Category: Unified Patent Court
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UPC Roundup (10 items): interesting issues in Novartis v. Celltrion, plus various discovery, security, case management decisions
This article sums up ip fray‘s LinkedIn commentary on several recent Unified Patent Court (UPC) rulings and developments. Regardless of the summer vacation season, the UPC continues to proliferate decisions and orders. The Dusseldorf Local Division (LD) is particularly on fire these days. 1. Dusseldorf LD: Novartis v. Celltrion raises standing issues of transcendental importance…
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Mr Justice Meade’s letter to UPC, German judges regarding upcoming FRAND determination in Panasonic v. Xiaomi & OPPO
Two weeks after ip fray reported on Mr Justice Meade’s plan to write a letter to his colleagues on the UPC and two German national courts regarding his upcoming FRAND determinatoin, the actual letter has become available.
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UPC rulings: Abbott destroys Dexcom patent (Munich LD), Amycel wins preliminary injunction against Polish farmer (The Hague)
Two different Local Divisions of the UPC handed down decisions today, one in favor of a defendant and the other in favor of a plaintiff who sought a preliminary injunction.
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UPC roundup: CoA on late equivalence, expediting PI appeals; first-instance decisions on service of process, public access
This is a roundup on multiple UPC decisions published these days, on a variety of issues ranging from service of process to late-presented equivalence theories.
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UPC judges not necessarily aligned on claim amendments in preliminary injunction proceedings: Court of Appeal to discuss soon
On the same day (July 26, 2024), the Dusseldorf Local Division granted leave to amend patent claims in a preliminary injunction proceeding while the Court of Appeal left open how the admissibility of a narrowing of patent claims in a PI proceeding would be resolved.
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ASUSTeK affiliate suing Lenovo in UPC as well as Munich I Regional Court: September trial
Innovative Sonic Limited is suing Lenovo in the UPC as well as the Munich I Regional Court over ASUSTeK patents.
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UPC’s Paris LD believes intervenor can’t challenge patent-in-suit in ANY way after defendant failed to bring revocation counterclaim
The Unified Patent Court’s Paris Local Division denied a motion to stay an infringement action over an intervenor’s revocation action filed with the Paris Central Division.
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UPC’s Court of Appeal revives Progress v. AWM & Schnell infringement action deemed untimely by Milan LD after evidence preservation
Through a reserve-and-remand decision, the UPC’s Court of Appeal has breathed new life into a patent infringement action by Progress Maschinen & Automation AG against AWM and Schnell — and has provided clarifications regarding preservation-of-evidence proceedings.
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UPC judges don’t accept “attorneys’ eyes only” designations for confidential information: potential effects on U.S. litigation
Decision after decision, including the two most recently-published orders, the UPC declines to limit access to confidential business or technical information to outside counsel.