Category: Unified Patent Court
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UPC Düsseldorf rejects two infringement suits, clarifies procedural and equivalence standards
Two UPC Düsseldorf rulings dismissing infringement claims brought by German coffee system supplier CUP&CINO against Austrian coffee machine manufacturer ALPINA clarify procedural requirements for auxiliary requests and reinforce growing judicial alignment on the Hague Local Division’s equivalence test.
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UPC Mannheim LD encourages Samsung to take license from ZTE as injunction looms large: tipping point may be reached shortly
Samsung faces an uphill battle at next month’s UPC Mannheim hearing against ZTE, which is on the winning track with respect to the technical merits as well as FRAND.
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Ericsson hits Disney with UPC complaints over video compression technology
This follows reports last week of the Swedish company’s suits targeting Disney in Brazil.
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China, Hong Kong-based defendants now account for roughly one-third of new UPC infringement and PI cases
Chinese and Hong Kong-based defendants now account for about a third of new UPC infringement and PI cases and face above-average injunction rates, as the UPC stays few cases pending EPO oppositions.
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OPPO wins fast-charging injunctions in China as its 5G and VVC counteroffensive challenges ASUS’s licensing campaign
OPPO has obtained another first-instance fast-charging injunction against ASUS in China, bringing its wins on that front to two alongside its 5G and VVC patent counteroffensive. The dispute now spans Europe, China, and India.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA rejects appeal of denial of re-establishment; rejects late patent amendment; access to FRAND agreements; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of October 12, 2026.
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Kerala HC widens patent ‘government-use’ power for cheap life-saving drugs, but leaves the trigger to the Center
After a breast-cancer patient’s death turned the plea into a suo motu cause, the Kerala High Court held that Section 100 of the Patents Act lets the government make and sell patented medicines cheaply, but left the decision to the Regional Cancer Center.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA clarifies electronic signature requirements; PMAC and UPC accelerate activities on FRAND, AI and dispute resolution; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of October 5, 2026. It was a slow week in terms of decisions.
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PMAC is the UPC’s ‘multi-door’ dispute resolution partner, Director Aleš Zalar says
In an exclusive interview, PMAC Director Aleš Zalar tells ip fray about the center’s first cases, its expanding FRAND work, coordination with the UPC and national courts, and plans to make arbitration faster and more cost-effective.
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BASF spin-off also suing Apple over face ID patent infringement in UPC, ITC
The United States International Trade Commission has instituted an investigation into BASF subsidiary TrinamiX’s infringement complaint against Apple over six of its facial recognition-related patents, a month after the plaintiff also sued Apple in both the UPC and the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.