Category: Unified Patent Court
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UPC CoA order clarifies: arguments for stay are stricken if made only at interim conference; and reveals request for ECJ referral
A patent holder suing Nokia has defended its patent in the Federal Patent Court of Germany, believes to be close to affirmance of that decision by the Federal Court of Justice and now doesn’t want the UPC to rule on a revocation claim.
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UPC’s Dusseldorf LD prioritizes speed, merges infringement and revocation proceedings to get technical judge ASAP
The UPC’s Dusseldorf Local Division decided at an early stage of proceeding to consolidate the proceedings for an infringement action and a revocation counterclaim in order to get a technical judge assigned sooner rather than later.
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UPC roundup: CoA on suspensive effect of orders; The Hague LD on Ireland; Munich panel gets first new case; Lenovo countersues ASUSTeK
This article aggregates four LinkedIn posts of today (June 19, 2024) on new developments in the Unified Patent Court.
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UPC’s Hamburg LD grants Tesla discovery into Avago’s standing to sue over Broadcom patent: self-dealing questioned
The Unified Patent Court’s Hamburg Local Division has granted Tesla access to certain documents related to an internal patent transfer by Avago-Broadcom.
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UPC’s Munich LD: patentees get two months to seek preliminary injunction, defendants get only three invalidity contentions
The Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division believes a preliminary injunction motion filed within a two-month window is timely, and defendants must limit themselves to three invalidity contentions.
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Forthcoming ECJ ruling may enable UPC to expand jurisdiction to non-member states subject to defendant’s legal domicile
A case recently heard by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice may also result in greater geographic reach for the Unified Patent Court.
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UPC Court of Appeal appoints Pinsent Masons partner as judge starting September, will leave his firm and replace Judge Françoise Barutel
Judge Françoise Barutel retires from the UPC’s Court of Appeal for unspecified personal reasons. Her successor will be Emmanuel GougĂ©, who will leave Pinsent Masons for his judgeship.
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New Unified Patent Court appointments: even more judges will have to commute by plane â oblivious to climate change?
Climate change is apparently not a consideration whatsoever in the Unified Patent Court’s judicial appointments to different local or central divisions.
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On issues with annexes to UPC complaints, Munich LD faithfully applies appellate case law from Sanofi v. Amgen in NEC v. TCL
In NEC v. TCL, the Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division denied a motion to shorten time to respond to the complaint because the plaintiff had initially failed to submit material required to prepare a defense.
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UPC’s Paris LD orders licensing firm to give security, doesn’t accept insurance and requires EU (not U.S.) bank guarantee
Another Unified Patent Court decision on the need to provide security for litigation expenses came down today.