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Amsterdam District Court Renders Interim Judgment In International Anti-SLAPP Dispute
The Amsterdam District Court has issued a significant interim judgment in a cross-border anti-SLAPP dispute between Greenpeace International and a U.S. energy company, examining whether Dutch courts can exercise jurisdiction over alleged strategic litigation initiated in the United States. The ruling addresses critical questions about the retroactive application of the EU Anti-SLAPP Directive, jurisdictional grounds under existing tort law, and the interplay between parallel proceedings in different
Netherlands Environment
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Jones Day
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LD The Hague, August 10, 2026, Infringement Action, Counterclaim For Revocation, UPC_CFI_251/2025, UPC_CFI_769/2025
Maxell, Ltd. has initiated infringement proceedings against Samsung Electronics and its European subsidiaries at the Unified Patent Court in The Hague, with Samsung filing counterclaims for revocation. The dispute centers on European Patent EP 2 061 230, involving complex questions of patent validity under Article 56 EPC and procedural rules governing infringement actions and revocation counterclaims.
Netherlands IP
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Bardehle Pagenberg
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Court Of Appeal, 14 July 2026, Order, UPC-CoA-76/2026
The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court examines an application for suspensive effect in appeal proceedings involving patent EP 2 791 402. Chinese technology companies Xingi Technology and Jiangsu Jiuzhou challenge a decision from the Local Division in The Hague brought by Avient Protective Materials B.V. The case involves procedural rules governing suspensive effect applications under the UPC Rules of Procedure.
Netherlands IP
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Bardehle Pagenberg
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Final Ruling By Amsterdam Court Of Appeal In Converium Collective Settlement
On 17 January 2012, the Converium collective settlements were declared binding by the Amsterdam Court of Appeal. As noted in our Update of 18 November 2010, in an interim ruling the Court had preliminarily assumed jurisdiction over a request to declare two international collective settlements binding in a case in which none of the potentially liable parties and only some of the potential claimants are domiciled in the Netherlands.
Netherlands Litigation
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