We use cookies to customise content for your subscription and for analytics.
If you continue to browse Lexology, we will assume that you are happy to receive all our cookies. For further information please read our Cookie Policy.
Lexology logo
  Request new password

Search results

Order by most recent / most popular / relevance

Results: 1-10 of 72

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

  • Taylor Wessing LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • 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
  • -
  • Australia, Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, USA
  • -
  • 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

Germany

  • Cohausz & Florack
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • April 25 2013

The silver bullet is an infringement action on the merits to be filed with one of the German ‘Ivy League’ courts for patent infringement. The choice

Can a German patent cover acts committed outside Germany?

  • KUHNEN & WACKER Intellectual Property Law Firm
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • April 24 2013

The possible extraterritorial effects of patents, which are thought of as national in character, are a topic of discussion in many countries. The

Antitrust alert: fast-forward for FRAND disputes in Europe

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • 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
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • April 8 2013

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

Thou shalt not misuse the strict jurisdiction on preliminary injunctions

  • Klinkert Zindel Partner
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • March 25 2013

The Court of Dusseldorf recently shot down an attempt by a patent infringer to obstruct a preliminary injunction by referring to the court's strict

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

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • 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

Preliminary injunctions in patent battles play your cards right

  • Klinkert Zindel Partner
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • March 4 2013

A preliminary injunction can be a powerful weapon in patent litigation, but the prerequisites are substantial

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

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • 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