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BARDEHLE PAGENBERG represents 10x Genomics in first UPC preliminary injunction hearing against NanoString

On September 5 and 6, the first preliminary injunction hearing before the Unified Patent Court,…

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Updated IP Report on draft SEP Regulation

A little over a month after the draft of an SEP Regulation of the European Commission was leaked,…

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Leak of Draft Impact Assessment and Draft SEP Regulation

On March 24, 2023, a draft by the European Commission of a Regulation on Standard Essential Patents…

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UPC Protective Brief – why implementers should consider it

Preliminary injunctions (PI) can be ordered without hearing the defendant (ex parte). Learn why…

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Current revocation rates in German patent nullity proceedings

It is time to collect and analyze current data on the revocation rates in German nullity proceedings…

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Unreasonable counter-offer in FRAND negotiations – Mannheim District Court, judgment dated March 2, 2021 – docket no. 2 O 131/19

The Mannheim District Court applies decisions “FRAND-Einwand” and “FRAND-Einwand II” of the German…

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The German parliament adopts government bill for a Second Act concerning the Simplification and Modernization of German Patent Law

The German parliament adopted the version of the government bill for a Second Act concerning the…

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Application of the FRAND objection following the FCJ judgments FRAND-Einwand and FRAND-Einwand II, Düsseldorf District Court, judgments dated May 11, 2021 – docket nos. 4b O 83/19, 4b O 23/20, and 4b O 49/20

The Düsseldorf District Court follows the guidelines of the German Federal Court of Justice (FCJ)…

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FRAND-Einwand II: German Federal Court of Justice, judgment dated November 26, 2020 – docket no. KZR 35/17

With its new decision FRAND-Einwand II, the German Federal Court of Justice did not only confirm its…

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The ministerial draft bill ratifying the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) – is the UPCA ready to enter into force?

The history of the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court project has been full of surprises…

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FRAND objection: German Federal Court of Justice, judgment dated May 5, 2020 – docket no. KZR 36/17

By its recently published judgment dated May 5, 2020, docket no. KZR 36/17, the German Federal Court…

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The German Act on the Ratification of the UPCA null and void – Just an operational accident or an incurable disease?

The Act has been declared null and void because it had not been approved by the two-thirds majority…

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Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court – Is it all over or is there a Plan B?

What will become of the European Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court after the United…

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Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court stopped just before the Finish Line - Perspectives after the General Election in the United Kingdom and the Suspension of the Signing of the Implementing Laws in Germany

The somehow never-ending story of the unitary patent system was just “enriched” by some further…

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The German Federal Court of Justice on availability of injunctive relief and equivalent patent infringement (BGH, judgement of May 10th 2016 – X ZR 114/13)

The present judgement can be considered a landmark case because the German Federal Court of Justice…

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Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf on the relevance of patent infringement in tender proceedings (decision of December 1, 2015 – Case VII-Verg 20/15)

Bidders in tender proceedings lack the necessary personal suitability if offering their tendered…

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The Unitary Patent & Unified Patent Court System – Perspectives after the Brexit Referendum

Before the Brexit referendum, the public was warned that a Brexit would ruin the timeline for the…

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Court of Justice of the European Union on the FRAND defense in the Huawei v ZTE case (decision of July 16, 2015 - Case C-170/13)

On July 16, 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (Court) handed down its long awaited…