Unified Patent Court

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

UPC challenge in Germany

Düsseldorf torpedo

All hopes for a quick ruling by the German Constitutional Court in the complaint against the UPC are dashed. A ruling before 2020 is looking increasin ...

10 November 2017 by Mathieu Klos

Unified Patent Court

Black Box

A complaint at the Constitutional Court has brought the ratification process in Germany – and with it the UPC – to a screeching halt. The reasons behi ...

25 July 2017 by JUVE

Unified Patent Court

"The UPC is long overdue"

In a strange reversal of roles, the UK has restarted the ratification process after its General Election, but now the Constitutional Court in Germany ...

10 July 2017 by Mathieu Klos

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