French patent market

9 January 2024 by Konstanze Richter

Costs

ETSI loses costs appeal following TCL and Philips dispute

When Philips and TCL fought over standard essential patents, standard-setting organisation ETSI was caught up in the dispute. While the main conflict ...

7 November 2023 by Konstanze Richter

No damages for Lilly France in Pemetrexed dispute with Viatris

Eli Lilly has been battling with various generic manufacturers over pemetrexed for years. French courts recently awarded the patent holder millions in ...

27 September 2023 by Amy Sandys

Orange and Nokia fend off Assia infringement claims over DSL technology

The Judicial Court of Paris has handed down a decision in the pan-European dispute between Assia and Orange, and its supplier Nokia, over internet ser ...

19 September 2023 by Konstanze Richter

Supreme Court shows INPI the way to harmonisation with EPO regulation

Since 2011, the French Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) has deviated from the EPO's practice on when parties may file a divisional patent based on a ...

6 September 2023 by Christina Schulze

Bird & Bird strengthens Paris patent litigation practice

Bird & Bird, one of the largest patent litigation practices active at the UPC, has bolstered its French team with an up-and-coming partner. With ...

20 March 2023 by Konstanze Richter

JUVE Patent’s Ones to Watch France 2023

In JUVE Patent's France ranking 2023, four young patent litigators have attracted the market's attention with their impressive development. The 'Ones ...

17 March 2023 by Konstanze Richter

Withers & Rogers strengthens Paris team with Bardehle patent attorney

Withers & Rogers has strengthened its presence in France with lateral hire Marie-Claude Pellegrini from Bardehle Pagenberg. As a patent attorney e ...

10 March 2023 by Konstanze Richter

Paris courts attract soaring number of patent cases

The number of patent lawsuits filed at the French courts has been rising for years. For example, in 2022 the first-instance Judicial Court of Paris ag ...

8 March 2023 by Konstanze Richter

Video: JUVE Patent's France ranking 2023

For some years now, the French courts have been increasingly busy with patent cases. JUVE Patent’s France ranking 2023 reflects how French firms are g ...

JUVE Patent France ranking, France, patent filing

Top filing firms in France 2023

Read the new JUVE Patent France ranking and find out which patent filing firms are top of the market, and for which fields of technology they come hig ...

8 March 2023 by JUVE

Top litigation firms in France 2023

Which patent litigation practices are top of the French market in 2023? Read the new JUVE Patent France ranking for our extensive analysis on which fi ...

8 March 2023 by JUVE

7 March 2023 by Konstanze Richter

Paris Court of Appeal destroys Lufthansa patent in dispute with Thales and Astronics

In France, two defendants Thales and Astronics have succeeded in invalidating a Lufthansa patent, which covers an invention intended to increase passe ...

6 January 2023 by Konstanze Richter

Plasseraud strengthens litigation practice with Cousin & Associés hire

Plasseraud further expanded its litigation practice at the beginning of 2023. Sandrine Bouvier-Ravon has moved from Cousin & Associés to one of th ...