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As part of the latest trilogue negotiations, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on the Regulation on compulsory Union licenses for crisis management.
In its judgment of March 20, 2025 (case no. 6 U 3824/22), the Munich Higher Regional Court (OLG) commented on the FRAND objection for the first time in the context of main proceedings.
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The Mannheim Regional Court has issued the first decision of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) regarding FRAND (Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory) (UPC, Local Chamber Mannheim, judgment of 22.11.2024, UPC_CFI_210/2023 - Panasonic/OPPO).
Two judgments published at the end of 2024 could contribute to more cases being heard before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in future.
The decision of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) of May 7, 2024 (case reference: X ZR 104/22) deals with the question of how to calculate damages for patent infringements committed in patent-free foreign countries.
According to the Federal Patent Court (BPatG), the interest in legal protection for a subsequent grant of a patent is based on the inventor's personality right.
