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Managing IP Recognizes Morgan Lewis in 2026 IP Stars Western Europe Rankings
LONDON, MUNICH, July 1, 2026: Morgan Lewis has again been recognized in Managing IP’s 2026 IP Stars Western Europe rankings, earning both practice and individual rankings in Germany and the United Kingdom. Overall, the firm is listed as recommended in 2026. IP Stars is an annual guide to the top intellectual property law firms and practitioners worldwide.
AI and Copyright – Judicial Landscape in Germany
As generative artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform the creation and use of copyright-protected content, German courts are increasingly confronted with the question of how established principles of copyright law should be applied to AI-related scenarios.
Here we go again - Unified Patent Court back on track
The German Constitutional Court issued a landmark decision with implications for many companies doing business in Europe on July 9, 2021. For decades, the European Commission and EU member states strived to create a pan-European Unified Patent Court (UPC). After overcoming many hurdles, any sensible commentator will be cautious in making statements about the future of the UPC.
German federal parliament updates Patents Act
Germany is among the world’s leading patent jurisdictions. However, several years after the implementation of the EU Enforcement Directive, the government felt that the Patents Act (PatG) needed updating. Following lengthy consultations and many changes, the reform bill passed the German federal parliament (Bundestag) very early this morning (June 11, 2021).
German Constitutional Court Rules Germany’s Ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court is Void
Global life sciences companies have been carefully watching the European effort to launch a United Patent Court (UPC). As we discussed in a previous post, the UPC would have a profound effect on how life sciences companies set about their patent strategies – from filing through exploitation to enforcement. Efforts to implement the UPC, however, have ended up facing considerable challenges.
Final blow to the UPC project? German law ratifying UPCA is void
European countries have pursued the project of creating a Unitary Patent and a Unified Patent Court (UPC), since the early seventies. Success seemed within reach in 2013 when the international Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) was concluded and subsequently ratified by several states. However, in 2017 the project came to a grinding halt in the biggest contracting state, Germany, when a single patent practitioner filed a complaint against the national law ratifying the UPCA.
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