People & Business

"Relocation would have minimal consequence on UPC budget"

According to Alexander Ramsay, chairman of the UPC Preparatory Committee, which country will host London's UPC division is as yet undecided. Previousl ...

5 October 2020 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

Interview

"The Federal Patent Court is paying for a political mistake"

Germany's bifurcation system is in crisis. For former judge Rainer Engels, more personnel are crucial to speeding up the Federal Patent Court. In an i ...

2 October 2020 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

The Netherlands

Simmons & Simmons strengthens Dutch offering with new hires

Patent litigation lawyer Oscar Lamme is joining the IP team of Simmons & Simmons, after moving from De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. The change occu ...

1 October 2020 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

The Netherlands

Simmons partner moves in-house to head IP department

Former Simmons & Simmons partner Mattie de Koning is to join the management team of Innovations For Flooring (I4F) on 1 October. As chief IP offic ...

30 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Germany

Dehmel & Bettenhausen bolsters patent attorney team in Munich

Dehmel & Bettenhausen has strengthened its team with an additional patent attorney, Hajo Peters, who joins as a partner from IP firm Zacco. Among ...

29 September 2020 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

In-house move

Interroll hires IP head from Thyssenkrupp

Thyssenkrupp Elevator's previous head of IP, Stephan Kohlhof, is moving to the same position at Swiss company Interroll. The European patent attorney ...

24 September 2020 by Christina Schulze

People & Business

UPC

Italian government officially fields Milan for UPC central division

The Council of Ministers in Italy has officially proposed Milan as the host of a central division of the Unified Patent Court. Should the UPC go ahead ...

11 September 2020 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

UK judiciary

UK High Court appoints Richard Meade as patent judge

The High Court has appointed a new patent-specialist judge, with former barrister Richard Meade today joining the bench. Meade's appointment goes some ...

7 September 2020 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

Long read

The global SEP race

After the UK Supreme Court's ruling in the Unwired Planet and Conversant cases, the European patent community were discussing whether the UK courts ar ...

3 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Long read

Liquid gold: the MPEG inventor's embezzlement scandal

Three years ago, a patent attorney and the German broadcasting institute IRT were at the centre of an embezzlement scandal worth millions. Now the ins ...

21 August 2020 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

Austria

Austrian inventors register record number of patents

Austrian inventors achieved their highest ever number of global patent applications In 2019. The Austrian Patent Office also received 6% more trademar ...

21 August 2020 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

Germany

IP nominees announced for JUVE Awards 2020

Today JUVE has announced the JUVE Awards Germany 2020 shortlist, including the nominees for JUVE IP Law Firm of the Year and IP In-house Team of the Y ...

20 August 2020 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

Non-practising entities

IPCom undergoes major management restructure

Bernhard Frohwitter has left IPCom. His successor as managing director of the well-known non-practising entity is Pio Suh. The change in management is ...

19 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

UK judiciary

Court of Appeal appoints Colin Birss as new judge

The UK judiciary has announced the promotion of Colin Birss to the UK Court of Appeal. Birss, a specialist IP judge, joins the Court of Appeal in autu ...

17 August 2020 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

JUVE Patent rankings 2020

Patent ranking Austria: Top filing and litigation firms

Stable as always, the Austrian patent market remains important for pharma and mechanical patents. Read JUVE Patent's Austria ranking 2020, newly updat ...

14 August 2020 by JUVE

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