Category: Unified Patent Court
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UPC’s Paris Local Division may have to choose or design test for infringement by equivalence in gutter patent case
The UPC’s Paris LD now has to decide a gutter patent case, whereas the word “gutter” is meant literally and not meant to disparage the patent or the case.
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UPC enabled Ecovacs’s inspection of Roborock household robots at last week’s IFA Berlin trade show; infringement suit pending
The Dusseldorf LD authorized evidence-gathering, but declined an invitation to allow an unfettered fishing excpedition. It may be the lengthiest operative part of a UPC order to date.
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Samsung, Headwater settle wireless patent dispute
Samsung and Headwater Research have settled a two-year patent infringement dispute.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): PI granted despite debatable urgency, direct infringement clarified, protection of attorneyâclient privilege, new cases
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our September 6, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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UPC’s Mannheim LD orders injunction, identifies direct infringement where two units of same product are combined to infringe
If a given product does not literally implement the patent invention alone, but two units of it are (and are intended to be) combined, then that’s direct infringement.
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Pfizer, BioNTech hit back against GSK mRNA suits in UPC, Ireland: file UK revocation actionÂ
The move does not come as a major surprise, given the pharma companiesâ previous success against GlaxoSmithKline in the UK.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): 11 interesting procedural decisions, settlements, and non-default judgment after party waives right of defense
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our August 31, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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Donald Trump Jr. indirectly collects royalties from Apple through one of his two known patent investments: UPC lawsuit withdrawn
Legendary patent monetizer Erich Spangenberg did it again.
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HMD received AAC license offer from Via more than seven years prior to Fraunhofer’s UPC complaint
A Unified Patent Court order denying an extension of time for HMD’s answer to Fraunhofer’s complaint reveals that Via already made a licensing offer in 2017.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): five-month delay defeats application for provisional measures; clarifications on scope of rejoinder, authorization of counsel; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our August 24, 2025 UPC Roundup.