This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our January 24, 2026 UPC Roundup.
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8. Around the court
8.1 UPC schedules brief website maintenance for February 2, 2026
The UPC has announced a brief, scheduled maintenance window for its website, advising users that online services may be temporarily unavailable on Monday, February 2, 2026, between 10:00 and 10:30 AM Central European Time.
8.2 EU study does not identify particular patent enforcement issues at the UPC
A new European Commission study on the enforcement of intellectual property rights finds no evidence of systemic problems with patent assertion entities in Europe and offers little basis for policy intervention, particularly with respect to the UPC. Published this week as a follow-up to a 2017 evaluation, the report focuses on proportionality in patent enforcement and the role of PAEs, but its findings are largely constrained by timing: most of the underlying research was conducted in 2024, too early to meaningfully assess UPC practice after the court opened in mid-2023. As a result, the study reaches no firm conclusions on how the UPC applies proportionality in injunctions and overlooks more recent appellate guidance, while confirming that proportionality arguments continue to have limited impact in German patent litigation.