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Dutch patent market

Pemetrexed patent not infringed by Fresenius in the Netherlands

The District Court of the Hague has found the pemetrexed patent held by Eli Lilly not infringed by Fresenius in the Netherlands. The decision is contr ...

26 June 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Pharmaceuticals

Sales ban: Teva successful against Mylan drug Clift

In an urgent ruling of Düsseldorf Regional Court (case ID: 4c O 22/19), Mylan has been issued a Clift sales ban in Germany. Clift is a generic product ...

19 June 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Dating apps

Hoccer enforces default judgment against Tinder

A default judgment has been made against dating app Tinder at the Munich District Court. It was awarded after the defendants did not attend court proc ...

18 June 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Urinary catheters

Court partially upholds Coloplast urinary catheter patent

The Federal Patent Court has upheld Coloplast's patent in Germany to a limited extent. The judgment is part of a dispute between medical device manufa ...

14 June 2019 by Christina Schulze
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Mobile communication

Ericsson and Wiko agree on patent licence

Ericsson and French mobile phone company Wiko have apparently agreed on a licence agreement and settled their patent dispute before the Mannheim and D ...

7 June 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Memory interface technology

Polaris and Nvidia agree to end global dispute

Polaris and Nvidia have signed a global patent licensing agreement for memory interface technology, which ends an ongoing chip dispute before the US a ...

3 June 2019 by Konstanze Richter
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Arrow declarations

Dutch court confirms jurisdiction for arrow declarations

The District Court in the Hague has ruled in favour of Pfizer in a judgment concerning jurisdiction of arrow declarations. This is the first such juri ...

31 May 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Teff flour patent

Heuking attempts to revoke teff flour patent

Rarely do patents impact the political discourse of a nation. But Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek's case against the German part of the European patent for t ...

21 May 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Artificial intelligence

Bosch subsidiary defends AI patent against Vorwerk

Thermomix manufacturer Vorwerk faces competition. Household appliance manufacturer BSH, a subsidiary of the Bosch Group, has successfully defended its ...

16 May 2019 by Konstanze Richter
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Standard essential patents

Philips successful against Asus in the Netherlands

After losing a patent in Germany, things have been better for Philips in its home jurisdiction. This week the Dutch tech giant enforced a FRAND judgme ...

15 May 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Standard essential patents

Unwired Planet and Huawei appeal Düsseldorf judgment

It's the next round in Huawei vs. Unwired Planet and Ericsson. Today it became public that all parties have appealed the latest FRAND judgment from th ...

9 May 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Chip set

ParkerVision setback in Apple patent dispute

Last week, the Regional Court Munich ruled that Apple's iPhone 7 does not infringe a ParkerVision patent. The ruling is another setback for the US non ...

30 April 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Ski lifts

LST infringes Innova ski lift patents

Chairlift manufacturer LST has infringed the ski lift patents of Innova, in a case heard at Düsseldorf Regional Court. The case centres on a lift syst ...

29 April 2019 by Christina Schulze
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SEP licences

ZyXEL stumbles again before UK courts

The UK Court of Appeal has refused permission for ZyXEL to appeal to the Supreme Court. This follows the granting of an injunction against the manufac ...

26 April 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Cancer drug

Another win for generics manufacturers as fulvestrant patent revoked

The German Federal Court of Justice has declared AstraZeneca's formulation patent EP 1 250 138 for the breast cancer drug fulvestrant null and void. T ...

25 April 2019 by Konstanze Richter
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