Published: 13. März 2026 UPC Court of Appeal makes first ever referral to the CJEU On 6 March 2026, the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued its first-ever referral...
Published: 24. Februar 2026 Security for Costs: UPC Court of Appeal Accepts Litigation Insurance The Unified Patent Court (UPC) Court of Appeal has ruled that the claimant, Syntorr, can use their After...
Published: 28. November 2025 The Unified Patent Court “objects” to the problem and solution approach The Boards of Appeal at the European Patent Office assess the requirement of an inventive step under the...
Published: 11. Juni 2025 Ross Walker obtains European Patent Litigator certification We are pleased to congratulate our partner, Ross Walker, on achieving his European Patent Litigator certification. Ross completed...
Published: 5. März 2025 Unified Patent Court’s first decision on infringement by equivalence A recent decision by a Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has set out...
Published: 20. Februar 2025 UPC claims jurisdiction on infringement in the UK The UK is not involved in the Unified Patent Court (UPC). However, this did not prevent the UPC from...
Published: 16. Juli 2024 UPC one year in – a brief commentary The UPC has been busy since its doors opened in June 2023, with more than 60 infringement actions...
Published: 15. Juli 2024 Abbott vs. SiBio: the trilogy of preliminary injunction decisions before the UPC Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. brought proceedings against SiBio Technology Limited before the UPC, asking the court to order...
Published: 7. Juni 2024 Romania joins the UPC system On 1 September 2024 the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) will enter into force in Romania....
Published: 18. Januar 2024 The Unified Patent Court’s first foray into claim construction The Munich Local Division (MLD) of the UPC has taken an unexpected approach to claim interpretation in their...
Published: 26. September 2023 First UPC preliminary injunction granted to biotech company The UPC is a new unified court system covering 17 countries that have ratified the UPC Agreement. The UPC entered...
