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Year in review 2021

Top 10 patent cases of the year 2021

JUVE Patent's top 10 patent cases of the year 2021 reflect the most interesting developments at Europe's patent courts, as well as at the European Pat ...

22 December 2021 by Amy Sandys

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Opinion

"It is transparency which is the secret of patent pool MPEG LA’s success"

Everyone has their opinion about non-practising entities. Some call them patent trolls. But one NPE stands out from the rest. Patent pool MPEG LA is g ...

20 December 2021 by Christina Schulze

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ETSI

Paris court asserts jurisdiction in Philips and Xiaomi FRAND dispute

French courts have the power to rule on SEP disputes between ETSI members and third parties. In its decision in the case between Philips and Xiaomi, t ...

14 December 2021 by Konstanze Richter

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Cigarette technology

BAT and Vossius successful in heat-not-burn cigarette dispute in Mannheim

British American Tobacco has experienced another first-instance win against Philip Morris over heat-not-burn cigarette technology. Mannheim Regional C ...

7 December 2021 by Christina Schulze

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Firearms

Heckler & Koch successful against C.G. Haenel over assault rifle patent

German weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch has been successful in a first instance patent infringement suit against competitor C.G. Haenel. As wel ...

2 December 2021 by Christina Schulze

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Mobile communication

EPO revokes key Intellectual Ventures mobile phone patent

Intellectual Ventures faces another setback in its long-running series of lawsuits, after the EPO threw out an important mobile phone patent. A Germa ...

29 November 2021 by Christina Schulze

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Cloud computing

German Federal Court of Justice confirms Zoe Life software patent

The German Federal Court of Justice has confirmed a central software patent of investor Zoe Life Technologies, which covers cloud computing. The inves ...

26 November 2021 by Christina Schulze

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Artificial intelligence

German Federal Patent Court points to solution for Dabus inventions

A decision by the German Federal Patent Court has pointed a way forward in the debate surrounding how inventions created by artificial intelligence ca ...

16 November 2021 by Christina Schulze

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France

French PI over pemetrexed confirmed, but new view on provisional damages

The Paris Court of Appeal has quickly ruled on Zentiva's appeal in the case against Eli Lilly over the cancer drug pemetrexed. It is a win for both si ...

15 November 2021 by Christina Schulze

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Patent licensing

Eglo and Vossius mount defence against Signify over LED lamps

LED light manufacturer Eglo is fighting four patent infringement lawsuits brought by competitor Signify in Düsseldorf. The former Philips lighting div ...

11 November 2021 by Christina Schulze

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Renewable energy

Huawei and regular advisors succeed in revoking SolarEdge patent

The EPO Boards of Appeal have upheld a previous decision revoking an important SolarEdge solar technology patent. The decision also ends a lawsuit fil ...

4 November 2021 by Mathieu Klos

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Second medical use

Surprise success for Bayer blockbuster Xarelto at EPO

The EPO Boards of Appeal have reinstated the dosing patent for Bayer's thrombosis blockbuster drug, Xarelto. In the first instance, the patent was rev ...

28 October 2021 by Christina Schulze

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Anti-suit injunction

Ericsson chases AASI against Apple in the Netherlands

In interim preliminary injunction proceedings, the District Court of The Hague has dismissed a request by Ericsson for an anti-anti-suit injunction ag ...

27 October 2021 by Amy Sandys

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Patent invalidity

Teva and Bristows win obviousness claim against Bayer cancer drug

The UK High Court has invalidated a Bayer patent covering cancer drug sorafenib, known as Nexavar, in a dispute with Teva. In Germany, the Federal Pat ...

21 October 2021 by Amy Sandys

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Top 10 most read articles of the year 2021

Top 10 patent cases of the year 2021

"It is transparency which is the secret of patent pool MPEG LA’s success"

Paris court asserts jurisdiction in Philips and Xiaomi FRAND dispute

BAT and Vossius successful in heat-not-burn cigarette dispute in Mannheim

Heckler & Koch successful against C.G. Haenel over assault rifle patent

EPO revokes key Intellectual Ventures mobile phone patent

German Federal Court of Justice confirms Zoe Life software patent

German Federal Patent Court points to solution for Dabus inventions

French PI over pemetrexed confirmed, but new view on provisional damages

Eglo and Vossius mount defence against Signify over LED lamps

Huawei and regular advisors succeed in revoking SolarEdge patent

Surprise success for Bayer blockbuster Xarelto at EPO

Ericsson chases AASI against Apple in the Netherlands

Teva and Bristows win obviousness claim against Bayer cancer drug