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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 licensees. But this will now make anti-suit injunctions le ...

25 March 2021 by Mathieu Klos
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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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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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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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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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"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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German UPC legislation challenged again by constitutional complaints

The Federal Constitutional Court has again received two complaints against the German UPC legislation. The identity of the plaintiffs is currently unc ...

22 December 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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German parliament clears way for the UPC

Today, the German parliament has adopted the UPC legislation, once again clearing all parliamentary hurdles in Germany. The Bundesrat has achieved the ...

18 December 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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"A new FRAND dance is in sight"

In the short term, the Regional Court Düsseldorf’s FRAND referral to the CJEU will make SEP suits in Europe very difficult. But Luxembourg could intro ...

3 December 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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"The German parliament's quick UPC solution is risky"

Following a recent vote by the German parliament, the UPC could go into a provisional application period. Politically, this is a good sign. By opening ...

30 November 2020 by Christina Schulze
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German government paves way for automatic injunction vote

Yesterday, the German Federal Government tightened the new rule in the patent modernisation law. The automatic injunction remains the rule in German p ...

29 October 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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Munich Procedure enhances competition among patent courts

Short and transparent court procedures make the Regional Court Munich a go-to location to file for patent disputes. According to a recent survey of th ...

26 October 2020 by Konstanze Richter
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Germany hastens second ratification of Unified Patent Court

The German Bundestag is to vote next week on the renewed attempt to enact the Unified Patent Court law. Internationally, a solution for the London UPC ...

2 October 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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German industry remains a battlefield over automatic injunction

A deep rift divides German industry. Some companies demand a weakening of the automatic injunction in patent cases. However, others have an opposite v ...

18 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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Germany

No major changes in second draft of new German patent legislation

The Federal Ministry of Justice has published a second draft of a new German patent law. As far as the automatic injunction is concerned, nothing chan ...

2 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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Germany does not need to reform the automatic injunction

Mannheim Regional Court's ruling in the connected cars dispute between Nokia and Daimler sends a clear signal to German politicians that a change to t ...

24 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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