Cases

Resmed and Fisher & Paykel settle global patent disputes

Two medical device manufacturers, Resmed and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, have settled all patent infringement disputes worldwide. The settlement, whic ...

22 February 2019 by Konstanze Richter

Standard essential Patent

"No more Wild West" in SEP transfer, rules Düsseldorf Patent Court

The result of yesterday's appeal hearing between Unwired Planet and Huawei means selling standard-essential patents to boost licence revenues could so ...

22 February 2019 by Mathieu Klos

CRISPR/Cas

EPO overturns Broad Institute gene editing patent

It's not going well for the Broad Institute when it comes to CRISPR Cas technology. Last week, the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office r ...

20 February 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Textile patents

Further victory for Dainese in airbags dispute

In a Europe-wide dispute over airbags in protective motorcycle clothing, Italian manufacturer Dainese has achieved a partial success against competito ...

13 February 2019 by Mathieu Klos

NFC dispute

Different battle, another win for Apple

Apple has overcome another potential ban on sales of its iPhone 8 in Germany. On Tuesday, Düsseldorf Regional Court dismissed a preliminary injunction ...

6 February 2019 by Mathieu Klos

SEP licences

Conversant defeats attempt to move FRAND case to China

A claim by Huawei and ZTE, that Chinese, rather than English courts should hear claims by non-practicing entity Conversant, has been rejected by the C ...

4 February 2019 by Amy Sandys

Mobile communications

Game, set, no match: Apple beats Qualcomm again

Yesterday, Munich Regional Court decided that Apple's Spotlight search function does not infringe two Qualcomm patents. As Apple gains more time, the ...

1 February 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Car infotainment device

VW and Ford face lawsuit from NPE

Germany's largest carmaker Volkswagen faces the next lawsuit from an non-practicing entity. Dutch company Innovative Foundry Technologies filed an inf ...

30 January 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Video coding technology

ZTE Germany sells mobiles again after MPEG LA settlement

The end of last week saw ZTE and MPEG LA settle their dispute before the Düsseldorf Patent Court. Both parties refused to comment, but the results spe ...

29 January 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Breast cancer drug

High Court upholds Novartis infringement application

Global healthcare company Novartis has won a High Court judgment against Dr Reddy’s Laboratories over a treatment for breast cancer. An interim injunc ...

28 January 2019 by Amy Sandys

Chip manufacturing

Nikon and ASML settle in immersion lithography battle

The major dispute between Nikon and ASML over giant optical-exposure machines for producing computer chips has come to a surprising end. Both companie ...

23 January 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Packaging industry

Patent upheld in egg packaging dispute

What do patents have to do with egg packaging? Not much, you might say. But recently the German Federal Court of Justice upheld a European patent of D ...

22 January 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Settlement

Boston Scientific and Edwards Lifesciences settle heart valve dispute

Medical device manufacturers Boston Scientific and Edwards Lifesciences have reached an agreement to settle all global outstanding patent disputes. Si ...

18 January 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Video coding technology

Huawei and MPEG LA settle dispute

Huawei and MPEG LA have now settled their dispute before the Düsseldorf Patent Court. According to sources close to both companies the mobile phone ma ...

15 January 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Second medical use

AstraZeneca appeal rejected in generics-favourable decision

Second medical use is currently a hot topic in pharmaceutical patents. In the dispute over the breast cancer drug containing the active ingredient ful ...

10 January 2019 by Konstanze Richter