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UPC Roundup (1 week): five CoA decisions, several key first-instance rulings (Spain, purpose statements, exhaustion etc.), new infringement cases
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): five CoA decisions, several key first-instance rulings (Spain, purpose statements, exhaustion etc.), new infringement casesThis is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our August 17, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CoA 1.1 CoA: warnings against continued default must be requested during default proceedings, not as post-decision correction (Microsoft v. Suinno) In a recent order (PDF), the Court of Appeal (CoA) clarified…
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Mixed UPC ruling shows upside and downside of purpose statements, limits of patent exhaustion, susceptibility of claim sets
Read more: Mixed UPC ruling shows upside and downside of purpose statements, limits of patent exhaustion, susceptibility of claim setsA highly instructive, well-structured 80-page decision by the Munich LD’s second panel sheds light on several interesting questions of patent law.
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BREAKING: Nokia sues Paramount over video streaming patents in U.S. and Brazil, uses winning patents from Amazon ITC dispute
Read more: BREAKING: Nokia sues Paramount over video streaming patents in U.S. and Brazil, uses winning patents from Amazon ITC disputeNokia is serious about collecting video codec patent royalties from streamers. Its new enforcement action against Paramount is the latest example.
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Oura emerges victorious in ITC smart ring patent feud: Ultrahuman, RingConn face U.S. import bans
Read more: Oura emerges victorious in ITC smart ring patent feud: Ultrahuman, RingConn face U.S. import bansThe United States International Trade Commission has found that Ultrahuman and RingConn infringed one of Oura’s smartring-related patents, issuing a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
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U.S. multijurisdiction panel consolidates four SAP trading software patent infringement disputes against Toronto Stock Exchange, Trayport in District of Delaware
Read more: U.S. multijurisdiction panel consolidates four SAP trading software patent infringement disputes against Toronto Stock Exchange, Trayport in District of DelawareThe United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has ordered four SAP patent infringement cases filed against TSX Alpha, TSX Inc., and Trayport in three separate courts to be centralized in the District of Delaware.
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UPC CoA judge clarifies standard for preliminary references to ECJ: UPCA, RoP are not EU laws; EU Charter not sufficient for reference
Read more: UPC CoA judge clarifies standard for preliminary references to ECJ: UPCA, RoP are not EU laws; EU Charter not sufficient for referenceThe UPC has to apply EU law, but the UPC Agreement and the UPC’s Rules of Procedure are not part of the Union acquis.
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Podcast: interview with Dr. Bowman Heiden on role of SEPs in economics, policy intervention, cultivating a transatlantic IP career
Read more: Podcast: interview with Dr. Bowman Heiden on role of SEPs in economics, policy intervention, cultivating a transatlantic IP careerDr. Bowman Heiden is the Executive Director of the Tusher Strategic Initiative for Technology Leadership at UC-Berkeley. He is also the Co-Director of the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) at the University of Gothenburg, and co-chair of the Technology, Innovation, and Intellectual Property program at the Classical Liberal Institute at the NYU School of Law. …
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Dyson wins UPC’s first Spanish injunction: first BSH-based preliminary injunction, first BSH injunction based on anchor defendant
Read more: Dyson wins UPC’s first Spanish injunction: first BSH-based preliminary injunction, first BSH injunction based on anchor defendantThe UPC’s Hamburg LD has granted the UPC’s first-ever Spanish injunction, and the Hague LD affirmed, by panel decision, an order in a different case involving non-UPC countries.
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