24 Jul, 2024 M&C in the news: Nokia v. Mala Technologies: the UPC interprets its relationship with national courts By M&C Newsroom On 2 May 2024, the Paris Central Division of the UPC issued a decision concerning the jurisdiction and the applicability of the Brussels...
19 Jul, 2024 UPC to collaborate with the EPO on developments of Case Management System By Thomas Prock The UPC has announced, today, that they will cooperate with the EPO on IT related matters. The first project will be the development of a...
19 Jul, 2024 UPC: Promising case management actions from the Mannheim Local Division? By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Jen Cardwell Two recent orders (UPC_CFI_210/2023 of 27 June and UPC_CFI_219/2023 of 4 July) by the Mannheim Local Division have seen Chairman...
04 Jul, 2024 UPC and FRAND: Please order me to disclose! By Thomas Prock Tom Taylor Jen Cardwell Dafydd Bevan +1 more... Show less The judgment relates to an application for an order against the applicant itself requiring it to produce licence agreements. The wider...
11 Jun, 2024 EPO to accept delays in requests for Unitary Patent registration to cover Romania By Thomas Prock As previously reported, Romania has deposited its instrument of ratification of the UPC Agreement and will become a UPC member state on 1...
10 Jun, 2024 UPC confirms rules on proprietors opting out of the UPC’s jurisdiction By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert In their dispute with Neo Wireless, Toyota challenged the validity of the opt-out of Neo Wireless’ European patent. Before the...
30 May, 2024 UPC v EPO: Divergence in claim amendment practice By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Jen Cardwell On April 30, the Paris Central Division of the UPC issued a decision concerning the admissibility of amendments to the patent in suit in...
28 May, 2024 UPC Court of Appeal defines timeline and justification for changing the language of proceedings By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Abigail Spreadbury On 17 April 2024, the UPC Court of Appeal (CoA) issued an order changing the language of proceedings from German to English in the...
16 May, 2024 UPC: Limiting disclosure of sensitive information to legal teams is possible By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Daniyal Khan Rule 262A.1 of the UPC’s Rules of Procedure (RoP) states that a party may make an application for certain information contained in its...
14 May, 2024 UPC service on defendants: A discrepancy in approach between local divisions? By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Jen Cardwell April 18th saw the release of the third in a series of decisions concerning the Xiaomi family of companies, highlighting a potential...
13 May, 2024 UPC considers jurisdictional requirements to sue multiple defendants in one Court By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Abigail Spreadbury Daniel McGrath +1 more... Show less On 11 April 2024, the Paris Local Division handed down an interesting jurisdictional decision in case UPC_CFI_495/2023 between claimant...
07 May, 2024 Dusseldorf Local Division of the UPC confirms that there is no prosecution history estoppel in UPC proceedings By Thomas Prock Abigail Spreadbury Mike Gilbert The Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division confirmed that there is no prosecution history estoppel in proceedings in front of the UPC. This...