Category: Munich I Regional Court
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UK judge rebukes InterDigital lawyer for telling UPC, Munich court that interim license ruling could come down soon, AAASI even ex parte
In an ideal scenario, the UK courts and their counterparts in other countries would find a solution to put an end to jurisdictional overreach.
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UPC shake-up: renowned German judge Dr. Georg Werner appointed to Munich LD as new third panel of Court of Appeal launched
Dr. George Werner, of the Munich I Regional Court, has been newly appointed as a judge at the Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division, while a new third panel of the UPC’s Court of Appeal – presided over by Ms. Ulrike Voss (“Voß” in German) – will launch in January 2026.
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FOLLOW-UP: Translations and redacted versions of UPC and German anti-interim-license injunctions in InterDigital v. Amazon; further thoughts
As a follow-up to the news we broke yesterday on InterDigital’s two AILIs against Amazon, we can now publish the documents.
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BREAKING: InterDigital wins world’s first-ever anti-interim-license injunctions: UPC, Munich I Regional Court enjoin Amazon
The same law firm that won the first-ever German anti-antisuit injunction (AASI) and first-ever German AAASI has made history again with the first AILIs in the UPC and Germany.
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Munich I Regional Court’s stunning PI for 20+ countries: based on BSH, doctrine of equivalents, difficult-to-enforce formulation patent
Munich has been a patent injunction hotspot for many years, and the latest development may attract even more litigation to the venue.
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Dolby seeking SEP-based preliminary injunction against Roku as Munich I Regional Court outpaces UPC’s Munich LD by wide margin
Roku is coming under pressure in the Munich I Regional Court with a January 2026 trial date and a SEP-based preliminary injunction motion, but nothing has happened in the UPC.
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Gallium nitride patent wars: Munich I Regional Court grants Infineon second injunction against Innoscience
The pendulum has swung back in favor of Infineon in its long-running dispute against Innoscience over gallium nitride technology.
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Nokia sues Chinese automaker Geely in UPC, Germany over 5G SEPs
Nokia has signed amicable bilateral deals with two Chinese automakers to date, but Geely’s rejection of FRAND patent licensing agreement offers has left the company “no choice” but to pursue legal action, Nokia said in a statement today.
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Acer and Longhorn asserting 4G SEPs against truck maker PACCAR and its DAF brand in Texas and Germany
PACCAR, a truck maker with a market capitalization at a level with Ford and GM, lacks cellular standard-essential patent licenses. It has been sued in Munich and Marshall, TX.
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BLACK FRIDAY: Two court orders have marginalized the UK in global patent litigation, and it probably won’t come back short of joining the UPC
OPINION Yesterday will go down in history as the day on which the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) and the courts above it lost the largest part of the relevance they used to have in the global patent litigation arena. It took only two orders authored by German judges, both of…