1/23/2025 11:22:37 AM UPC Clarifies admissibility of late filed physical evidence By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert In a recent decision by the Local Division Munich of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), the Court issued an Order addressing the submission...
1/21/2025 1:06:58 PM UPC Court of Appeal Clarifies Security for Costs Rules By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert In the dispute between Aarke AB, a Swedish small business, and SodaStream Industries Ltd., an Israeli company owned by PepsiCo, the UPC...
1/20/2025 2:38:32 PM 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...
1/17/2025 1:59:56 PM 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...
1/16/2025 2:58:27 PM 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...
1/15/2025 12:27:09 PM 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...
1/10/2025 8:49:34 AM 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...
1/7/2025 1:26:43 PM 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...
1/6/2025 10:22:58 AM 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...
12/23/2024 2:17:43 PM 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...
12/19/2024 1:47:16 PM UPC: No requirement to disclose commercial information in request to amend claim By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Abigail Spreadbury In accordance with front-loaded UPC procedure, any request to amend a party’s case must be made as soon as it is reasonably possible to...
12/18/2024 9:34:33 AM Procedural efficiency at the UPC: Request for Order to produce evidence denied By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Karan Lalwani In a decision issued on 20 October 2024 by the Mannheim Local Division of the UPC (UPC_CFI_471/2023), judge-rapporteur Böttcher rejected...