Category: Unified Patent Court
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UPC Munich LD will assess implementer willingness ahead of FRAND license disclosure in InterDigital v TCL
The UPC’s Munich LD has declined to order InterDigital to disclose comparable license agreements while TCL’s willingness to take a FRAND license remains disputed, potentially allowing the court to resolve the FRAND defense without examining those agreements.
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Abbott wins another UPC PI against glucose sensor rival Sibio
The UPC’s Milan Local Division has granted Abbott a second UPC-wide preliminary injunction in its patent infringement case against Chinese rival Sibio, despite allowing the latter’s late-presented claim construction arguments to be admitted.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA limits evidence-preservation questioning; Dusseldorf LD extends injunction to UK; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of August 31, 2026.
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Podcast: interview with WIPO’s Heike Wollgast on SEP mediation pledge, role of alternative dispute resolution in patent litigation
In our latest podcast episode, ip fray interviewed Heike Wollgast, who heads up the IP Disputes Section of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Arbitration and Mediation Center.
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UPC’s CD Munich: co-inventorship is not enough to revoke a patent for lack of entitlement
The CD Munich held that Art. 138(1)(e) EPC requires proof that the proprietor has no rights at all, so demonstrating co-inventorship cannot support revocation. The wind turbine patent is maintained as amended, less two dependent claims held insufficiently disclosed.
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Broadcom escalates patent infringement suits against Hyundai, Deutsche Telekom in UPC
Broadcom’s Avago and VMware have sued Hyundai and Deutsche Telekom, respectively, in the UPC’s Hamburg Local Division (LD), after already initiating disputes against each of the companies in the UPC’s Munich LD earlier this year.
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BREAKING: InterDigital wins sixth straight injunction against Disney — UPC Dusseldorf LD
The UPC’s Dusseldorf LD has found that Disney+ infringes an amended InterDigital patent on device-to-device media casting, extending InterDigital’s unbroken run of six wins against Disney to a new front.
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UPC Dusseldorf grants surgical tool maker patent injunction, includes UK
Aesculap has won a UPC ruling against Bojin’s EU authorized representative over a surgical tool patent, but the court held the representative liable only as an intermediary, not as an infringer.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA rules on evidence production and patent revocation; Hamburg LD grants two injunctions; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of August 24, 2026.
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Malikie, Xiaomi settle UPC patent case in Mannheim
Malikie Innovations and Xiaomi have withdrawn their UPC infringement and revocation claims in Mannheim by mutual consent, suggesting they have settled this part of their global patent fight.