Category: UPC Roundups
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UPC Roundup (1 week): interesting PI denial clarifies evidentiary burden, standard for infringement of apparatus claims; enforcement/security distinction by CoA; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our October 26, 2025 UPC Roundup. We’ve enhanced the navigation structure for the roundups: in addition to the traditional list of all roundups, you can now also select a particular year in the menu at the top of the…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): scope of res judicata clarified; EPO examiner criticized for negligence; injunctions and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our October 19, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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UPC Roundup (2 weeks): various CoA and Dusseldorf decisions on equivalence, enforcement, service of process and other questions
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our October 5, 2025 UPC Roundup. There was a shortage of news during the first half of this period.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): added-matter invalidation; consolidation request scrutinized; landmark anti-interim-license injunctions
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our September 28, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): another trade fair inspection order; two UPC confidentiality decisions and one in India with reference to UPC
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our September 21, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): unitary effect denial upheld; evidence-gathering at IFA; 473-page PI pleading held excessive
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our September 14, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): PI granted despite debatable urgency, direct infringement clarified, protection of attorney–client privilege, new cases
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our September 6, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): 11 interesting procedural decisions, settlements, and non-default judgment after party waives right of defense
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our August 31, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): five-month delay defeats application for provisional measures; clarifications on scope of rejoinder, authorization of counsel; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our August 24, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): five CoA decisions, several key first-instance rulings (Spain, purpose statements, exhaustion etc.), new infringement cases
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our August 17, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CoA 1.1 CoA: warnings against continued default must be requested during default proceedings, not as post-decision correction (Microsoft v. Suinno) In a recent order (PDF), the Court of Appeal (CoA) clarified…