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Supplementary protection certificates

Federal Court of Justice destroys SPC for Gilead blockbuster drug Truvada

Gilead has now also failed to protect its HIV blockbuster drug Truvada in Germany, in the Europe-wide dispute over its property rights. The German Federal Court of Justice declared its supplementary p ...

23 September 2020 by Konstanze Richter
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Veterinary medicine

Hoyng ROKH Monegier and df-mp successful for Ceva in Bayer patent revocation

A Technical Board of Appeal at the European Patent Office has revoked a Bayer patent covering a veterinary medical preparation. The patent had previou ...

22 September 2020 by Amy Sandys
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Pharmaceuticals

EPO destroys Teva copaxone patent after appeal

The European Patent Office has destroyed a patent owned by Teva for copaxone, which treats certain indications of multiple sclerosis. The patent was o ...

21 September 2020 by Amy Sandys
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Pharmaceuticals

Eli Lilly's pemetrexed patent wins again in France

A French court has banned Fresenius from selling a competing pemetrexed product in France, in the pan-European dispute over Eli Lilly’s cancer drug. T ...

15 September 2020 by Christina Schulze
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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
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FRAND

Sisvel expands UMTS standard campaign against Xiaomi

Sisvel has announced that it is suing Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Xiaomi in Germany, after filing a lawsuit at the Regional Court Munich. This f ...

14 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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Connected cars

Setback for Daimler in connected cars dispute against Avanci pool members

The Regional Court Munich has found that automotive company Daimler infringed one of Sharp's LTE patents, and was an unwilling licensee. The ruling co ...

11 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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Wi-Fi 6: Key Innovations and their Contributors -Part 1-

In 2019, Apple launched a series of mobile phones, including the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro Max, etc. which support Wi-Fi 6 technology. Samsung also lau…

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

Boehmert and Gramm Lins win in Berlin over ID technology patent

ID cards and passport producer Bundesdruckerei may continue to produce ID documents using embossed plates from manufacturer VTT. The Berlin Regional C ...

8 September 2020 by Konstanze Richter
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FRAND

Connected cars lawsuits: referral to CJEU increasingly likely

Düsseldorf Regional Court is considering submitting certain issues in the current connected cars cases to the Court of Justice of the European Union ( ...

4 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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FRAND

Conversant wins in Germany with EIP against Huawei and ZTE

Huawei's and ZTE's mobile phones infringe two of Conversant's SEPs. Düsseldorf Regional Court has now prohibited the two companies from selling UMTS-e ...

2 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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Standard essential patents

HEVC Advance members sue Xiaomi and Vestel after MAS Elektronik success

After the recent win of patent pool HEVC Advance against MAS Elektronik, the former has now launched another wave of lawsuits over the video coding st ...

31 August 2020 by Konstanze Richter
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3D scanning technology

Medit and Hogan Lovells even the score with 3Shape over 3D scanning for dental implants

Düsseldorf Regional Court finds that South Korean company Medit has not infringed a patent for 3D scanning for the design of dental posts. In the exte ...

28 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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Respiratory equipment

Despite COVID-19 no exemption for Flexicare against Fisher & Paykel

UK-based medical device company Flexicare may no longer sell certain products for ventilators in Germany. Düsseldorf Regional Court finds German distr ...

27 August 2020 by Konstanze Richter
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FRAND

UK Supreme Court sets new standards in global FRAND litigation

The UK courts have jurisdiction to grant a global FRAND licence and injunctions based on a UK patent. This is the outcome of the judgments from the UK ...

26 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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Connected cars

First win for Nokia and Arnold Ruess in ongoing battle with Daimler

Daimler has infringed Nokia's mobile phone patent, decided Mannheim Regional Court yesterday in one of ten connected cars suits filed by Nokia. All su ...

18 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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Consumer electronics

Varta reaches settlement with Samsung in battery dispute

Battery manufacturer Varta has ended its patent dispute with Samsung and other various dealers after the parties agreed on a global settlement. The se ...

12 August 2020 by Konstanze Richter
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Germany

Haier files constitutional complaint over FRAND judgment

In the FRAND dispute between Sisvel and Haier, the latter party has filed a constitutional complaint against the Federal Court of Justice. Haier consi ...

7 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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