...

23 September 2019 by COHAUSZ & FLORACK

Standard essential patents

Mixed results for Frohwitter in Germany and UK

Just days before IPCom's important 100a patent expires, the non-practising entity and its sister company Fipa have had mixed success at the High Court ...

11 February 2020 by Mathieu Klos

FRAND jurisdiction

Paris takes first step towards becoming FRAND hotspot

The Tribunal Judiciaire in Paris is responsible in the FRAND dispute between Dutch electronics group Philips and competitor TCL, it has declared. Stan ...

7 February 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Antibody development

Supreme Court awaits showdown between Regeneron and Kymab

On February 11, the UK Supreme Court will hear an appeal by pharmaceutical company Kymab against Regeneron, concluding seven years of litigation betwe ...

6 February 2020 by Amy Sandys

Natural gas vehicles

Metatron defends patent against attack from Volkswagen

Italian automotive supplier Metatron has won a long-running dispute with Volkswagen over natural gas vehicles. The German Federal Court of Justice dec ...

31 January 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Global FRAND

FRAND: Unwired Planet and Huawei in advanced settlement negotiations

Panoptis, the parent company of non-practising entity Unwired Planet, and Huawei are holding serious settlement talks. The outcome could impact Unwire ...

28 January 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Pharmaceuticals

Tadalafil patent destroyed in further blow for ICOS and Eli Lilly

The Federal Court of Justice in Germany has finally destroyed the patent for active substance tadalafil. Last spring, the UK Supreme Court made a simi ...

28 January 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Mobile communication

Google victorious against Philips over smart phone patent

One strand in the Europe-wide dispute between Philips and multiple mobile phone companies is over. The Federal Court of Justice in Germany has declare ...

24 January 2020 by Amy Sandys

CRISPR-Cas

EPO revokes Broad Institute patent - but it's just the beginning for CRISPR-Cas

The Boards of Appeal at the European Patent Office has revoked a patent for CRISPR-Cas technology held by the Broad Institute. The decision is the lat ...

17 January 2020 by Amy Sandys

FRAND

Conversant wins SEP technical trial against Huawei and ZTE

The UK High Court has declared two patents valid and essential in an SEP technical trial between Conversant and Huawei/ZTE. The trial is part of a lon ...

14 January 2020 by Amy Sandys

Antenna technology

Xiaomi and Simmons win big against Fractus in the Netherlands

Fractus has failed to ban the sale of Xiaomi mobile phones in the Netherlands. The District Court of the Hague has rejected a claim for a preliminary ...

7 January 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Artificial intelligence

EPO decision on AI could impact future patent law

Artificial intelligence is not a new concept, but only recently has AI with regard to patent applications been given more prominence. Now the European ...

6 January 2020 by Amy Sandys

Europe

Top 10 patent cases of the year 2019

In 2019 it was long-running and multi-jurisdictional cases which set the tone in Europe's top patent courts. FRAND was especially prevalent, setting t ...

20 December 2019 by Amy Sandys