Category: European Union
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Google sued in Unified Patent Court by NPE Eyesmatch
NPE Eyesmatch has sued Google in the Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division over the alleged infringement of a patent closely related to another it previously enforced against Apple, NVIDIA, Samsung, and Microsoft.
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UPC’s CD Paris hears LED patent revocation claim against Seoul Viosys
The UPC’s CD paris now has to decide an LED technology patent case in which a Seoul Viosys patent has already been partly revoked by the UPC’s Court of Appeal. The claimant, Emporia, asserts that auxiliary requests submitted by the defendant are inadmissible and cannot save the patent from full revocation.
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TSMC patent filing strategy: general decline, “all-in” on U.S., “token presence” in Germany
Data exported from Patsnap reveals that Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC has filed more than half of its patents in the U.S. over the past two decades, while filing barely any in Europe, and gradually less and less in China and South Korea.
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EU Commission officially indicates concern over UPC-UK antisuit conflict; UPC CoA schedules InterDigital-Amazon hearing for May 28
The European Commission’s cordial letter to the Mannheim Local Division’s Presiding Judge encourages the court to share further information.
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EU Commission study on application of IPR Enforcement Directive shows no pressing problem with patent assertion entities
The European Commission has released a report on the application of the EU’s IPR Enforcement Directive throughout the bloc. There does not appear to be a pressing need to legislate.
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UPC success rate, EPO convergence debate and changing the “status quo”: day one of Patent Litigation EuropeÂ
ip fray breaks down the highlights from the first day of the fourth annual Patent Litigation Summit Europe, which featured a full day agenda dedicated to Unified Patent Court Litigation discussions.
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CJEU publishes European Parliament’s suit against European Commission’s decision to withdraw SEP Regulation
The Commission “prematurely” brought the legislative procedure to an end without legitimate grounds supported by cogent evidence and arguments for doing so, the EP has alleged.
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Quantum-related patents increased fivefold in past decade, but high barriers to adoption: OECD-EPO report
While the number of international patent family applications has surged fivefold since 2014, 80% of companies in the sector do not have quantum as their main activity, and Europe faces notable challenges in commercializing its technology.
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Swiss patent court offers expedited nullity proceedings for use in foreign jurisdictions, including UPC
The Federal Patent Court in Switzerland has announced that nullity declaration actions brought against patents that form the basis of infringement suits will be expedited.
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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…