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Stem cell news - EPO revokes ‘Brüstle’ patent and new CJEU referral on the patentability of parthenotes

  • D Young & Co
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  • European Union, Germany, United Kingdom
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  • June 4 2013

As previously reported in this newsletter (1), the question of the patentability of technology based on the use of human embryonic stem cells (hESC

German Federal Supreme Court ruling on Mölnlycke case gives more effect to torpedo actions

  • Taylor Wessing LLP
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  • Germany
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  • May 17 2013

In a recently published decision (ref. No. X ZR 7012 Wundverband), the German Federal Supreme Court ruled that an exclusive licensee cannot bring

Dispelling the Myriad gene patent harmonization myth

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
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  • Australia, Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, USA
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  • April 30 2013

In the wake of the Supreme Court oral arguments in the Myriad "gene patent" case, most commentators are predicting that the Court will uphold the

Antitrust alert: fast-forward for FRAND disputes in Europe

  • Jones Day
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 11 2013

The Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Germany, has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") to clarify a number of questions at the

What does it take to be FRAND?

  • Taylor Wessing LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 8 2013

The Düsseldorf Regional Court (Landgericht Düsseldorf“) decided on 21 March 2013 to stay proceedings between China’s two largest telecommunications

German Federal Court of Justice decides on patentability of stem cells decision of 27 November 2012 X ZR 5807

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • Germany
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  • March 13 2013

On November 26, 2012, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof BGH) issued a final decision (docket nr. X ZR 5807) in

FSC decides on patentability of neural progenitor cells II (Brustle)

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Germany
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  • February 25 2013

Recently, the German Federal Supreme Court decided on a nullity action on the patentability of progenitor cells extracted from human embryonic stem

German Supreme Court finally finds patent on embryonic stem cell technology valid under reasonable terms while the position of the EPO is still open

  • Prüfer & Partner GbR
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • February 1 2013

Following the preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU; case C-3410), the long awaited final decision of the German

Early generic market entry criteria for preliminary injunction grant specified

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Germany
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  • January 31 2013

At least) since the "Harnkatheterset" ("Urinary Catheter Set") decision of the Court of Appeal of Düsseldorf, the grant of a preliminary

Exhibiting at a foreign trade fair may constitute patent infringement in Germany

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Germany
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  • January 31 2013

The Court of Appeal of Düsseldorf set out the conditions under which the handing out of brochures at foreign trade fairs may constitute a patent