Category: UPC Roundups
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UPC Roundup (1 week): lessons from CoA on how NOT to lose trade secret status and how NOT to seek discretionary review; new injunctions; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the calendar week of March 16, 2026. The UPC rarely puts out new decisions on Mondays before the afternoon, so we now sometimes publish our weekly roundups on Monday around noon instead of during the weekend. Major UPC news will…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): three CoA rulings; Milan LD rejects Italian language request; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) during the calendar week of March 9, 2026. The UPC rarely puts out new decisions on Mondays before the afternoon, so we now publish our weekly roundups on Monday around noon. 10. Around the court: divergent win rates in Munich LD…
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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 AmazonāInterDigital 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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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA on suspensive effect of rehearing petition, CoA/CFI separation for file access; Munich LD on freedom to involve patent attorneys; more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our February 22, 2026 UPC Roundup.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA on case management, jurisdiction, security; Milan LD on requirements for evidence gathering; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our February 14, 2026 UPC Roundup. 8. Around the court 8.1 UPC decisions cited by Federal Court of Justice of Germany (link to detailed article) The Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice of Germany) rejected a petition by the…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA decisions on evidence gathering and unitary effect, three injunctions (one from the bench), and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our February 9, 2026 UPC Roundup.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): FRAND conflict with UK; FRAND hearing in Dusseldorf; CoA developments; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our February 1, 2026 UPC Roundup. 1. Risk of imminent escalation between UK court and UPC (InterDigital v. Amazon) 1.1 EWHC pushes for withdrawal to restrict scope of InterDigital’s UPC injunction against Amazon (link to detailed article) At…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): confidentiality takes center stage at CoA; Dusseldorf stresses binding effect of amended claims; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our January 24, 2026 UPC Roundup. 8. Around the court 8.1 UPC schedules brief website maintenance for February 2, 2026 (link to UPC news item) The UPC has announced a brief, scheduled maintenance window for its website, advising…
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UPC Roundup (1 week):Ā long-arm and contempt decisions; a dozen new infringement cases; busy hearing period ahead
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our January 17, 2026 UPC Roundup. 6.2 Patent litigation summit Europe highlights measured impact of UPC on global strategy (link to detailed article) Kisaco Researchās fourth annual Patent Litigation Summit Europe concluded on January 21, 2026, after four…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): incidental infringement standard for medical devices, conditional revocation claims, piecemeal claim narrowing, and other clarifications
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our January 11, 2026 UPC Roundup. 10. Around the court The UPC marked an early milestone in 2026 with the swearing-in of Mr. Daniel Severinsson at the CD Munich. Judge Daniel Severinsson, who took the oath of office…