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Video coding technology

Nokia and Lenovo go head-to-head in Germany

It is now publically known that Nokia and Lenovo will battle it out in Düsseldorf and Munich. Nokia has filed patent suits against Lenovo in Germany. ...

16 October 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Standard essential patents

IPCom's 100A patent upheld at Federal Patent Court

Non-practising entity IPCom has gained another victory with its 100A patent. In early October, the Federal Patent Court dismissed a nullity action bro ...

15 October 2019 by Christina Schulze
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Second medical use

Isenbruck and Norton Rose win for DrSlym's dietary products

Slimming product manufacturer DrSlym may, for now, continue to sell its diet products containing glycerol. Dr. Lück Verwaltungsgesellschaft had attemp ...

9 October 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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DSL technology

KPN teams up with Nokia against Assia in the Netherlands

An invalidity ruling has been passed down by the District Court of The Hague in a first instance decision against Assia. Claims were first brought aga ...

2 October 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Medical devices

Courts suspend proceedings in Brahms Radiometer case

The dispute over a basic patent owned by medical technology manufacturer Brahms has taken a new turn. The Regional Courts Munich and Düsseldorf have s ...

27 September 2019 by Konstanze Richter
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Patent infringement

European jurisdictions diverge in Bayer vs. Ceva

Courts across Europe were kept busy last week with a wide-ranging dispute between Ceva Santé Animale and Bayer AG. The case concerns patent infringeme ...

26 September 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Pharma patent

Meier-Beck's last patent case

A new era is dawning in the German Federal Court of Justice. Peter Meier-Beck has had his last trial as presiding judge of the patent senate. In the d ...

24 September 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Licence payments

German broadcasters' million-euro lawsuit fails in Mannheim

For years, Institut für Rundfunktechnik (Institute for Radiotechnology) and Sisvel have argued over the proceeds from a series of lucrative patents. M ...

20 September 2019 by Konstanze Richter
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Mobile communications

Mannheim Regional Court grants Sisvel injunction against Wiko

In the dispute over mobile telecommunications patents, Mannheim Regional Court has granted patent holder Sisvel an injunction (case ID: 7 O 115/16). T ...

19 September 2019 by Konstanze Richter
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Semiconductors

Taylor Wessing represents Globalfoundries in Germany

Globalfoundries' lawsuits against chip manufacturer TSMC and some of its main customers have been pending in German and US courts for three weeks. It ...

17 September 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Multiple Sclerosis biosimilar

Wuesthoff and Bird & Bird pave way for MS drug licence deal

Sandoz will take over the global commercialisation for a proposed natalizumab biosimilar of Polpharma. The agreement was accompanied by successful att ...

12 September 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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FRAND injunction

Interdigital vs. Lenovo: more SEPs at UK court

US company Interdigital has accused Lenovo of infringing four patents essential to its 3G, 4G and LTE mobile technology services. Interdigital, which ...

5 September 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Connected cars

Another win for Nokia and Arnold Ruess against Continental

On Monday, Continental withdrew its anti-suit injunction against Nokia in the US. This was in response to a preliminary injunction from Munich Regiona ...

3 September 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Automotive technology

Disc brake dispute between Meritor and BPW

It is not only digital technology for connected cars which is a talking point. Disputes over mechanical patents also play a major role in the automoti ...

29 August 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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