Category: Unified Patent Court
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UPC Hamburg LD deems three-month delay too much for preliminary injunction request: Ballinno v. Kinexion & UEFA
Based on current case law, Preliminary injunction requests in the Unified Patent Court’s German Local Divisions should be brought as soon as possible, and not more than two months after identifying an infringement.
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UPC may deem OPPO’s FRAND counterclaim against Panasonic inadmissible; order also discusses timeliness of claim construction arguments and amended claims
A new order by the UPC’s Mannheim Local Division discusses a FRAND rate-setting counterclaim by OPPO, the window for proposing amendments to the patent-in-suit and the requirement to make claim construction arguments early.
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UPC roundup: Apple, Google lose bid to switch to English; translation to non-UPC language is party’s problem; serving complaint at trade show
This article aggregates three UPC orders that became discoverable yesterday and relate to patterns that are going to be found in various other UPC cases going forward.
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UPC’s standard for added subject matter remains unresolved after Hague LD decision: EPO ‘gold standard’ or lower hurdle?
The Unified Patent Court’s The Hague Local Division adjudicated a couple of preliminary injunction requests, granting one and denying the other. Interesting legal questions were discussed, but have yet to be resolved definitively.
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UPC announces eight new technically qualified judges, resignation of one: overview
The Unified Patent Court today announced the appointment of eight new technically qualified judges and the resignation of one.
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Redacted FRAND arguments cause delays in UPC SEP actions: Dusseldorf, like Mannheim, grants extension
Context: Earlier this month, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Mannheim Local Division (LD) faced the dilemma that a redacted filing by the plaintiff raising arguments specific to standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing deprived the defendants of full access to a pleading, and in order to minimize the resulting delay, Presiding Judge Dr. Peter Tochtermann bifurcated the…
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UPC CoA order clarifies: arguments for stay are stricken if made only at interim conference; and reveals request for ECJ referral
A patent holder suing Nokia has defended its patent in the Federal Patent Court of Germany, believes to be close to affirmance of that decision by the Federal Court of Justice and now doesn’t want the UPC to rule on a revocation claim.
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UPC’s Dusseldorf LD prioritizes speed, merges infringement and revocation proceedings to get technical judge ASAP
The UPC’s Dusseldorf Local Division decided at an early stage of proceeding to consolidate the proceedings for an infringement action and a revocation counterclaim in order to get a technical judge assigned sooner rather than later.
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UPC roundup: CoA on suspensive effect of orders; The Hague LD on Ireland; Munich panel gets first new case; Lenovo countersues ASUSTeK
This article aggregates four LinkedIn posts of today (June 19, 2024) on new developments in the Unified Patent Court.
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UPC’s Hamburg LD grants Tesla discovery into Avago’s standing to sue over Broadcom patent: self-dealing questioned
The Unified Patent Court’s Hamburg Local Division has granted Tesla access to certain documents related to an internal patent transfer by Avago-Broadcom.