The long-running patent infringement feud instigated by Shimano against SRAM's X7 shifters - and which impacts on products shipped in Germany only - is coming to a head. A Munich court has ruled in favour of Shimano, but check out the story links for the flip-flopping judgments to date...

Shimano wins X7 battle; war not yet over

And there are further links within these three articles.

In other news...

The top five jobs in the bike trade this week – 31st March

The BikeBiz jobs board helped filled over 740 positions in 2022, and listings are still …