The threat of German patent litigation is rising. Germany is second only to the United States in the number of patent infringement actions brought by non-practicing entities (NPEs), and with the ready availability of...more
The effective protection of trade secrets is essential to the continued economic success of most undertakings. On 26 April 2019, after much debate and significant delays the new German Law on the Protection of Trade Secrets...more
US patents have some extraterritorial effect. A party can be liable for patent infringement if it supplies components of a patented invention to a foreign country to be assembled there. In WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical...more
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WesternGeco LLC v Ion Geophysical Corporation
On November 1, 2018, a new German act implementing a “class action”-type procedure for consumers-related matters, the so-called model declaratory judgment action (Musterfeststel-lungsklage), came into force.
So far, the...more