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News | 03.10.2025

Managing IP awards Kather Augenstein counsels Dr Benjamin Pesch and Carsten Plaga as Rising Stars 2025

We are delighted our counsels Dr Benjamin Pesch and Carsten Plaga have been named Rising Stars in the latest Managing IP – IP Stars Ranking 2025.

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News | 29.09.2025

Reproducibility as a prerequisite under Article 54(2) EPC – Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO dated 2 July 2025 – G 1/23

On 2 July 2025, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (Enlarged Board) handed down its long-awaited decision in case G 1/23.

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News | 14.08.2025

Prestigious Recognition: Dr Christof Augenstein listed in IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2025

Kather Augenstein is proud to announce that its partner, Dr. Christof Augenstein, has been named to the IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2025.

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News | 08.07.2025

UPC: Jurisdiction for infringement actions against several companies located domestically and abroad (Local Division Munich)

In a decision dated 20 June 2025, the Munich Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) ruled on several preliminary objections to its international jurisdiction. The decision concerns a cross-border patent infringement action against four different companies.

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News | 01.07.2025

Kather Augenstein appoints Carsten Plaga as Counsel, effective 1 July 2025

Carsten Plaga joined Kather Augenstein in 2018 and advises national and international clients on all areas of intellectual property law.

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News | 13.06.2025

Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers in Germany 2025 – Kather Augenstein again honored in the categories of intellectual property law and conflict resolution

Handelsblatt, in collaboration with the renowned US specialist publisher Best Lawyers, has published the 17th edition of its annual ranking of leading lawyers in Germany. Kather Augenstein has again been listed in intellectual property and litigation.

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News | 12.06.2025

Latest case law of the Unified Patent Court on provisional measures

The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has clarified its case law on provisional measures in a series of decisions.

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News | 11.06.2025

On the territorial scope of injunctive relief and the burden of demonstration and proof for the complainant (R. 13m RoP and R. 171.1 RoP), Local Division Paris, decision of 24 April 2025, UPC_CFI_440/2023) 

In proceedings concerning an infringement action, the Local Division of Paris had to deal with the question of the claimant’s burden of demonstration and proof with regard to the defendant’s acts of infringement in individual UPC-States.

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News | 14.04.2025

Twice the Impact: Kather Augenstein Wins Big at the Managing IP EMEA Awards 2025

Kather Augenstein has won two awards at the 20th Managing IP EMEA Awards 2025 in London – the “Impact Case of the Year Europe – Panasonic v OPPO (2024)” and the “Impact Case of the Year Europe – Mammut Sports Group v Ortovox Sportartikel (2024)” – and is thus once again one of the leading law firms in European IP law.

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News | 25.03.2025

Jurisdiction of the European courts in cross-border patent infringements – ECJ BSH v Electrolux

Another landmark decision by the ECJ on the international jurisdiction of the courts of the EU member states is causing a huge stir as of late.

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News | 17.03.2025

Kather Augenstein achieves Band 2 in Chambers Global Ranking 2025

We are excited to share that Kather Augenstein has been ranked in Band 2 for Patent Litigation in the latest Chambers Global 2025 Rankings.

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News | 14.02.2025

“Long arm jurisdiction” before the UPC: Local Division Düsseldorf affirms its juristiction for the British part of a European patent

“Long arm jurisdiction” before the UPC: Local Division Düsseldorf affirms its juristiction for the British part of a European patent

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