This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our February 1, 2026 UPC Roundup.
1. Risk of imminent escalation between UK court and UPC (InterDigital v. Amazon)
1.1 EWHC pushes for withdrawal to restrict scope of InterDigital’s UPC injunction against Amazon
At a recent hearing before the High Court of Justice for England & Wales, Mr Justice Richard Meade stated unequivocally that InterDigital’s anti-interim-license injunction obtained from the UPC must not impede Amazon’s pursuit of a post-trial global FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) determination in the UK. While the court accepted the UPC president’s refusal to stay enforcement of the injunction and acknowledged that an interim license has largely lost practical relevance, it drew a clear distinction between interim relief and final relief. The English court emphasized that the UPC injunction cannot be enforced in a manner that restricts Amazon’s ability to obtain a substantive FRAND ruling.
1.2 UPC Mannheim LD reads about UK hearing on ip fray, orders Amazon and InterDigital to comment (and to provide transcript)
The Mannheim Local Division (LD) learned of the UK developments and ordered Amazon and InterDigital to explain, on Tuesday (February 10, 2026) at the latest, to explain what is going on in the UK, particularly at whose initiative, and to provide a transcript.
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9. Around the court
9.1 Dusseldorf LD gets second panel, chaired by Judge Dr. Bérénice Thom
ip fray previously saw signs of a second Dusseldorf LD panel being created, and assumed that Judge Dr. Bérénice Thom was going to preside over it. ip fray was also first, on Friday, to report that it is official.
The Hague LD and the Mannheim LD are likely the next Court of First Instance Divisions to get a second panel in the not too distant future.
9.2 UPC judges and ADR experts highlight PMAC’s role in patent enforcement landscape
On February 2, a seminar in Stockholm spotlighted patent dispute resolution and the role of the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC), drawing representatives from public authorities, UPC judges, legal practitioners, and ADR specialists. Discussions focused on PMAC’s position within the broader patent enforcement framework, its interaction with the UPC, and its advantages as a structured, high-quality alternative to traditional litigation. Two days later, on February 4, PMAC officials met with the Slovenian and Portuguese intellectual property offices in Ljubljana to deepen institutional cooperation and coordinate initiatives for 2026.
9.3 ip fray surpasses 10K LinkedIn followers in just over two years
ip fray is LinkedIn’s first recommendation for third-party pages related to the UPC when one searches for the Court’s own page on LinkedIn.
Just over two years after launching on December 23, 2023, ip fray has surpassed 10,000 LinkedIn followers, an unusually fast rise in the niche patent media space. The page is now growing faster than longer-established competitors, with 3.2% follower growth over the past 30 days and more LinkedIn engagements over the last 30 days than its three closest peers combined. In January, the site also recorded nearly 500K Google web impressions across almost 700 pages, setting a new traffic high despite broader AI-driven disruption to search.
Positioned as a patent publication built for the AI era, ip fray emphasizes AI-optimized content structures alongside traditional search visibility. Its reporting has been cited in court filings, referenced in European Commission materials, and has even prompted judicial attention as discussed in Section 4.2 above (not even the first such case).
With a strong focus on UPC litigation and standard-essential patents, and a growing global readership, the outlet is rapidly establishing itself as a leading voice in cross-border coverage of patent litigation, licensing, and policy.