Automatic injunction

11 June 2021 by Konstanze Richter

Automatic injunction

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 propo ...

People & Business

10 May 2021 by Mathieu Klos

New Federal Patent Court president faces storms ahead

Regina Hock is the new president of the Federal Patent Court in Germany, succeeding outgoing president Beate Schmidt. However, Hock faces some difficu ...

4 February 2021 by Mathieu Klos

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 ...

6 November 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Pharmaceuticals

EPO decision clears way for Sanofi blockbuster drug Praluent

The Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf is allowing Sanofi to sell its competing cholesterol-lowering drug Praluent in Germany again, following yesterday ...

29 October 2020 by Mathieu Klos

German legal reform

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 ...

18 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Long read

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 ...

24 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Opinion

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 ...

18 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Connected cars

First win for Nokia and Arnold Ruess in ongoing battle with Daimler

Daimler has infringed Nokia's mobile phone patent, decided Mannheim Regional Court yesterday in one of ten connected cars suits filed by Nokia. All su ...

23 June 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Federal Cartel Office issues opinion in connected cars case

The Federal Cartel Office has weighed in on the dispute between Daimler and SEP holder Nokia, with an opinion aimed at the Mannheim Regional Court. Th ...

24 January 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Long read

No hot air: industry considers German bifurcation update

The German government hopes two new amendments will save the bifurcation system from the consequences of the injunction gap. But the patent community ...

23 December 2019 by Mathieu Klos

German government postpones new patent law

The Federal Ministry of Justice in Germany had planned to issue a draft of a new patent law for autumn 2019. But now the project has been postponed. A ...

People & Business

In-house interview

"The injunction gap is simply unacceptable"

After seven years, Siemens has climbed to the top of patent applicants at the European Patent Office. Beat Weibel, chief IP counsel of Siemens, talks ...

23 May 2019 by Mathieu Klos

20 May 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Opinion

A need for speed: Germany's Federal Patent Court

Germany has a problem with automatic injunction claims. Today in Berlin, the federal government is talking to experts about changing the law. However, ...

11 January 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Mobile communication

Bruised fruit: Apple loses round to Qualcomm

The dispute between Qualcomm and Apple in Germany shows no signs of abating. Munich Regional Court's ban on the sale of older iPhones has hit Apple ha ...