Category: Unified Patent Court
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UPC Dusseldorf LD affirms 10x v. Curio preliminary injunction in final ruling, creates opening for late claim construction arguments
Having recently settled its dispute with Bruker (NanoString) on presumably favorable terms, 10x is now continuing its patent enforcement with a victory over Curio.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): new Swedish Patent Office evidence in TCL case; phased rollout of new Case Management System; various new cases
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our June 8, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CoA: intervener’s bid to halt enforcement of infringement ruling denied (Chainzone Technology (intervener) v. SWARCO) (link to LinkedIn post) The Court of Appeal (CoA) second panel rejected Chainzone’s application to suspend…
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Mannheim LD assumes UPC will have to develop its own doctrine of equivalents, provides other clarifications in DISH’s 4th loss against Aylo
Context: In an “adult entertainment” industry dispute, one of DISH’s patents is in triple trouble as the Munich I Regional Court did not hold it infringed, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Central Division (CD) revoked it and the Opposition Division of the Europan Patent Office (EPO) revoked it as well, meaning that DISH would need…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): appellate rulings on sanctions, pre-June-2023 damages; alleged contravention of laws of physics; AASI cost award
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our May 31, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CoA: two rulings related to sanctions, one related to jurisdiction 1.1 Contempt sanctions despite subsequent compliance with injunction; electronic disclosure must be requested during proceedings on the merits (Philips v. Belkin)…
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Reflections on LJ Birss’s speech at UPC Munich event: whose loss is it that the UK is out of the UPC system due to Brexit?
Context: On Thursday (June 5, 2025), the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Munich Local Division (LD) celebrated its (and the entire UPC’s) second anniversary (June 6, 2025 LinkedIn post by ip fray). The UPC opened its doors on June 1, 2023. The court invited Lord Justice Colin Birss of the England & Wales Court of Appeal…
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Now both UPC appellate panels agree on jurisdiction over pre-UPC-start damages
Context: Earlier this year, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Court of Appeal (CoA) held in Fives v. REEL that the UPC has jurisdiction over infringement claims relating to the period before the UC opened its doors (i.e., damages from periods prior to June 1, 2023) (January 17, 2025 ip fray article). The related headnote said:…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): clarification on arbitrary territory for revocation; first Mannheim anti-antisuit injunction; new BYD case
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our May 24, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CD Paris: UPC revokes patent in Germany, clarifies territorial scope and invalidity grounds (Aylo Premium v. DISH Technologies) (link to LinkedIn post) The Paris seat of the Central Division (CD) revoked…
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First-ever UPC Mannheim anti-antisuit injunction, U.S. court denies PI against Brazilian SEP enforcement: InterDigital v. Disney
This may even be the first anti-antisuit injunction ever to have been granted by a court based in the city of Mannheim, Germany.
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Second UPC lawsuit filed against BYD: will Tesla throw its Chinese competitors under the bus or vice versa?
BYD is coming under ever more pressure from standard-essential patent assertions. Another case has been filed with the UPC’s The Hague Local Division.
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EXCLUSIVE: SEP enforcement against Chinese car maker BYD reaches Unified Patent Court’s The Hague Local Division
After two SEP enforcement lawsuits against Chinese automaker BYD in Munich, Sol IP added one in Mannheim and is now suing in the UPC’s The Hague Local Division, too.