Category: Unified Patent Court
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Both InterDigital’s AILIs and Amazon’s UK injunction can be construed broadly or narrowly: what interpretation is most reasonable?
This is a second follow-up to the Monday news of Amazon having obtained what the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) called an anti-antisuit injunction (AASI) (October 20, 2025 ip fray article). That report was based on the operative order, and the reasons became available yesterday, which led to our first follow-up…
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UPC’s Mannheim LD schedules InterDigital v. Amazon anti-interim-license injunction hearing for November 14; UK judge backtracks on ex parte
Mr Justice Meade has meanwhile published the reasons underlying yesterday’s injunction against InterDigital’s anti-interim-license injunction.
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UPC Roundup (2 weeks): various CoA and Dusseldorf decisions on equivalence, enforcement, service of process and other questions
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our October 5, 2025 UPC Roundup. There was a shortage of news during the first half of this period.
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TEXTBOOK UPC judgment on billiard-style squeeze via priority date; Dusseldorf LD deems selection of material from narrow set non-inventive
A seemingly simple case over egg cartons turned out extraordinarily instructive as it gave rise to a multi-faceted ruling presenting interesting dependencies.
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UPC Court of Appeal throws out parts of contempt ruling: exacting standard of upfront clarity, but no just-in-case adjustment of threatened penalty amounts
The CoA affirmed-in-part and reversed-in-part a Mannheim LD contempt order, and authored a UPC injunction enforcement booklet.
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Abbott wins preliminary injunction over unitary patent against Sinocare, Menarini: The Hague LD
In a major victory for the company, Abbott has won a preliminary injunction over its EP’633, a patent with unitary effect.
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UK judge rebukes InterDigital lawyer for telling UPC, Munich court that interim license ruling could come down soon, AAASI even ex parte
In an ideal scenario, the UK courts and their counterparts in other countries would find a solution to put an end to jurisdictional overreach.
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EPSON settles audio codec dispute with Dolby, takes Vectis IP pool license: Opus standard not truly royalty-free, Arçelik trial next week
Apparently there are third-party patents that are not subject to a royalty-free licensing pledge, but read on Opus.
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UPC shake-up: renowned German judge Dr. Georg Werner appointed to Munich LD as new third panel of Court of Appeal launched
Dr. George Werner, of the Munich I Regional Court, has been newly appointed as a judge at the Unified Patent Courtâs Munich Local Division, while a new third panel of the UPCâs Court of Appeal â presided over by Ms. Ulrike Voss (âVoĂâ in German) â will launch in January 2026.
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BREAKING: MediaTek settles with Huawei after customs seizure of chips; Brazil is the new ITC; and Huawei is now a VVC Advance licensee
Huawei and MediaTek have reached a settlement according to a court document. One of the effects it that Huawei is now a VVC Advance licensee.