Category: Unified Patent Court
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China, Hong Kong-based defendants now account for roughly one-third of new UPC infringement and PI cases
Chinese and Hong Kong-based defendants now account for about a third of new UPC infringement and PI cases and face above-average injunction rates, as the UPC stays few cases pending EPO oppositions.
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OPPO wins fast-charging injunctions in China as its 5G and VVC counteroffensive challenges ASUS’s licensing campaign
OPPO has obtained another first-instance fast-charging injunction against ASUS in China, bringing its wins on that front to two alongside its 5G and VVC patent counteroffensive. The dispute now spans Europe, China, and India.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA rejects appeal of denial of re-establishment; rejects late patent amendment; access to FRAND agreements; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of October 12, 2026.
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Kerala HC widens patent ‘government-use’ power for cheap life-saving drugs, but leaves the trigger to the Center
After a breast-cancer patient’s death turned the plea into a suo motu cause, the Kerala High Court held that Section 100 of the Patents Act lets the government make and sell patented medicines cheaply, but left the decision to the Regional Cancer Center.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA clarifies electronic signature requirements; PMAC and UPC accelerate activities on FRAND, AI and dispute resolution; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of October 5, 2026. It was a slow week in terms of decisions.
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PMAC is the UPC’s ‘multi-door’ dispute resolution partner, Director Aleš Zalar says
In an exclusive interview, PMAC Director Aleš Zalar tells ip fray about the center’s first cases, its expanding FRAND work, coordination with the UPC and national courts, and plans to make arbitration faster and more cost-effective.
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BASF spin-off also suing Apple over face ID patent infringement in UPC, ITC
The United States International Trade Commission has instituted an investigation into BASF subsidiary TrinamiX’s infringement complaint against Apple over six of its facial recognition-related patents, a month after the plaintiff also sued Apple in both the UPC and the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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OpenAI, Adobe, others are on winning track against world’s first serious patent infringement lawsuit over ChatGPT: patent likely invalid
OpenAI and its codefendants, notably including Adobe, appear very likely to fend off the world’s first serious patent infringement lawsuit over ChatGPT.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA on preserving conditional revocation counterclaims; new judge for CD Paris; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of September 28, 2026.
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UPC Court of Appeal establishes need for conditional appeals to keep conditional revocation counterclaims alive in ParTec v. Nvidia
While the CoA has granted a motion for Nvidia to reinstate its right to file an appeal in a case against ParTec, it warned that Nvidia should have brought a conditional appeal to keep its conditional revocation counterclaim alive in the event that the CoA reverses a non-infringement finding made by the UPC’s Munich LD…