Category: Unified Patent Court
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UPC’s Paris LD believes intervenor can’t challenge patent-in-suit in ANY way after defendant failed to bring revocation counterclaim
The Unified Patent Court’s Paris Local Division denied a motion to stay an infringement action over an intervenor’s revocation action filed with the Paris Central Division.
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UPC’s Court of Appeal revives Progress v. AWM & Schnell infringement action deemed untimely by Milan LD after evidence preservation
Through a reserve-and-remand decision, the UPC’s Court of Appeal has breathed new life into a patent infringement action by Progress Maschinen & Automation AG against AWM and Schnell — and has provided clarifications regarding preservation-of-evidence proceedings.
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UPC judges don’t accept “attorneys’ eyes only” designations for confidential information: potential effects on U.S. litigation
Decision after decision, including the two most recently-published orders, the UPC declines to limit access to confidential business or technical information to outside counsel.
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Interview with UPC Judge Dr. Walter Schober (Vienna LD) on what’s been achieved and what could be improved
One of ip fray‘s objectives regarding the UPC — apart from covering the development of case law (e.g., today’s article on the Meril v. Edwards Lifesciences validity decision) — is to introduce influential, but thus far lesser-known, patent judges to the IP community. On a hot summer day earlier this week ip fray‘s founder had…
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UPC’s Paris CD keeps Edwards Lifesciences patent on prosthetic heart valve alive based on late-filed auxiliary request
The UPC’s Paris Central Division has upheld an Edwards Lifesciences patent in an amended form on a procedural basis that will result in an important clarification by the Court of Appeal.
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UK court to inform UPC, German courts that FRAND determinations in Panasonic v. OPPO & Xiaomi will come down before Christmas
Mr Justice Meade of the England & Wales High Court plans to officially inform his colleagues at the Unified Patent Court and certain German national courts that his FRAND determinations in Panasonic’s disputes with OPPO and Xiaomi will come down before the end of the year.
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Explicit split: UPC’s Mannheim LD elects to impose more restrictive confidentiality regime in Panasonic v. OPPO than Munich
The Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division decided to impose stricter confidentiality requirements for the Panasonic-OPPO dispute than its Munich counterpart.
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UPC Roundup: two new appellate decisions, important question for infringement standard, new cases, upcoming hearings
This article merely summarizes and links to several recent LinkedIn posts by ip fray, so as to provide a convenient overview for readers of the website and email subscribers. 1. Two new decisions by the Court of Appeal (Friday and Sunday) (link to LinkedIn post) 2. Important question for infringement standard: what if the solution…
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Abbott shoots down Dexcom patent in UPC Paris LD, parallel Mannheim Regional Court case impacted as well: procedurally interesting
Glucose monitoring device maker Abbott has defeated a Dexcom patent-in-suit in the UPC that disposes (unless successfully appealed) of an infringement claim and a Mannheim Regional Court case.
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UPC’s Dusseldorf LD terminates Abbott v. SiBio proceedings based on settlement that largely amounts to surrender
For today, a preliminary injunction hearing was scheduled in Abbott v. SiBio before the Unified Patent Court’s Dusseldorf Local Division. The court has now entered an order terminating the proceedings based on a settlement that amounts to a covenant by the defendant not to practice the patented technique in Germany, France and the Netherlands.