People & Business

The last laugh

Nikon and ASML are locked in a worldwide battle over optical exposure machines for computer chips. It is the biggest patent dispute the Netherlands ha ...

24 September 2018 by Mathieu Klos

Patent court

Regional Court Mannheim creates antitrust chamber

For the first time Mannheim Regional Court has created a special chamber for antitrust. Patrizia Rombach took over the Chair of the 14th Civil Chamber ...

10 September 2018 by Mathieu Klos

Patent Licencing

“US and Asian companies put more emphasis on quality than Germans”

How do companies capitalize on their patents? And what advantages do US companies have over German outfits? Bastian July (41) worked in Osram’s licens ...

6 April 2018 by Mathieu Klos

France

Top patent firms in France

Who are the leading firms in the French patent market? Which firm has the best European strategy to succeed for the upcoming Unified Patent court. Rea ...

6 April 2018 by Mathieu Klos

UPC Challenge Germany

Lone warrior: who is Ingve Stjerna?

Stunning victory or devastating defeat? Pariah or hero? For Ingve Stjerna the stakes are high. And no less for the European patent community: Stjerna ...

6 April 2018 by Mathieu Klos

France

City of Lights gets brighter

Brexit and the German constitutional case have put a spanner in the works of the UPC but law firms in Paris are still gearing up for international pat ...

6 April 2018 by Mathieu Klos

US Companies

Scanning the horizon

Brexit has put the Unified Patent Court in jeopardy. But those same US firms that use London as a springboard for rolling out their European litigatio ...

15 November 2017 by JUVE

German Market

Running hot

There is no other market in the UPC which is as active as Germany. That is due to the sheer size of the market, the attraction of German courts for NP ...

10 November 2017 by JUVE

Profile

Judge No. 1

Europe has several experienced female patent judges. Ulrike Voß, Sabine Klepsch, Stephanie Zöllner and Marie-Christine Courboulay all have a place in ...

24 May 2017 by Mathieu Klos

Profile

The Steam Engine

Thomas Kühnen is not only notorious among Germans: British and Dutch lawyers describe the Presiding Judge of the 2nd Civil Senate at the Higher Region ...

24 May 2017 by Mathieu Klos

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