Green-Orange-Red, the German Orange-Book decision is putting industry on alert
The recent German Federal Supreme Court ruling Orange-Book-Standard (BGH, 5/6/2009 – KZR 39/06) seems to be a strong attack on one of the core features of intellectual property rights: the provision of...
View ArticleIs Nokia to turn the tables in the standards game?
Lately patent infringing issues arising from implementing standard compliant products are catching the news media, among which in Europe the decision in Orange-Book-Standard by the German...
View ArticleDutch Court to Differ from German Orange Book Decision
In a combined court case between Philips and SK Kassetten regarding CD- and DVD-technology (CD-R and DVD+R disks), the District Court of The Hague (Netherlands) ruled in favor of Philips, in a case...
View ArticleFRAND, a German View on Dutch Dissent
Netherlands’ The Hague District Court Orange-Book decision brings up again the discussion about the compulsory licensing defense and the role of antitrust in patent infringement proceedings....
View ArticleNokia vs IPCom, ongoing UMTS patent litigation in Germany
Nokia, one of the leading mobile communications suppliers, is further put under pressure in its patent fight against IPCom. Recently, the Finnish company was the losing party in a patent infringement...
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