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News | 29.10.2024

Service of the statement of claim against foreign defendants in UPC proceedings

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News | 25.10.2024

Juve Patent Rankings Germany 2024 – 5 Stars for Kather Augenstein

We are delighted that Kather Augenstein has been awarded 5 stars in the category Litigation: Lawyers in the JUVE Patent Ranking Germany 2024 published today.

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News | 23.09.2024

Juristinnen erzählen – Dr Katharina Brandt as guest in ITM Münster’s interview podcast

In the 10th episode of Juristinnen erzählen, hosted by the Institute of Information, Telecommunications and Media Law at the University of Münster, Dr Katharina Brandt has the opportunity to talk about how she started her career at Kather Augenstein.

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News | 08.08.2024

The Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property and Competition – Christopher Weber and Dr Benjamin Pesch publish on recent developments in intellectual property and competition law in the pharmaceutical sector in Germany

The publication “The Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property and Competition” provides a practical overview of pharmaceutical intellectual property issues, including the nexus of patents, exclusivity rights and related competition issues.

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News | 23.07.2024

Undercover at spoga+gafa 2023 – Kather Augenstein and Uexküll & Stolberg secure favourable judgement on the cost for Stiga

Successful at trade fair. On behalf of our client Stiga S.p.A., we were able to obtain a preliminary injunction against Topsun Europe for an infringing act at the “spoga+gafa 2023 – die Garten-Lifestyle-Messe” in Cologne. The infringement was confirmed by the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf in a favourable judgement on the costs, after Topsun was liquidated.

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News | 21.06.2024

Leaders League Rankings 2024 – Kather Augenstein awarded again as one of the leading law firms for patent and trademark litigation in Germany

In this year’s Leaders League Rankings 2024, Kather Augenstein has again been recognised as one of the leading law firms in intellectual property law for patent and trademark litigation.

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News | 17.06.2024

Provisional protection of secrecy in summary proceedings before the UPC

Local Division Düsseldorf, procedural order of 23 February 2024 – UPC_CFI_463/2023 – 10x Genomics/Curio Bioscience

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News | 11.06.2024

Decisive circumstances for changing the language of the proceedings before the UPC

CoA of the UPC, decision of 17 April 2024 – UPC CoA 101/2024 – 10x Genomics Inc. / Curio Bioscience Inc.

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News | 19.02.2024

The Legal 500 Germany Ranking 2024 – Kather Augenstein again awarded as one of the leading law firms for patent litigation in the field of intellectual property

The highly regarded The Legal 500 Germany Ranking 2024 has again recognised the team at Kather Augenstein as one of the leading IP boutique law firms for patent litigation in the field of intellectual property.

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News | 15.12.2023

Higher Regional Court Dusseldorf (Glatiramer acetate) – fault in the enforcement of a preliminary injunction from a subsequently revoked patent

In its judgment of 12 October 2023, the Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf dealt with the question of whether the patent proprietor enforcing a preliminary injunction is at fault if the patent is later revoked.

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News | 13.11.2023

UPC on access to written pleadings and evidence

The Central Division Munich has rejected two separate requests based on Rule 262.1 (b) RoP requesting access to the content of the court file of two revocation actions.

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News | 10.11.2023

Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf (Infusionsvorrichtung II) – No contributory negligence of the plaintiff

In its judgement of 13 July 2023 (docket no. 2 U 79/22), the Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf had to decide the question of whether a claim for damages due to patent infringement can lapse due to contributory negligence of the plaintiff.

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