Category: Unified Patent Court
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UPC CD Milan rejects “straw man” objection in a revocation action, rules every legal person is “concerned” party
The UPC’s CD Milan rejected a “straw man”objection to a seminars company’s revocation action against Bellissa HAAS’s garden edging patent, holding that legal persons cannot act privately and are therefore, as a rule, always “concerned” under Art. 47(6) UPCA.
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UPC Court of Appeal upholds Abbott’s glucose sensor patent: rejects Sibio’s added matter, inventive step attacks
The UPC Court of Appeal has dismissed Sibio’s bid to revoke Abbott’s continuous glucose monitor patent, confirming its own earlier finding from a related injunction case and issuing two headnotes that will guide how the court treats omitted features in future added matter disputes.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): EPO appeal leads to Munich LD stay; Munich LD flags novel damages issues; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of August 10, 2026.
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UPC Munich LD flags novel questions on damages law in Edwards v. Meril damages claim, flags novel questions on applicable law and non-infringing substitute profits
At an interim hearing, the Munich LD set Edwards’ damages claim against Meril at a €15 million value in dispute and previewed how it may rule on two open legal questions.
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Patent Litigation Europe returns for 2027, building on last year’s rebrand into three co-located tracksÂ
Speakers already confirmed for the event include Hon. Emmanuel Gouge and Aleš Zalar of the UPC, Judge Oliver Schön of the Munich Regional Court, Abbott’s Gael Tisack, Ericsson’s Gabriele Mohsler, Nokia’s Clemens Heusch, and SIM IP’s Erich Spangenberg.
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Align wins RMB 10M China injunction against Angelalign after UPC setback on related patent, parallel cases in injunction-tested Chinese venues
Align has won an injunction and RMB 10 million (approximately approximately $1.4 million) in damages against Angelalign in China, less than three months after the UPC refused provisional relief on a related European patent. The opposite outcomes add a new twist to their multi-jurisdictional patent fight.
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UPC Hague LD revokes Maxell casting patent, finds aggregation of routine features obvious
The UPC Hague LD revoked Maxell’s casting patent after finding the granted claims not novel and its auxiliary requests obvious. The court held that aggregating routine features without functional interdependence or synergistic effect cannot establish inventive step, and dismissed Maxell’s infringement action.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA declines to stay FRAND claim against pool, separately clarifies effect of revoked injunctions; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of August 2, 2026.
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Disney switches 4K UHD back on in Germany, but concern over VP9 SEPs lingersÂ
Disney+ has found a workaround allowing it to reintroduce 4K Ultra High Definition features in certain devices following a second InterDigital injunction, but the solution does not address a specific High Dynamic Range quality feature, and would leave it exposed if it faced actions over other multimedia technologies that InterDigital owns.
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UPC keeps Merz infringement case despite earlier French filing
The UPC’s Paris LD rejected Viatris’ attempt to halt Merz’s infringement action in favor of parallel proceedings before a French national court. The ruling clarifies when earlier national proceedings prevent the UPC from continuing with an infringement action.