Jan 16, 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...
Jan 15, 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...
Jan 10, 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...
Jan 07, 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...
Jan 06, 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...
Dec 23, 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...
Dec 19, 2024 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...
Dec 18, 2024 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...
Dec 17, 2024 UPC Inventive Step Assessment Begins to Crystallise with Beginning of Issuance of Decisions By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert With the frequency of issuance of UPC decisions on the merits beginning to increase, the long-sought answer to the question of how the...
Dec 16, 2024 UPC sets out burden of proof requirements for Permanent Injunctions By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Jen Cardwell On 4 November, the Milan Local Division of the UPC handed down their final decision in the Oerlikon v Bhagat infringement action. This...
Dec 12, 2024 UPC Court of Appeal confirms that extensions are at the discretion of the Court of First Instance By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert In a decision handed down on 30 September 2024, the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Mannheim Local Division to limit...
Dec 11, 2024 UPC issues judgement in default against Defendant not engaging with litigation By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert When defendants fail to engage with UPC proceedings, the Court has shown its readiness to deliver swift default judgments, as...