20 Jan, 2025 UPC grants first anti-anti-suit injunction By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert The Munich Local Division with presiding judge Zigann as the single judge has granted the UPC’s first ever anti-anti-suit injunction to...
17 Jan, 2025 UPC: First decision on equivalent infringement By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Plant-e Knowledge v Arkyne Technologies UPC_CFI_239/2023 In a first for the UPC, the Hague Local Division of the Court of First Instance...
16 Jan, 2025 Is the Gillette Defence available as a defence in UPC infringement proceedings? By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert The Düsseldorf Local Division of the UPC ruled in favour of SodaStream Industries Ltd. in a patent infringement case against Swedish...
15 Jan, 2025 UPC Preliminary Injunctions: PI limited in scope based on Principle of Proportionality By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert On 31 October, the Dusseldorf Local Division issued its decisions on the matter of preliminary injunctions requested by Valeo...
15 Jan, 2025 Firms receive UK government funding for ISAM ‘regulatory sandbox’ project By Louisa Spillman Whether to increase the longevity of spacecraft, improve sustainability, or battle the quickly rising threat of space debris, the space...
14 Jan, 2025 Is People Friendly the way to un(Ray)Ban the Metaverse? By Graham McGlashan I was interested to read this article on the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. After years of complex and bulky AR headsets, these have...
10 Jan, 2025 UPC Preliminary Injunctions: Presumption of ownership principle confirmed By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Jen Cardwell On 31 October, the Dusseldorf Local Division issued its decisions on the matter of preliminary injunctions requested by Valeo...
07 Jan, 2025 UPC Preliminary injunctions: Sales support can constitute infringement By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Jen Cardwell On 31 October, the Düsseldorf Local Division issued its decisions on the matter of preliminary injunctions requested by Valeo...
06 Jan, 2025 Satellite launch shows off Poland's thriving space industry By Louisa Spillman The EagleEye satellite successfully launched into low-orbit on 16 August 2024, becoming the first satellite to be developed by the Polish...
06 Jan, 2025 Language matters: UPC orders Claimant to bear translation costs following switch in language of proceedings By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Andrew Tiberia In a procedural Order issued on 22 October 2024 concerning infringement proceedings brought at the Hamburg Local Division of the Unified...
23 Dec, 2024 UPC revokes Juul Labs’ patent over added matter while addressing auxiliary requests By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert In a recent decision concerning the revocation of a European patent owned by Juul Labs International, Inc., the Paris Central Division of...
19 Dec, 2024 Addressing bias in AI healthcare models — could it be patentable? By Eric McNeil A recent article in The Lancet highlights an important challenge facing developers of AI-powered healthcare solutions: so-called...