Category: Unified Patent Court
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UPC Mini-Roundup (1 decision): CoA draws line between invalidity contentions against granted patent vs. amendments; double jeopardy did it again
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has issued only one publicly accessible decision since our December 29, 2025 Roundup, other than a non-newsworthy withdrawal (yet another case in the Access Advance-Transsion context). This roundup is listed among the 2025 as well as 2026 roundups because New Year’s Day fell mid-week. For hearing lists etc., please check…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): cost appeal denied, Amazon on notice, numerous new cases, some withdrawals
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our December 21, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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No parking ticket: UPC Mannheim’s threat of €50M contempt fine against Amazon in line with CJEU case law, EU Commission guidelines and practice, UPC CoA guidance
Context: What’s new: We have conducted further research, the detailed results of which are reserved for our premium members (judges are entitled to free access). The starting point is a from the UPC Court of Appeal (CoA) decision in Fujifilm v. Kodak (October 18, 2025 ip fray article), which elaborates on Art. 354(3) of the UPC’S Rules of Procedure…
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UPC threatens Amazon with initial €50M ($59M) fine, “severe consequences”, declares all UK interim licenses unenforceable, suggests EU WTO action against UK
The UPC’s Mannheim LD issued a bombshell order just before Christmas, followed by a Christmas Eve notification to the European Commission that could lead to a WTO complaint.
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UPC appoints five new legally qualified judges, each to a different division: van Peursem, first Lithuanian, second Austrian, two more Germans
The UPC’s five new legally qualified judges will join in early March. Dutch judge van Peursem is the most famous one of them in patent law circles.
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Aggressive enforcers NovaCloud and Nagravision (OpenTV) expand campaigns to UPC with new lawsuits against Amazon, Pinterest
NovaCloud Licensing is suing large technology companies such as Microsoft and Meta over former Ericsson patents. Nagravision and OpenTV are affiliates and have sued numerous companies, among them Apple.and Netflix.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA denies commercial docket data service access to pleadings; ex parte inspection order lifted; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our December 14, 2025 UPC Roundup. 7. UPC achievement lists launched by ip fray to recognize law firms that secure outcomes (link to detailed article) ip fray has launched a new set of achievement lists highlighting law firms…
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Brazilian PIs and bad-faith litigation sanctions hit Hisense; newly discovered European video lawsuits against Hisense, Disney, Rakuten, DAZN
Preliminary injunctions, a fine for bad-faith litigation, multiple new video patent lawsuits in the Unified Patent Court and Munich I Regional Court: the heat is on.
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UPC revokes patents and throws out infringement actions in GXD v. Myriad, Centripetal v. Palo Alto
In two separate decisions issued today, the Unified Patent Court’s Munich LD and Mannheim LD have respectively revoked a patent asserted by South Korean non-practising entity, GXD-Bio, against rival Myriad, and by network security firm Centripetal against Palo Alto Networks.
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Atlas Global suffers another blow to global WiFi 6 SEP enforcement campaign as EPO revokes key patent
The European Patent Office has revoked the last of the WiFi standard-essential patents that Atlas Global asserted against TP-Link in Germany and the Unified Patent Court.