must-haves were first patented in the early 1900s. Manhattan pharmacist Christian W. Meinecke registered a teat-and-shield model as design patent number 33,212 in 1900. Three years later, Harvey Spencer
infringed and declared one patent invalid. The ruling comes after recent success in the German and Dutch courts. At the centre of proceedings in the UK and Netherlands are two of Regeneron’s patents from
For years, Bayer has fought a fierce pan-European battle over its cancer drug Nexavar. The dispute concerns Bayer’s patent EP 2 305 255, which expired in December 2022. The patent protects the
division The Hague dismissed a complaint by Winnow Solutions after finding the patent essentially invalid. The decision is only the second in a main proceeding from The Hague. Yesterday, the judges of the
Aldi Nord is no longer allowed to use certain securing devices for stacking trolleys. The Düsseldorf Regional Court found that the discounter and its suppliers had infringed an inventor's patent and
Partec has filed another lawsuit against Nvidia at the Unified Patent Court. The move comes after a setback for the Munich-based supercomputing company at the European Patent Office. Bernhard
licence agreement, ending their patent litigation. The NPE Eyesmatch holds patents for technology that creates the illusion of eye contact during video calls. The technology compensates for the fact
The Opposition Division at the European Patent Office has revoked a patent at the centre of a dispute between Chinese solar panel manufacturers Chint and JingAo Solar. The decision could impact an
Black Sheep Retail Products can no longer sell its shelf dividers in UPC territory and other countries. The local division The Hague has found they infringe a patent owned by HL Display.
The European Patent Office (EPO) and Brazil’s National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) have recently reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation in the field of patents. This