Cases

Paris court disappoints in Conversant vs LG

The high-profile dispute between Conversant Wireless and LG over mobile phone patents reaches an unspectacular end. The Court of Appeal in Paris has n ...

18 April 2019 by Konstanze Richter

Mobile communications

Apple and Qualcomm settle all global litigation

Yesterday, Apple and Qualcomm announced the dismissal of all litigation worldwide. The Higher Regional Court Munich stopped the enforcement of an inju ...

17 April 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Rail systems

Losyco cleared for further sales of rail system with Kather Augenstein

The German startup Losyco can continue to manufacture and sell its industrial rail system in Germany. The Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf confirmed i ...

16 April 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Telecommunication patents

Ongoing conflict as IPCom sues Vodafone

Next week, the London High Court will hear a lawsuit brought by IPCom against Vodafone. Things had calmed down since the success of IPCom's 100a paten ...

12 April 2019 by Amy Sandys

Long read

Daimler faces next connected cars dispute

Nokia has filed an infringement suit against automotive corporation Daimler over 3G and 4G mobile communication standards. The war over connected car ...

11 April 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Display technology

Tridonic defends LED patent with Mitscherlich

At the end of March, the Boards of Appeal at the EPO confirmed a patent for white LEDs. Tridonic, one of the four members of the B.O.S.E consortium, s ...

9 April 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Standard essential patents

Unwired Planet vs Huawei: reunion at the Federal Court of Justice

Selling standard-essential patents to boost licence revenues could become difficult in Germany. In the dispute between Unwired Planet and Huawei regar ...

5 April 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Injunction

Generics prevail against Eli Lilly in Alimta cancer drug case

In a lasting dispute over the cancer drug Alimta, several generic drug manufacturers have achieved a significant win against Eli Lilly. The Munich Reg ...

4 April 2019 by Konstanze Richter

Mobile communication

Philips loses UMTS patent in Germany

A series of lawsuits being conducted by Philips against various mobile phone manufacturers is one of the largest in Europe. Now the Dutch company has ...

3 April 2019 by Mathieu Klos

SEP licences

High Court grants injunction against SEP implementer ZyXEL

An injunction has been granted against Taiwanese network equipment manufacturer ZyXEL following proceedings at the UK High Court. The judgment rules t ...

1 April 2019 by Amy Sandys

Inventive step

UK Supreme Court finds ICOS patent invalid

A patent for the drug tadalafil has been ruled as invalid by the UK Supreme Court. Upholding a Court of Appeal decision, the patent EP (UK) 1173 181, ...

27 March 2019 by Amy Sandys

PCT application

Partial victory for AbbVie in biosimilar dispute

Rheumatism drug Humira is one of pharmaceutical company AbbVie's most valuable biosimilars. In ongoing disputes over the patent family, the European P ...

26 March 2019 by Christina Schulze

Medical devices

Pinsent Masons paves way for Neovasc heart valve patent

A bitter dispute rages in the US and Europe over innovative implants for mitral heart valves. Last week, the Munich Higher Regional Court handed down ...

25 March 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Connected cars

Next Broadcom battle over Daimler and BMW

A few months after the successful settlement with VW, Audi and Porsche, chip manufacturer Broadcom has filed the next lawsuit against two German autom ...

20 March 2019 by Mathieu Klos

SPC law

Generics manufacturers prevail over Hogan Lovells client MSD

Various generics manufacturers have won in the second instance in the dispute over supplementary protection certificates for cholesterol-lowering drug ...

19 March 2019 by Konstanze Richter

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