Category: Unified Patent Court
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UPC proposes terms for ZTE-Samsung cross-license: $640M for 5 years, $730M for 6; consistent with Chongqing, Munich; otherwise PMAC mediation
The Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division makes two settlement proposals with different contract terms and alternatively suggests mediation by the UPC’s Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre.
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10x settles with Curio, immediately goes on to sue Element Biosciences over next-generation sequencing patents
In the next-generation sequencing space, 10x Genomics has settled its litigation with Curio Biosciences, just before filing a new patent infringement lawsuit against Element Biosciences in Delaware.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA says generic reference is not leave to appeal; CD Milan revokes remdesivir-related patent; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the calendar week of May 4, 2026.
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Samsung requested €295M ($350M) security for enforcement of Germany-wide patent injunction against its phones and tablets
Samsung defended itself in that case (barring a successful appeal), so there will be no need for enforcement security. But the collateral demand is interesting in light of a German injunction ZTE obtained against Samsung last week.
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Nissan settles patent dispute with Broadcom
Broadcom is still embroiled in litigation with Renault (which is under enormous settlement pressure as an injunction is being enforced) and Hyundai.
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Urgency analysis of UPC PI motions can involve foreign product presentations, conversations with rivals at trade shows: two new rulings
The UPC’s holistic approach to the urgency requirement for preliminary injunction requests cuts both ways. Patent holders seeking to enforce their right must be prepared to satisfactorily answer certain questions related to urgency.
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UPC Lisbon LD: ASUS owes Ericsson damages for six years of infringing semiconductor patent in eight countries; PI was denied in 2024
Ericsson and ASUS are embroiled in multijurisdictional litigation. The most important showdown so far will be a preliminary injunction hearing to be held by the UPC’s Milan LD on Friday.
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UPC Mannheim hearing went very well for InterDigital — Disney highly likely to be enjoined (as predicted by ip fray) on June 16
Based on an agenda-setting order ahead of the hearing and an analysis of patent claim terms, ip fray had already deduced that today’s hearing was going to be an uphill battle for Disney. And that’s what it was.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA overturns Paris LD on urgency; res judicata clarified across rulings; FRAND counterclaim dismissed; more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the calendar week of April 27, 2026.
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UPC infringement actions average 13 months, 2025 annual report reveals
The UPC has published its 2025 annual report, which contains statistics on the average times of its cases per case type, highlights the landmark decisions that have shaped its case law so far, and reveals that of the actions pending on December 31, 2025, over 60 involve one or more standard-essential patents.