17 Apr, 2024 Irish UPC referendum in doubt By Thomas Prock The UPC opened its doors on 1 June 2023 with 17 signatory states having ratified the UPC agreement and consequently being covered by the...
18 Mar, 2024 Unlocking UPC secrets: No standardisation of penalties for confidentiality breaches across local divisions By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Abigail Spreadbury On 30 January 2023, the Paris Local Division decided that it is not necessary to harmonise penalties for breach of confidentiality...
07 Mar, 2024 UPC CoA: No stay of UPC court proceedings during Chapter 11 proceedings By Abigail Spreadbury Mike Gilbert Thomas Prock In an order dated 26 February 2024, the UPC Court of Appeal in Luxembourg decided that issuance of a decision in appeal proceedings...
06 Mar, 2024 UPC language of proceedings: Early change to the language of the proceedings permitted By Krishna Darshan Raghavan Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert In an Order dated 16 January 2024, the President of the Court of First Instance in the proceedings before the Local Division Dusseldorf...
05 Mar, 2024 UPC revocation proceedings: Re-ordering and filing of new requests after the interim conference allowed By Abigail Spreadbury Mike Gilbert Thomas Prock As we reach the first round of oral hearings for revocation actions filed at the UPC, many users of the court may have questions...
05 Mar, 2024 UPC procedure: Concise further written submissions allowed after rejoinder By Jen Cardwell Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert In a Procedural Order dated 24 January 2024, the Munich Central Division Court of First Instance set out an interesting decision...
02 Feb, 2024 M&C in the news: UPC trends to watch out for By M&C Newsroom The establishment of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) last year marked a significant milestone in European patent litigation and while the...
17 Jan, 2024 M&C in the news: UPC: ‘A missed opportunity’ as intervention bids in key disclosure case are thrown out By M&C Newsroom In a pivotal transparency test case, the UPC Court of Appeal has recently delivered a nuanced interpretation of the law, narrowly shaping...
23 Nov, 2023 M&C in the news: The UPC is off to a ‘flying start’ but faces critical decision over transparency By M&C Newsroom It’s been nearly six months since the Unified Patent Court (UPC) opened its doors and, so far, it appears to be riding high. With more...
08 Sep, 2023 Marks & Clerk in the news: Lessons On Cricket Patent History And IP Protection At UPC By M&C Newsroom By the 1700s cricket was considered to be the national game of England. At least 20 years before the first test match between England and...
05 Sep, 2023 MHRA issues guidance on new International Recognition Procedure (IRP) for streamlining medicine approvals in the UK By Marks & Clerk The new framework was first floated back in January 2023, as a way for the MHRA to streamline the authorisation process by taking...
31 May, 2023 The Unified Patent Court and the Unitary Patent are (finally!) here By Thomas Prock After decades of planning and several abortive attempts, the Unified Patent Court (a pan-European court) and the Unitary Patent (a single...