Category: UPC Roundups
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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…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA clarifies two key prerequisites to suspension of enforcement; deposit may be used to offset costs; new cases
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our August 10, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CoA 1.1 CoA overturns denial of PI based on different take on imminent infringement (Boehringer Ingelheim v. Zentiva) (link to detailed article) The CoA has overturned a Lisbon LD decision that…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): stay pending appeal granted over defendant’s objection; various cost-related decisions and one about unitary effect
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our August 3, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. Dusseldorf LD 1.1 Injunction by default judgment (igus v. Whale Technology) (link to LinkedIn post) The Dusseldorf Local Division (LD) has issued a default judgement against Whale Technology (PDF in German),…
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UPC Roundup: timeliness of sealing requests; non-novelty and non-inventiveness over same art; Samsung defends twice; new cases (also OpenAI)
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our July 26, 2025, UPC Roundup. 1. CoA: trade secrets must be timely protected (Strabag v. Swarco Futurit) In a decision dated August 1, 2025 (PDF), the Court of Appeal (CoA) rejected the applications submitted by Strabag and…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA on requirements for UPC Representatives; other decisions; and new cases brought by major players
Our Unified Patent Court (UPC) Roundup is now developing throughout the week (with the most recent news on top), and gets converted into the traditional (hierarchically structured) roundup at the end of the week. Please note that this is one of the last UPC Roundups available to non-subscribers. For more information, see the last section…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): first UK injunction, clarifications on evidence preservation, intermediate generalization, lots of new cases, and more
This is the new structure of our Unified Patent Court Roundup, which is now developing throughout the week. Quick explainer: You get a UPC Roundup of the same structure as always when the week is over, but now you can see it developing during the course of the week, giving you a second option (the…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): language change in light of cross-border dispute; warns against refusal of AASI service; other decisions and new cases
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our July, 6 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CoA 1.1 Service-of-process issues in jurisdictions where no UPC judgment has been enforced yet may weigh in favor of security for costs (Chint New Energy Technology & Astronergy v. Jingao Solar)…