2/20/2025 11:53:37 AM Jurisdiction of the UPC: Can the UPC decide on infringement in non-UPC member states? By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert At the time of writing, 18 EU member states have ratified the UPC agreement. In contrast, the European Patent Convention (EPC) has 39...
2/19/2025 9:23:01 AM Navigating Evidence Disclosure in the UPC - Hague Local Division Limits Broad Discovery Request By Thomas Prock In a decision issued on 14 October 2024 by the Hague Local Division of the UPC (UPC_CFI_327/2024), judge-rapporteur Brinkman partially...
2/17/2025 9:49:00 AM UPC revokes patent through a decision by default By Thomas Prock In a decision issued on 16 September 2024 by the Paris Central Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), BMW secured a decision by...
2/13/2025 9:30:38 AM UPC Court of Appeal Clarifies Scope of Opt-Out Withdrawals By Thomas Prock The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) overturned a decision by the Helsinki Local Division concerning the withdrawal of...
2/12/2025 10:04:10 AM Withdrawal of the EU SEP regulation proposal By Robert Lind So, after much heated debate, the European Commission proposals for the regulations of Standards Essential Patents or SEPs have been...
2/11/2025 8:01:35 AM UPC: The advent of file wrapper estoppel? By Thomas Prock In two recent decisions before the UPC (UPC_CoA_402/2024, UPC_CoA_405/2024), the Court of Appeal rejected an appeal by Alexion...
2/10/2025 10:31:20 AM UPC must grant unconditional limitation of damages By Thomas Prock On the 26th November 2024, the Paris Central Division issued a decision on an application by Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing Oy...
2/6/2025 2:39:42 PM UPC Outlines Criteria for Assessing FRAND Defence By Thomas Prock On 18 December 2024, the Munich Local Division handed down their decision on the merits in UPC_CFI_9/2023, the dispute concerning alleged...
1/28/2025 3:41:13 PM UPC agrees to delay Interim Conference - by a few hours By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert On 25 November 2024, the Milan Local Division issued a routine pre-interim conference procedural order in dispute UPC_CFI_240/2023...
1/24/2025 3:13:27 PM UPC Court of Appeal: Directors are not intermediaries By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert On 29 October 2024, the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court issued a decision on a request for suspensive effect concerning an...
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...