3/2/2026 1:20:32 PM Pay up or lose: Munich Regional Court tightens FRAND requirements for Standard Essential Patent implementers By Simone Rohr Bolko Ehlgen The Regional Court (Landgericht, LG) Munich continues to shape the German Standard Essential Patent (SEP) litigation landscape. Following...
2/13/2026 11:19:00 AM Emotional Perception AI: Supreme Court overhauls decades of UK case law on patentability of computer-implemented inventions By Yohan Liyanage Katie Coltart The UK Supreme Court has handed down its much-anticipated judgment in Emotional Perception AI v Comptroller General of Patents [2026]...
2/12/2026 2:58:57 PM Asia TMT Bulletin – February 2026 By Adrian Fisher Alaister Johnson Alex Roberts Jia-Yi Tay Sher Hann Chua +2 more... Show less As we welcome the Year of the Horse, the regulatory momentum across the region shows no sign of slowing down. China has offered clarity...
1/28/2026 11:23:43 AM Games and Interactive Entertainment Legal Outlook 2026 By Verity Egerton-Doyle Alex Roberts Jennifer Calver Shruti Chopra Sher Hann Chua Kris Ekdahl Yang Fan Gert-Jan Hendrix Ria Moody Laetitia Nicolazzi Patrick O'Connell Ben Packer Arthur Peng Balaji Subramanian +11 more... Show less Introduction 2026 set to be a turning point for the industry. Video gaming global revenues approached US$200 billion last year and are...
1/16/2026 9:30:20 AM Asia TMT Bulletin – January 2026 By Adrian Fisher Alaister Johnson Alex Roberts Jia-Yi Tay Sher Hann Chua +2 more... Show less We are delighted to present the first issue of our Asia TMT Bulletin for 2026! Happy new year! We thank you for your support in 2025 and...
12/2/2025 2:41:05 PM Tech Legal Outlook 2026 By Niranjan Arasaratnam Lisa Chang Julian Cunningham-Day Verity Egerton-Doyle Joshua Ashley Klayman William Leslie Ben Packer Alex Roberts Julia Schönbohm Derek Tong Clare Murray Jennifer Calver +9 more... Show less The tech legal outlook for 2026 is being shaped by the rapid advance of AI, geopolitical tensions and intensifying global competition....
12/2/2025 2:17:58 PM Protecting proprietary algorithms in 2026: A strategic imperative By Shruti Chopra Kathy Berry Sher Hann Chua In 2026, proprietary algorithms are central to competitive advantage in tech, powering AI, analytics, and autonomous systems. Yet legal...
11/26/2025 9:45:13 AM EU SEP Regulation battle escalates: Parliament brings Commission before EU Court By Katie Coltart Pauline Debré Julia Schönbohm Pieter Van Den Broecke Bolko Ehlgen Federico Dante De Falco +3 more... Show less A new chapter in the EU SEP Regulation saga unfolds. The European Parliament decided to challenge the Commission’s withdrawal of the...
8/27/2025 1:48:54 PM German SEP litigation series #2: Munich Regional Court sets out approach for assessing FRAND royalty rates By Simone Rohr Bolko Ehlgen In this Part 2 of our blogpost series, we dive into the considerations presented by the Regional Court (Landgericht, LG) Munich in the...
8/27/2025 1:48:00 PM German SEP litigation series #1: Munich Regional Court intends to raise the stakes in SEP litigation By Charlotte Kieslich Bolko Ehlgen In an unusual move, the Regional Court (Landgericht, LG) Munich recently issued a “general guidance” (allgemeiner Hinweis) in the ZTE v....
7/10/2025 10:26:01 AM New EU guidance: Automotive players can collectively negotiate licenses for technologies protected by Standard Essential Patents By William Leslie Schweta Batohi Marilena Nteve Théo Mayer +1 more... Show less BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and ThyssenKrupp have received the European Commission’s blessing to collectively negotiate patent...
7/9/2025 8:49:28 AM Tech Legal Outlook 2025: Mid-Year Update By Jennifer Calver Clare Murray We are delighted to launch the Tech Legal Outlook 2025: Mid-Year Update. This latest edition considers some of the key trends across the...
4/10/2025 9:38:27 AM New focus on security deposit in German Standard Essential Patent litigation By Bolko Ehlgen Charlotte Kieslich The Higher Regional Court (OLG) Munich has now handed down its much-awaited ruling finding in favour of SEP-holder VoiceAge in the case...
1/23/2025 5:37:35 PM Recent developments in FRAND issues at the Unified Patent Court in Europe By Simone Rohr Bolko Ehlgen With the Unified Patent Court (UPC) having issued its first two substantive decisions on FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory)...
1/10/2025 12:32:53 PM UK Government proposes copyright and AI reform mirroring EU approach By Paul Joseph Kathy Berry The UK government has launched a consultation on copyright and artificial intelligence which will run for 10 weeks, closing on 25...
11/7/2024 11:29:30 AM EU-driven game changer ahead for German SEP litigation? By Charlotte Kieslich Bolko Ehlgen With the much-contested EU Regulation on SEPs and FRAND licensing in the pipeline, the European Commission has demonstrated that it...