Month: November 2025
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UPC Roundup (1 week): FTO confers revocation standing; creation of transcripts based on official recording disallowed; long-arm jurisdiction without local defendant; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our November 24, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CoA 1.1 CoA clarifies inventive step, territorial scope, and public-interest limits (Edwards v. Meril) (link to detailed article with nine takeaways for practitioners) In the long-running Edwards v. Meril dispute, a…
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UPC Vienna LD’s first-ever final judgment led to settlement on eve of appellate hearing; intervenor’s insistence on appellate review rejected
A settlement in the home stretch to the appellate hearing suggests that the first-instance ruling from Vienna gave the patentee significant leverage.
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Shortly after being ordered personally to reimburse Netflix, patent litigator loses Federal Circuit appeal over order to reimburse Google: precedential opinion
The Northern District of California is not only a difficult venue for non-practicing entities to prevail but also doesn’t hesitate to shift fees from Big Tech to lawyers.
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USPTO Director Squires clarifies human inventors can use AI like any other tool; but under Federal Circuit case law, AI can’t be named as inventor
New guidance from the USPTO gives companies a high degree of legal certainty with respect to the use of AI as a tool.
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Next UPC CoA landmark ruling: pragmatic on inventive-step standard; focused on when amendments could be presented; tough but fair on remedies (Edwards v. Meril)
Another major UPC appellate ruling came down on Tuesday, and it provides a variety of clarifications of transcendental importance.
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UK judge says injunction wouldn’t affect foreign judges, InterDigital wasn’t restricted from raising arguments in UPC — yet seeks to prevent enforcement of UPC order
Mr Justice Meade and Amazon are still seeking to prevent InterDigital from enforcing a UPC injunction. In some ways there is de-escalation, but the situation remains problematic.
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UPC CoA reverses invalidation of Amgen patent, clarifies standards for added matter and sufficient disclosure; infringement action to resume
In a high-stakes life sciences case, the UPC’s CoA has provided its most far-reaching clarifications on (in)validity to date.
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334-294 majority of European Parliament votes to sue Commission over withdrawal of EU SEP Regulation: 80% of largest political group against
Context: In the summer, the European Commission (EC) finalized the withdrawal of the proposed EU regulation on standard-essential patents (SEPs) (July 31, 2025 ip fray article). The European Parliament (EP) had overwhelmingly supported the bill, but it was going nowhere in the EU Council. Still, some Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were disgruntled enough…
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Access Advance announces growth of HEVC and VVC pools, renewals; new information about SEP PI (Dolby v. Roku) available now
Access Advance has announced major growth in its HEVC and VVC patent pools, and has publicly confirmed that Dolby won a preliminary injunction against Roku.