Category: European Union
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UPC docket distribution is âharmfulâ and âunderminingâ or a ânon-concernâ? European patent attorneys strongly divided
A letter by the European Patent Lawyers Association reveals that most non-German European patent attorneys believe that the current state of the Unified Patent Courtâs (UPC’s) case distribution (currently very German-heavy) is a huge concern and implore the UPC to change its system. Germans, on the other hand, are strongly against intervention.
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BREAKING: Transsion escalates Ericsson patent litigation in UPC, files its first-ever public patent infringement complaint
Transsion has sued Ericsson in the Unified Patent Courtâs Lisbon Local Division over the infringement of one of its patents, marking its first-ever publicly-known patent infringement complaint.
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UPC CoA refers four questions of long-arm jurisdiction to ECJ: scenarios such as where representative for product safety compliance serves as anchor defendant
This article contains table that shows the differences between the four questions, provides easier-to-read version so fall four questions, and explains common scenarios not covered by the questions.
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Google sued in Unified Patent Court by NPE Eyesmatch
NPE Eyesmatch has sued Google in the Unified Patent Courtâs 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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UPCâs CD Paris hears LED patent revocation claim against Seoul Viosys
The UPCâs CD paris now has to decide an LED technology patent case in which a Seoul Viosys patent has already been partly revoked by the UPCâs 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, âall-inâ on U.S., âtoken presenceâ 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 âstatus quoâ: 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 âprematurelyâ brought the legislative procedure to an end without legitimate grounds supported by cogent evidence and arguments for doing so, the EP has alleged.