On 16 October 2023, the UPC Court of Appeal issued its first ever decision and addressed two interesting procedural issues resulting from the situation where a Statement of claim is served without the documents it refers to...more
Trademark proceedings concerning the rights to the trade name and trademark "HEITEC" were brought before the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which in turn referred four questions to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling....more
On May 5, 2021, the Federal Court dismissed a motion by Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc (Biomarin) to amend its Statement of Claim to allege infringement of two patents that had not been asserted within the 45-day deadline...more