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With the notice on handling the defense of compulsory license under antitrust law according to Huawei v. ZTE within Munich proceedings in patent litigation the Regional Court of Munich I published the envisioned approach ...

The Court of First Instance received 311 cases in the first 6 months of 2025 and is now close to the milestone of one thousand cases with a total number of 946.

The court does not see a legal basis for pre-emptively and categorially ruling out the submission of any further auxiliary requests.

With(in) the R. 262A workflow, the UPC Case Management System (CMS) provides for a step-by-step procedure for the protection of confidential information, comprehensively taking...

Making claims about carbon reductions or "carbon neutrality" may seem an attractive way to distinguish a company for its sustainability work, but such claims are becoming riskier to make.

The common general knowledge is information which has been commonly known to the skilled person from written sources or from practical experience in the relevant technical field available at the prior date...

Regularly proceedings must be conducted in a way, which will allow the final oral hearing at first instance to take place within one year. As a general principle, the Court will not stay proceedings...

An application for a cost decision must always be filed with the CFI even if the costs arise exclusively from appeal proceedings

Representation of parties in proceedings before the UPC, Art. 48 UPCA: No corporate representative of a legal person or any other natural person who has extensive administrative...

Pursuant to Art. 33(10) UPCA and R. 295(a) RoP, the Court may stay proceedings relating to a patent which is also the subject of opposition proceedings before the EPO where a rapid decision may be expected from the EPO.

Even if the defendant has filed the counterclaim for revocation only conditionally, the defendant may still file an appeal

In the present judgment, the German Federal Court of Justice (»BGH«) found that sales completely performed abroad may under certain circumstances constitute ...

The court may issue a default judgment if the defendant does not file a statement of defense within the prescribed period...

There is a basis for concern regarding an expert’s bias if – from the perspective of a knowledgeable and reasonable observer – certain circumstances give rise to justified doubts as to the expert’s impartiality or independence i.e., there is a likelihood that the expert’s decision will be influenced by factors other than the aforementioned duties.

An order for inspection and/or preservation of evidence requires a sufficient likelihood of infringement

The court assesses whether an action is devoid of purpose based on the claimant’s legitimate legal interest (R. 360 RoP). The defendant’s interest is not autonomously considered in this assessment.

Mandatory fee payment under R. 333.3 is a condition precedent for lodging an application for panel review under R. 333.2 RoP (mn. 22)

Steht Einem Betriebsrat, Dem Ein Arbeitnehmer Unter Dem Siegel Der Verschwiegenheit Etwas Anvertraut, Ein Zeugnisverweigerungsrecht…