Bundestag votes for the Unified Patent Court In its 195th session on 25 November 2020, the German Bundestag approved the "Agreement on a Unified Patent Court" in an unamended version with the required majority of two-thirds of the [...]
All eyes on Luxembourg – Düsseldorf refers Nokia v. Daimler FRAND dispute to CJEU On Thursday, 26. November 2020, the Regional Court Düsseldorf announced its long-awaited decision in Nokia’s first instance infringement suit against Daimler. Observers had tried [...]
Kather Augenstein again awarded "TOP Law Firm" by Wirtschaftswoche Every year, Wirtschaftswoche evaluates the best law firms and lawyers in its renowned ranking of various fields of law. Their jury of experts has listed us as [...]
Lexology Webinar: Stay ahead in SEP litigation – FRAND update Europe Recent months have seen several prominent court decisions on standard essential patents (SEP) and fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing. SEP owners and implementers alike must [...]
Liability for trademark infringement on the Internet - Is the original infringer liable if an advertisement that infringes trademark rights is distributed on the Internet without his intervention? (ECJ, judgement of 02.07.2020 - C-684/19) In practice, again and again [...]
Cologne HRC: Polaroid . /. Fuji - No imitation through square instant images In its judgement of 12.06.2020 (file no. 6 U 265/19), the Higher Regional Court of Cologne had to decide on the question of whether [...]
FOCUS Special Award: Kather Augenstein is a Top Business Law Firm 2020 In its special "Attorneys 2020", the FOCUS awards Kather Augenstein as one of the top business law firm 2020 and recommends the IP boutique [...]
The Brompton Bicycle decision of the ECJ - copyright protection of technical shapes Judgment of the European Court of Justice of 11 June 2020 (C-833/18 - Brompton Bicycle v. Chedech/Get2Get) In a preliminary ruling procedure, the ECJ [...]
Video: online seminar - FCJ Sisvel v Haier On Thursday 27.08.2020 our online seminar on the FCJ decision Sisvel v Haier took place. We are happy about the great response and the interest in our event. For all [...]
UK Supreme Court: FRAND is global - royalties are fixed The United Kingdom's highest court for civil litigation, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, today announced its decision in the cases of Unwired Planet v. [...]