Case Reports

Cardo Systems, Ltd. v Shenzhen Asmax Infinite Technology Co., Ltd. and Hong Kong Yiheng International Technology Co. Limited (UPC_CFI_643/2024 relating to EP4240194) Order of 5 November 2024...

G. Pohl-Boskamp GmbH & C. KG v pharma-aktiva GmbH and others UPC_CFI_541/2024 Order of 20 December 2024 (ORD_67522/2024) The claimant G. Pohl-Boskamp GmbH & C.

Nanostring v 10x Genomics UPC_CoA_470/2023 Order of 10 December 2024 (ORD_598533/2023) As we previously reported, the Munich Local Division of the UPC imposed a penalty payment against Nanostring for...

Koninklijke Philips N.V. ("Philips") v Belkin International, Inc., Belkin GMBH and Belkin Limited (collectively "Belkin") - UPC_CFI_390/2023 relating to EP 2867997 B1 Order of 18 December 2024 -...

Valeo v Magna (UPC_CFI_368/2024 relating to EP3320604 and UPC_CFI_347/2024 relating to EP3320602) Orders of 31 October 2024 (ORD_56534/2024[1] and ORD_56545/2024[2]) Valeo Electrification sought...

KINEXON SPORTS & MEDIA GMBH vs BALLINNO B.V. (UPC_CFI_230/2024, Revocation Action No. ACT_27358/2024) Order of the CFI of the UPC Paris Central Division dated 14 October 2024 (ORD_47273/2024)[1] The...

SodaStream Industries Ltd. v Aarke AB (UPC_CFI_373/2023) Decision of 31 October 2024 (ORD_598499/2023) [1] concerning EP 1 793 917 Sodastream (in the following "Claimant") and Aarke (in the following...

NanoString Technologies Europe Limited v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (UPC 252/2023) Decision of 17 October, 2024 (ORD_598480/2023[1]) This decision from the Central Division in Munich...

Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Belkin GmbH, Belkin Limited, Belkin International, Inc. (UPC_CFI_390/2023) Decision of 13 September 2024 (ORD_598464/2023)[1] Philips asserted their patent EP 2867997[2],...

NEC Corporation v TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd. & Others (UPC_CFI_153/2024) Order dated 2 October 2024 (ORD_46842/2024)[1] NEC Corporation ("NEC") sued seven companies within the TCL...

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Asustek Computer Inc, Arvato Netherlands B.V., Digital River Ireland Ltd. (UPC_CFI_317/2024) Decision of 15 October 2024 (ORD_52116/2024[1]) This judgment relates to...

Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing Oy v Microsoft Corporation (UPC_CFI_164/2024) Order of 16 September 2024 (ORD_41174/2024)[1] This decision of the Paris Central Division of the UPC arose in...

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft v ITCiCo Spain S.L. (UPC_CFI_412/2023) Order dated 16 September 2024 (ORD_51965/2024) concerning EP 2 796 333 The patent in suit EP 2 796 333 relates to...

Mammut vs Ortovox Court of Appeal Luxembourg Order of 25 September 2024 [1] UPC_CoA_182/2024, APL_21143/2024 Introduction In its order dated 09 April 2024, the Düsseldorf Local Division reviewed the...

Koninklijke Philips N.V. v Shenzhen Yunding Information Co., Ltd. (UPC_CFI_516/2024) ORD_50890/2024 dated 9 September 2024 concerning EP 3 197 316 After visiting trade fair IFA 2024, which started on...

The COVID-19 outbreak is impacting people around the globe.The UK government has, like many other governments, been forced to take drastic action to curtail individuals’ movements to enforce social...

Copyright can subsist in a fabric pattern after HHJ Hacon ruled that such designs constitute a work of artistic craftmanship.In Response Clothing Ltd v Edinburgh Woollen Mill Ltd [2020] EWHC 148...

The UK leaves the EU on 31 January 2020 – but until at least the end of 2020 it will be business as usual for intellectual property rights.The Withdrawal Agreement between the EU and the UK was...

The European Union has announced that it will agree to the UK request for a further extension to the period in which the UK remains a full member of the EU (the “Article 50 period”) until 31 January...

Toshiba has become the first organisation to register a ‘motion’ trademark in the UK after submitting a multimedia file.While it has been possible to register motion marks before, submissions were...

In Helsinn Healthcare S.A. et al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., No. 17-1229, the US Supreme Court held that the assessment of whether an invention had been put “on sale”, and had therefore...

EIP is sponsoring a ChIPs networking event in support of charity Code First: Girls, aimed at helping women enter the tech industry.On Thursday 28 March ChIPs will be hosting a pub quiz in London,...

Actavis and NHS England eligible to claim under cross-undertaking in damages.The Supreme Court decision in the litigation of Warner-Lambert (Pfizer) against Actavis and Mylan has been handed down...

EIP has today secured a judgment on behalf of its client Unwired Planet, in a case which has significant international implications for all patent holders and licensees of Standard Essential Patents...

New preliminary data published by the UK Government for the tax year ending 2017 shows companies have saved a total of £942.5 million in tax relief by using Patent Box.

Henry Martinez (T/A Prick) & Anr. v Prick me Baby One More Time Limited (T/A Prick) & Anr. [2018] EWHC 776 (IPEC)HH Judge Melissa Clarke dismisses passing off claim in prickly dispute between tattoo...

Anan Kasai Co. Ltd & Rhodia Operations S.A.S v Molycorp Chemicals & Oxides (Europe) Ltd [2018] EWHC 843 (Pat).Exhaust gas clarification patent found valid and infringed in claim by Solvay (formerly...

This morning the Patents Court, a division of the English High Court, handed down another important decision in the continuing development of the law relating to Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and...

Der Deutsche Bundesrat hat heute über zwei Gesetze abgestimmt, die der Reform des europäischen Patentsystems in Deutschland den Weg ebnen.Höhe- und Schlusspunkt dieser seit den 1960er Jahren...

The IP Federation, the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and the Intellectual Property Lawyers Association have obtained the opinion of leading counsel (Richard Gordon Q.C.