The G1/23 ruling from the European Patent Office marked a pivotal shift in how marketed products are treated as prior art, redefining the principles of reproducibility and disclosure across Europe. Dehns has collaborated with international patent experts to provide a global perspective on the ruling.
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We’re delighted to announce that Dehns has once again secured a Band 1 ranking in the Intellectual Property: Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys category of the latest Chambers UK 2026 guide.
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The intersection between plant sciences and intellectual property (IP) rights (patents and plant variety rights) has been a thorny area for a number of years, particularly in Europe with respect to genetically-modified (GM) plants. In this insight, Biotechnology Partner, Kit Wilkins explores this area and the recent issue of a position paper from AIPPI.
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Dehns is delighted to have once again successfully retained its Tier 1 ranking in the PATMA: Patent Attorneys category, in the 2026 edition of The Legal 500.
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We’re delighted with the news that several of our attorneys have also been recognised as “Rising Stars” in the recent edition of the publication.
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This decision concerned an application for provisional measures, in particular an anti-anti-suit injunction (‘AASI’), by Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited against the defendant Realtek Semiconductor Corporation
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Nera Innovations Ltd. (Nera), a patent holding company owned by Atlantic IP (a non-practising entity), has lost an infringement action against Xiaomi Communications Co., Ltd.; Xiaomi Inc.; Xiaomi Technology Netherlands B. V. and Xiaomi Technology Germany GmBH (Xiaomi).
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10x Genomics Inc. (10x Genomics) brought an infringement action against Curio Bioscience Inc. (Curio) accusing Curio of indirectly infringing claim 1, and directly infringing claim 14 of 10x’s patent EP 2 697 391 (‘the patent’) in their ‘Curio Seeker Spatial Mapping’ kits, sold in Germany, France and Sweden.
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Fresh from Dehns’ recent success in the IAM 1000 rankings, Dehns has also successfully retained its highly ranked position in the Trade Mark Prosecution category in the recently published Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars 2025. In the same publication, Dehns was also selected as a “Notable firm” in the Trade Mark disputes practice, an area that is greatly expanding.
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Dehns is pleased to have retained our highly ranked position in the 2025 edition of IAM Patent 1000 for both the United Kingdom: England & Wales prosecution category and the European Patent Office category.
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Panasonic Holdings Corporation (Panasonic) brought an infringement action against Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd and OROPE Germany GmBH (OPPO), accusing OPPO of infringing Panasonic’s patent EP 2 568 724 in their 4G-capable products including smartphones and smartwatches. Emily Dekker, Trainee Patent Attorney discusses this matter in more detail.
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ORCA Computing use photonics for quantum computing rather than traditional silicon or ion trap technology. Their work is based on incredibly complex atomic physics technologies – it has been described as “mind-bendingly difficult”. Dehns Partner, Dr Mark Bell, has been handling ORCA’s work since 2015.
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Palatine Hill AS is a Norwegian company specialising in nutritional products. Historically, this has primarily been in the nature of Omega-3 products, and the client’s goods are the largest selling Omega-3 oil brand in Germany. Dehns has worked with Palatine Hill for many years, and this latest matter involved a new type of brand for the client, this time in the field of animal dietary supplements.
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Strix is the world leader in kettle controls. With 56% of the global kettle control market, their products are used 1 billion times a day across the world.
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Dehns has supported Strix, the world leader in kettle controls, for over 50 years and has played a major role in their international growth and expansion. Laura Ramsay, Dehns Partner in the Engineering Group, has been working with Strix for 20 years and has acted as their client manager for the last 10 years. Clare Mann, Dehns Partner in the Trade Mark Group has been working with Strix for over 20 years and manages their global trade mark portfolio.
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