Category: Unified Patent Court
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“Limited” UPC impact on global pharma patent strategies, interim licenses debate, “seismic” changes at the PTAB: highlights from Patent Litigation Europe
An overwhelming consensus that life sciences companies prefer to litigate in parallel national courts rather than in the UPC, and an intense debate about the use of interim licenses over arbitration, were among the highlights of the second and third days of Kisaco’s annual Patent Litigation Europe in Amsterdam this week.
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Efficient and elegant: UPC Paris LD disposes of BSH-based Swiss infringement claim where the patentee didn’t really believe in its granted claims
The court prioritized judicial economy, in a smart way, over one party’s weak gamble based on litigation economics.
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Apple gets sued in Unified Patent Court by EyesMatch, facing potential injunction in approx. 10 European countries; EyesMatch settled with Microsoft, Samsung; also suing NVIDIA now
After settling with Ona Patents (backed by Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP) and Headwater, Apple is now being sued by EyesMatch, which peviously struck settlements with Microsoft and Samsung.
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UPC success rate, EPO convergence debate and changing the “status quo”: day one of Patent Litigation Europe
ip fray breaks down the highlights from the first day of the fourth annual Patent Litigation Summit Europe, which featured a full day agenda dedicated to Unified Patent Court Litigation discussions.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): incidental infringement standard for medical devices, conditional revocation claims, piecemeal claim narrowing, and other clarifications
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our January 11, 2026 UPC Roundup. 10. Around the court The UPC marked an early milestone in 2026 with the swearing-in of Mr. Daniel Severinsson at the CD Munich. Judge Daniel Severinsson, who took the oath of office…
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UPC’s CD Milan rejects piecemeal claim narrowing even when there may be plenty of time for revocation claimant and court to digest
Most of our articles start with a box that explains the context and the further implications, but sometimes (such as in this case) we publish very short pieces just to draw practitioners’ attention to developments worth taking note of that don’t require an elaborate structure. Court and counsel Panel: Presiding Judge Andrea Postiglione, Judge-rapporteur Anna-Lena…
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BREAKING: Judge Dr. Hubertus Schacht to replace Dr. Georg Werner as Presiding Judge at Munich I Regional Court
A third-party source close to the matter has confirmed to ip fray that Judge Dr. Schacht will start his new role at the Munich I Regional Court on February 1, 2026.
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Google not off the hook after UPC Dusseldorf LD ruling that it doesn’t infringe Ona Patents’ patent: indirect infringement is explicitly not ruled out
Google Pixel phones on their own have been cleared of infringement, but the combination of Google Pixel phones with accessories such as earphones and watches may infringe indirectly.
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UPC Vienna LD holds English-language trial over German-language patent in German-speaking city; general focus on procedural efficiency
Litigants are increasingly prepared to bring UPC cases in less busy local divisions than the German ones. We consider the Vienna LD an interesting option.
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U.S. judge denies Microsoft motion to postpone ParTec patent trial involving OpenAI supercomputer: showdown in Texas in June, ParTec v. NVIDIA in UPC in February
German supercomputer company ParTec sued Microsoft in the Eastern District of Texas in a first step, and NVIDIA in the Unified Patent Court a little later.