Category: Unified Patent Court
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Xiaomi, Nera Innovations pause UPC Court of Appeal fight over wireless power patent, hearing pulled
The UPC CoA has suspended both sides’ appeals over a wireless power patent between Xiaomi and Nera Innovations and canceled next week’s hearing, a move that hints at settlement talks.
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UPC Court of Appeal reinstates Fujifilm patent, grants injunction, clarifies defense of dependent claims
The UPC CoA reinstated Fujifilm’s patent in part and enjoined Kodak liable for infringement, while issuing important procedural guidance on how to defend dependent claims in UPC revocation proceedings.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA clarifies PI costs; evidence production curtailed; PMAC moves on FRAND guidelines; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of July 5, 2026.
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UPC Munich LD revokes Promosome’s mRNA patent, dismisses infringement claims against BioNTech, Pfizer over Comirnaty
The UPC’s Munich LD revoked Promosome’s mRNA patent as invalid over prior art and found no infringement by BioNTech and Pfizer’s Comirnaty vaccine, ending the dispute.
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Nixu FL brings UPC action against AWS over cloud networking technology
Nixu FL IP Protection has filed a patent infringement action against multiple Amazon Web Services entities before the UPC’s Milan Local Division, asserting a cloud networking patent and seeking pan-UPC remedies.
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Panasonic and OPPO, Nokia and Huawei trade SEPs in newly recorded U.S. transfers
Both assignments are emblematic of how smaller-scale asset transfers involving SEPs take place in the context of broader deals between operating companies.
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Supercomputer firm ParTec sues Google and AMD/Bull at UPC Mannheim: third UPC venue chosen in this campaign
Apparently energized by a recent settlement with Microsoft, the German supercomputer firm led by a former patent litigator and monetizer is on fire.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA refines evidence disclosure, urgency, and opt-out rules; Lenovo-ASUS settle
This is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of June 29, 2026.
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UPC CoA rejects Guardant’s provisional measures appeal against Sophia Genetics on urgency grounds; reverses added matter finding
The UPC’s CoA has dismissed Guardant Health’s provisional measures appeal over a cancer-detection patent against Sophia Genetics, finding an unexplained three-month gap fatal to urgency, though it reversed the added matter ruling below.
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ASUS and Lenovo settle global SEP dispute
The two companies had been engaged in a multi-jurisdictional struggle over SEPs and non-SEPs that included action at the UPC, the ITC, and in the German and U.S. courts.