Cases

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Non-essential patents

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

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