Hogan Lovells’ Standard Essential Patent (SEP) Update reports on recent news and case decisions from jurisdictions including China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United...more
8/8/2019
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Anticompetitive Behavior ,
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Blackberry ,
China ,
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FRAND ,
Huawei ,
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Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
Patents ,
Philips Electronics ,
Qualcomm ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
The Hague ,
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Hogan Lovells’ U.S. + German Patent Update reports on recent patent news and cases from Germany and the United States.
United States -
- U.S. Congress Introduces Bill Addressing Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
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7/1/2019
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German Federal Supreme Court ,
Germany ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Profits ,
Standing
Hogan Lovells’ U.S. + German Patent Update reports on recent patent news and cases from Germany and the United States.
The January 2019 spotlight article covers a recent Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) decision in...more
1/25/2019
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Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Germany ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
USPTO
The U.S. and Germany are two of the most important fora in the world for patent litigation. The U.S. has long been one of the largest markets for patent litigation, and Germany has constantly attracted more than 50% of all...more
12/7/2018
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Damages ,
Foreign Defendants ,
German Federal Supreme Court ,
Germany ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
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Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Popular ,
Unified Patent Court ,
USPTO
The U.S. and Germany are two of the most important fora in the world for patent litigation. The U.S. has long been one of the largest markets for patent litigation, and Germany has constantly attracted more than 50% of all...more
10/24/2018
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Germany ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Tribal Governments
Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of IPRs, Requires PTAB to Decide Validity of All Challenged Claims -
Oil States Energy Services v. Greene’s Energy Group & SAS Institute v. Iancu (24 April 2018)....more
5/16/2018
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Claim Construction ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Germany ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Lost Profits ,
Obviousness ,
Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Personal Liability ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Ratification ,
SAS Institute Inc. v Iancu ,
SCOTUS ,
USPTO ,
WesternGeco LLC v Ion Geophysical Corporation
On February 23, 2018, in a much-anticipated decision, the PTAB ruled that tribal sovereign immunity could not be used to shield certain Allergan Inc. (“Allergan”) patents from review in a number of IPRs. Allergan had assigned...more
2/28/2018
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Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
Native American Issues ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Tribal Governments