German patent market Archives

Success for Nintendo against Bigben over Wii in France and Germany

The year 2025 concludes favourably for Nintendo. The Japanese games company achieved two successes in its battle against Bigben over a crucial patent protecting technology used in Wii consoles: one at ...

30 December 2025 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

Hoffmann Eitle, Jonas Smeets, Bird & Bird

Germany

Hoffmann Eitle continues expansion of litigation practice with Bird & Bird counsel

Bird & Bird counsel Jonas Smeets is set to join Hoffmann Eitle, bolstering the firm's litigation practice which is currently undergoing a reorgani ...

5 December 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Consumer goods

EPO finally revokes Stada sunscreen patent in battle with German drugstores

The argument of plausibility plays a crucial role in the latest decision of the EPO's Technical Board of Appeal. Stada has lost a patent for the use o ...

4 December 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Kettenbach, employee invention, compensation

Employee inventions

Frankfurt higher court ruling favours employers on inventor compensation

In Germany, the Employee Inventions Act governs the rights and obligations of employees and employers regarding inventions created during employment. ...

1 December 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Germany

Heuking grows partner ranks with patent attorney

German midsized law firm Heuking continues to expand its mixed patent practice. The firm has bolstered its ranks with a patent attorney specialising i ...

28 November 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Streaming technology

Paramount and Acer push back against Nokia

After Nokia's recent spate of lawsuits, film production company Paramount and Taiwanese laptop manufacturer Acer have countered with their own legal a ...

27 November 2025 by Christina Schulze

People & Business

Hoyng ROKH Monegier, Thomas Becher, Hoffmann Eitle,

Germany

Next patent attorney joins Hoyng ROKH Monegier in Germany

Hoffmann Eitle partner Thomas Becher joins Hoyng ROKH Monegier in Düsseldorf. At the beginning of the year, the IP litigation boutique announced the a ...

20 November 2025 by Mathieu Klos

The Unified Patent Court and the new economics of enforcement

Two years after opening its doors, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is transforming both European patent litigation and the financial structures behind ...

19 November 2025 by Burford Capital

People & Business

JUVE Patent rankings 2025

Ones to watch Germany 2025: Lara Gwinner

In JUVE Patent's new German rankings, five patent litigators stood out among the up-and-coming lawyers in the market. One of them is patent attorney L ...

12 November 2025 by Christina Schulze

People & Business

JUVE Patent rankings 2025

Ones to watch Germany 2025: Ronja Schregle

In JUVE Patent's new German rankings, five patent litigators stood out among the up-and-coming lawyers in the market. Christina Schulze explores why t ...

11 November 2025 by Christina Schulze

People & Business

JUVE Patent rankings 2025

Ones to Watch Germany 2025: Jonas Smeets

In JUVE Patent's new German rankings, five patent litigators stood out among the up-and-coming lawyers in the market. Newly appointed Bird & Bird ...

10 November 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

JUVE Patent rankings 2025

Ones to Watch Germany 2025: Svenja Schwandt

In JUVE Patent's new German rankings, five patent litigators stood out among the up-and-coming lawyers in the market. One of them is patent attorney S ...

7 November 2025 by Christina Schulze

People & Business

Oliver Bäcker, Ones to watch, Hogan Lovells

JUVE Patent rankings 2025

Ones to Watch Germany 2025: Oliver Bäcker

In JUVE Patent's new German rankings, five patent litigators stood out among the up-and-coming lawyers in the market. Mathieu Klos explains how Hogan ...

5 November 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

JUVE Patent rankings 2025

German market in turmoil

The German patent litigation market is in a state of unprecedented flux. One reason for this is the UPC, which is also reconfiguring the national land ...

3 November 2025 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

JUVE Patent rankings 2025

Top filing and litigation firms in Germany 2025

JUVE Patent's extensive analysis explains which firms are ahead in the German filing and litigation market in 2025. Read the latest JUVE Patent German ...

31 October 2025 by JUVE

People & Business

JUVE Patent rankings 2025

Top filing firms in Germany 2025

Find out which patent filing firms are top of the market, and for which fields of technology they come highly recommended by reading the new JUVE Pate ...

31 October 2025 by JUVE

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