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European Patent Office

EPO announces candidates for management positions

Three new vice presidents at the European Patent Office have been announced, in elections held by the Administrative Council. Chaired by its vice chai ...

11 October 2018 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
Long Read

Prescription for the future

The pharmaceutical industry is in upheaval – as are its IP departments. Blockbuster patents are reaching the end of their lives, while new development ...

24 September 2018 by Konstanze Richter
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Litigation firms

Top litigation firms in the Netherlands

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

24 September 2018 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
The Netherlands

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
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Patent cases

Courts publish case numbers

Düsseldorf Regional Court became the first patent court in Europe to publish its case figures for 2017. Now other important patent courts have followe ...

30 June 2018 by Laura King
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Patent litigation

Düsseldorf ahead of the pack

486 patent suits were filed at the three patent chambers of the Düsseldorf Regional Court last year. The court has now published these figures for the ...

25 June 2018 by Laura King
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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
People & Business
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
People & Business
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
People & Business
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
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JUVE Patent Survey

On ice and on edge

It was only a year ago that the scandal-plagued EPO was the biggest worry for in-house patent departments. Today it is the UPC case before the German ...

6 April 2018 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
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
People & Business
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
People & Business
Patent Judges

Paris favourites

Given that the United Patent Court will appoint 40 judges to rule on Europe-wide injunctions, it is vital for industry and the legal profession that t ...

10 November 2017 by Mathieu Klos
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