Category: Unified Patent Court
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UPC Roundup (1 week): 4G action consolidated with later-filed 5G complaint against same party; Hague LD finds no UPC jurisdiction over BYD UK; more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the calendar week of May 18, 2026.
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Compliance statement on Licensing Executives Society’s alleged Chatham House rule at UPC +3 YEARS event: here’s the evidence
On Monday (May 18, 2026), three chapters of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) co-hosted a hybrid UPC +3 YEARS event. We reported on the three afternoon sessions: the one on inventive step (May 19, 2026 ip fray article), the judges’ panel, and the fireside chat with UPC President Dr. Klaus Grabinski (May 18, 2026 ip…
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BREAKING: Nokia and Geely settled cellular SEP dispute; unknown if pool or bilateral license
A trial (with the possibility of a subsequent bench ruling) was scheduled for today, but canceled on short notice.
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UPC Hamburg LD sanctions med tech company for failure to comply with preliminary injunction
The UPC’s Hamburg LD has fined a med tech comopany €58.8K for continuing to offer heart occluders via its website and a MedicalExpo listing despite an October 2025 preliminary injunction.
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Monolingual regime would not solve UPC docket distribution problem but might raise constitutional issues: other measures would be better
In the UPC docket distribution debate, the focus is not as much on what can be meaningfully done as it is on ideas that are either unlikely to achieve an effect or impossible to implement.
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Inventive step takes center stage as different European courts debate over methodologies
As European patent jurisprudence continues to evolve, judges and practitioners remain divided over how inventive step should be assessed. Discussions involving the UPC, EPO, as well as Swiss and German judges highlight continuing tensions between the problem-solution approach and holistic analysis, alongside emerging debates around evidentiary standards, AI, and the UPC’s growing influence.
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UK judge makes thinly-veiled antisuit threat against UPC; Advisory Committee chair mocks Mannheim LD, openly disagrees with UPC President
Today’s LESI event in Munich showed deep divisions within the UPC ecosystem over the subject of docket distribution, and even deeper ones between UK and continental European courts concerning patent rulings with cross-border effect.
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UPC to become “default choice” for patent litigation across many industries, says Umicore Head of IP
The UPC is a “hugely important development in the global IP landscape” and is proving to be an “excellent forum” for patent disputes, Umicore’s head of IP, Sean Alexander, told ip fray in an interview at the third annual IP Dealmakers Europe. Umicore has filed one infringement case in the UPC and is considering filing…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): Mannheim LD separates Ericsson patent cases; Munich LD narrows use of confidential licensing materials; strict scheduling standards
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the calendar week of May 11, 2026.
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UPC infringement filings shift beyond Germany as German-based divisions’ share drops to 50% in April 2026
New data suggests a gradual shift in infringement filings away from Germany-based divisions. While Germany remains dominant, its share of infringement actions fell to 50 percent in April 2026, reflecting increasing claimant confidence in non-German UPC venues.