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Patent law reform: Bundestag introduces principle of proportionality

After months of deliberation, the German Bundestag has finally decided on amendments to a new federal government patent law. It will introduce a proportionality test for the right to an injunction und ...

11 June 2021 by Konstanze Richter
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"Nokia and Daimler's licensing deal is problematic for the connected industry"

Daimler has taken a licence for Nokia’s mobile communications portfolio, ending the highest stakes connected cars dispute in Europe. But the agreement ...

9 June 2021 by Mathieu Klos
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Enlarged Board postpones oral proceedings on compulsory video hearings

Today, a long-awaited hearing on the G 1/21 referral has been postponed by the Enlarged Board of Appeal at the EPO. The appeal relates to the legality ...

28 May 2021 by Amy Sandys
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Negotiating borders: the UK patent market on life after Lugano

First the UPC, then the Brussels Regulation, and now Lugano. Since Brexit, the UK’s patent lawyers have navigated several new challenges. The latest u ...

26 May 2021 by Amy Sandys
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CFPodcast: Ideas in the spotlight

What factors determine the economic strength of a country? Taxes? Tariffs? Many SMEs? Full employment? All true. But have you thought about the intell ...

31 March 2021 by COHAUSZ & FLORACK
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Nokia sharpens patent firms' focus on diversity

Several patent firms are among those taking part in a new equality and diversity initiative launched by Nokia. The Finnish telecommunication company h ...

12 May 2021 by Amy Sandys
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EPO Boards of Appeal

German patent firm alliance opposes compulsory video oral proceedings

In May, the Enlarged Board of Appeal will hear a case on the lawfulness of conducting oral proceedings by compulsory video conference in case G1/21. C ...

28 April 2021 by Christina Schulze
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"The UK IP judiciary has solved its capacity issue. Now it must tackle diversity"

Recent hires mean that, after a turbulent couple of years, the UK IP judiciary has returned to full capacity. Now the High Court is able to fully comp ...

28 April 2021 by Amy Sandys
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Biotechnology

CureVac’s road to the coronavirus vaccine

German biopharmaceutical company CureVac is on track to launch a coronavirus vaccine based on an mRNA platform. Like its competitors, the company has ...

20 April 2021 by Christina Schulze
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Opinion

"Investing in lateral hires is necessary, but risky"

In the European patent market, the beginning of spring brought with it several lateral hire investments by international law firms. Allen & Overy ...

19 April 2021 by Christina Schulze
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Annual Report 2020

Boards of Appeal reduces case backlog, despite pandemic challenges

The EPO Boards of Appeal has published its Annual Report 2020, which shows a reduction in its case backlog. This is despite a shift to remote working ...

15 April 2021 by Amy Sandys
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"Anti-suit injunctions are a road to nowhere"

The Regional Court Munich wants to classify implementers in FRAND disputes who file anti-suit injunctions in China or elsewhere, as unwilling licensee ...

25 March 2021 by Mathieu Klos
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European Patent Office

EPO Patent Index shows medical innovation driving patent applications

Today's EPO Patent Index 2020 highlights healthcare innovation as the biggest driver of European patent applications. The number of filed European pat ...

16 March 2021 by Amy Sandys
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Germany

Europe's industrial companies mobilise against weaker automatic injunction

Leading European industrial companies are mobilising against the weakening of the automatic injunction in German patent proceedings. In an open letter ...

4 February 2021 by Mathieu Klos
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Anti-suit injunction

China wakes up in global SEP litigation

The anti-suit injunction dispute between Ericsson and Samsung over a global SEP licence is escalating still further. Anti-suit injunctions are also se ...

29 January 2021 by Mathieu Klos
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Opinion

"A drawn-out UPC process would damage democracy"

Once again, the Federal Constitutional Court must rule on the German Unified Patent Court law - and it must do so quickly. After all, a drawn-out proc ...

19 January 2021 by Mathieu Klos
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"UK patent boutiques must be bold about closer links with Europe"

Following Brexit, national firms and UK patent boutiques require a change in strategy to keep pace with their European counterparts. London’s patent c ...

15 January 2021 by Amy Sandys
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