Year in review 2025 Archives

Preview 2026

Sailing into calmer waters

Last year was a year of profound change in European patent law. From a legal perspective, 2026 will likely be less dramatic, even though some issues such as jurisdictional competition and long-arm jur ...

7 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Year in review 2025

Top 10 patent cases of the year 2025

In its third year of existence, the UPC has established itself as the go-to court for extensive patent battles. Even pharmaceutical manufacturers, who ...

29 December 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Year in review 2025

JUVE Patent’s Ones to Watch 2025 – the full overview

JUVE Patent identified nine up-and-coming talents 2025. Sie kommen aus deutschen und UK patent firms. Two of this year's Ones to Watch work in the mos ...

23 December 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Year in review 2025

Novo Nordisk and D Young defend crucial patent for tablet form of semaglutide

The European Patent Office has upheld a patent owned by Novo Nordisk. The patent is one of several intellectual property rights related to the diabete ...

20 October 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

BSH Hausgeräte, Electrolux, CJEU, jurisdiction, invalidity, validity, infringement

Jurisdictional challenge

CJEU reopens European cross-border litigation in BSH vs Electrolux ruling

Swedish Courts have jurisdiction to rule on infringement even for the non-Swedish parts of European patents. The CJEU handed down its ruling today in ...

25 February 2025 by Mathieu Klos

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Year in review 2025

Sailing into calmer waters

Top 10 patent cases of the year 2025

JUVE Patent’s Ones to Watch 2025 – the full overview

Top 10 most-read articles of the year 2025

Novo Nordisk and D Young defend crucial patent for tablet form of semaglutide

CJEU reopens European cross-border litigation in BSH vs Electrolux ruling