Category: Unified Patent Court
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Sun Patent Trust strikes settlement with vivo: UPC action withdrawn
This dispute involved the question of whether a SEP holder can bring a proactive FRAND determination claim and seek a UK-style injunction in the UPC. It won’t be answered in these proceedings.
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UPC Hamburg finds HMD unwilling after rejecting pool route for bilateral licensing
The UPC’s Hamburg Local Division held that a FRAND-compliant pool offer can satisfy a SEP holder’s obligations under Huawei v. ZTE, while setting conditions for when an implementer may insist on bilateral licensing.
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InterDigital expands UPC litigation against Disney, says VP9 workaround still infringes its patents
InterDigital has filed new claims at the UPC targeting Disney’s use of VP9 for 4K streaming, arguing the codec still infringes its patents despite seven injunctions already won worldwide.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): 8 CoA rulings including PI, strict appeal deadlines; Munich and Paris LDs reject infringement claims; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of August 16, 2026.
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UPC CD Milan rejects “straw man” objection in a revocation action, rules every legal person is “concerned” party
The UPC’s CD Milan rejected a “straw man”objection to a seminars company’s revocation action against Bellissa HAAS’s garden edging patent, holding that legal persons cannot act privately and are therefore, as a rule, always “concerned” under Art. 47(6) UPCA.
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UPC Court of Appeal upholds Abbott’s glucose sensor patent: rejects Sibio’s added matter, inventive step attacks
The UPC Court of Appeal has dismissed Sibio’s bid to revoke Abbott’s continuous glucose monitor patent, confirming its own earlier finding from a related injunction case and issuing two headnotes that will guide how the court treats omitted features in future added matter disputes.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): EPO appeal leads to Munich LD stay; Munich LD flags novel damages issues; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of August 10, 2026.
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UPC Munich LD flags novel questions on damages law in Edwards v. Meril damages claim, flags novel questions on applicable law and non-infringing substitute profits
At an interim hearing, the Munich LD set Edwards’ damages claim against Meril at a €15 million value in dispute and previewed how it may rule on two open legal questions.
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Patent Litigation Europe returns for 2027, building on last year’s rebrand into three co-located tracks
Speakers already confirmed for the event include Hon. Emmanuel Gouge and Aleš Zalar of the UPC, Judge Oliver Schön of the Munich Regional Court, Abbott’s Gael Tisack, Ericsson’s Gabriele Mohsler, Nokia’s Clemens Heusch, and SIM IP’s Erich Spangenberg.
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Align wins RMB 10M China injunction against Angelalign after UPC setback on related patent, parallel cases in injunction-tested Chinese venues
Align has won an injunction and RMB 10 million (approximately approximately $1.4 million) in damages against Angelalign in China, less than three months after the UPC refused provisional relief on a related European patent. The opposite outcomes add a new twist to their multi-jurisdictional patent fight.