Category: Unified Patent Court
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Recent UPC CoA ruling will lead to more file wrapper arguments even though it clearly wasn’t intended to strengthen them
The CoA is merely being consistent with its Alexion v. Amgen guidance on file wrapper arguments, but some litigants will interpret the latest holding as creating new opportunities for them…
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UPC CoA heard two jurisdictional appeals from Paris LD (FRAND and long-arm), shows strong inclination in one case
Sun Patent Trust was the first SEP holder to seek a FRAND determination in the UPC. French company KeeeX is suing OpenAI, Adobe, a tech industry coalition and others.
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Huawei expands Disney HEVC patent infringement campaign to UPC
Huawei has recently filed a second suit against Disney for infringing one of its HEVC patents, this time in the Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division.
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Today’s new UPC and EWHC orders show Amazon must do more to avoid contempt sanctions in InterDigital case: ip fray’s concerns validated
ip fray explained two days ago that a UK court order in an Amazon v. InterDigital FRAND case was not enough for Amazon to comply with the UPC’s requirements. A new UPC order validates that assessment.
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An interview with bioMĂ©rieux IP head Dr. James Robertson
James Robertson, the in vitro diagnostics companyâs global head of IP, talked to ip fray about its activities in the Unified Patent Court and some of the successes and hurdles he has experienced since moving from pharma into diagnostics IP management.Â
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA applies new refund rule; ECJ referral; Philips wins defensive case after offensive ones; UPC stats; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our March 1, 2026 UPC Roundup. 6. Around the court 6.1 AmazonâInterDigital dispute exposes growing friction between UK courts and UPC (link to detailed article) The High Court of Justice for England and Wales has issued a decision…
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UK-UPC relations enter into Cold War phase or worse with new court order accusing UPC of unfairness while reflecting UK’s Soviet negotiation style
“What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable” is how JFK described Soviet negotiation tactics during the Berlin Crisis of 1961. It is unfortunate that a new UK court order makes mockery of the UPC’s peace proposal.
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UPC CoA refers four questions of long-arm jurisdiction to ECJ: scenarios such as where representative for product safety compliance serves as anchor defendant
This article contains table that shows the differences between the four questions, provides easier-to-read version so fall four questions, and explains common scenarios not covered by the questions.
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UPC appoints CD Paris presiding judge Paolo Catallozzi to Court of AppealÂ
The Unified Patent Court has announced several changes to its judicial composition, effective April 1, including the promotion of CD Paris presiding judge Paolo Catallozzi to the Court of Appeal and Italian judge Vincenzo Carni to the CD Paris.
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UK court joins UPC Mannheim in Amazon-Interdigital de-escalation pending appeal â but UK-UPC peace is fragile given what was said today
All eyes are now on the UPC CoA, but the UK court would actually like InterDigital to concede the appeal.