Region: Europe

Two prosecution strategies that could help Scandinavian exports balance costs in 2023

Organisations worldwide are anticipating a reduction in consumer spending this year, making it vital for export-driven companies in Scandinavia to streamline their patenting processes and set reasonable expectations for scope of protection.

08 February 2023

Smartphone sales plummet causing pain for SEP licensors

Some licensing businesses hurt more than others and their basic deal structure is the differentiator

07 February 2023

How Sisvel v Haier transformed the German FRAND landscape

Featured in SEP/FRAND Hub

Nearly three years after the German Federal Court of Justice’s landmark decisions, the impact is still being felt across the SEP ecosystem – by patent holders and implementers alike.

07 February 2023

UK R&D innovator to see 1,452% revenue boost from $150M Samsung settlement

Nanoco Group pockets $90 million after attorneys and a litigation finance firm are paid

03 February 2023

UK Supreme Court judge and IP Hall of Fame inductee Lord Kitchin announces retirement

From the archives: Lord Kitchin's in-depth interview with IAM

03 February 2023

Novartis wins German injunction following string of European Gilenya litigation defeats

The Dusselfdorf Regional Court has issued a sales ban against eight generics in the much-watched dispute

03 February 2023

InterDigital scores further Lenovo victory, while in-house lawyer avoids embargo breach reprimand

It has been another eventful week as parties await the English High Court’s global FRAND rate decision

01 February 2023

German court establishes legal certainty for appeals against EPO decisions

The German Federal Constitutional Court has ruled against plaintiffs who argued that the EPO violated fundamental procedural rights and possesses obvious shortcomings in its level of legal protection.

01 February 2023

English High Court backs Oxford University in landmark tech transfer IP ruling

OUI’s patent policies were not unfair to spinout co-founder under consumer protection laws

31 January 2023

Nokia’s Q4 IP revenues boosted by early Microsoft licence payments

Samsung 5G royalties had not yet come into play, but the Finnish company recorded higher patent income in the final months of 2022

27 January 2023

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