Category: Unified Patent Court
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OPPO fires back at ASUS in China: files first-known VVC SEP suit
OPPO has sued ASUS over the alleged infringement of several of its Versatile Video Coding-related SEPs in the Shanghai IP Court, after the defendant brought its own wireless patent infringement claims in the Munich I Regional Court and UPC.
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Solar panel patent wars continue to heat up in Germany, while CAT faces patent infringement suits in UPC, ITC, Eastern District of Texas
Solar panel manufacturer Maxeon has filed its third patent infringement lawsuit against Aiko Solar over solar technology patents in the Munich I Regional Court, while Caterpillar (CAT) has also been hit with a third suit over the alleged infringement of one of rival Doosan Bobcat’s hydraulic patents (following two in the U.S.).
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UPC Roundup (1 week): clarification of standards for damages, claim construction, recall
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our December 7, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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UPC’s Dusseldorf LD denies recall over indirect infringement; clarifies damages period, interim damages, non-inventiveness pleading standard
Not only substantial non-infringing use in the territory covered by the patent-in-suit but also the possibility of exports to other countries weighs against a recall.
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Double jeopardy takes down Sanofi’s cabazitaxel use patent as UPC’s Munich LD revokes after EPO BoA affirmance
Lawyers representing generics makers welcomed the UPC’s decision to revoke the patent regardless of a prior EPO decision to the contrary.
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Swiss patent court offers expedited nullity proceedings for use in foreign jurisdictions, including UPC
The Federal Patent Court in Switzerland has announced that nullity declaration actions brought against patents that form the basis of infringement suits will be expedited.
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Sun Patent Trust’s UPC action may dissuade automaker Geely from peacemeal resolution; Bardehle becomes first law firm to be on both sides of Avanci
It is unclear why Geely is betting on licensing strategies that Volkswagen and Mercedes previously abandoned.
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10x Genomics, Moderna, Novo Nordisk among newly confirmed speakers for Patent Litigation Europe event (pharma & tech) next month
Eric Whitaker, Chief Legal Officer at 10x Genomics, Karen Guo, Senior Director of Patents & IP at Novo Nordisk, and Katherine Hinterberg, Senior Director of Patent Litigation at Moderna, will speak at Kisaco Research’s annual Pharma and Biotech Patent Litigation Europe in Amsterdam.
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U.S. and Asian companies bring vast majority of major Unified Patent Court infringement cases, reflective of EU weakness in innovation
About one third of the last 100 UPC infringement actions were brought by companies headquartered in a contracting member state, but most of them are small.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): contempt sanctions over continued shipments; Dusseldorf LD ordered inspection at Munich trade fair; three injunctions
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our November 30, 2025 UPC Roundup.