Twice the Impact: Kather Augenstein Wins Big at the 2025 Managing IP EMEA Awards
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.
On the requirements of an imminent patent infringement within the meaning of Art. 62 (1) UPCA
Local Division Düsseldorf, decision dated 06 September 2024, UPC_CFI_165/2024, UPC_CFI_166/2024 – Novartis / Genentech
In proceedings concerning the granting of provisional measures, the Local Division Düsseldorf had to deal with the question of when a patent infringement within the meaning of Art. 62 (1) UPCA is “imminent”.
Service of the statement of claim on foreign defendants in proceedings before the UPC
In a series of decisions, the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has dealt with the question of the requirements for service of process on defendants domiciled outside the UPC and EU member states.
We are very pleased that Kather Augenstein has been awarded 5 stars in the category Litigation: Lawyers in the JUVE Patent Ranking Germany 2024 published today.
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.
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.
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.
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.
