Category: UPC Roundups
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UPC Roundup (1 week): one permanent injunction granted, one preliminary injunction denied
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our May 4, 2025 UPC Roundup. Only a few noteworthy things happened. 1. Permanent injunction in Grundfos v. Canned Motor Pump; licensing talks don’t matter, lack of inventive step must be pleaded early: Dusseldorf LD (link to detailed article)…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA reverses PI denial, CD invalidates offside detection patent, Gucci doesn’t infringe Agfa patent, and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our April 26, 2025 UPC Roundup. More things happened than the week before. 1. CoA reverses denial of provisional measures (i.e., preliminary injunction) in Insulet v. EOFlow (link to detailed article) U.S. company Insulet now has a 17-country preliminary…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA on access to forthcoming documents and use in other proceedings; Paris injunction in laser dispute; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our April 18, 2025 UPC Roundup. This week has been a relatively slow one at the UPC. 1. CoA on third-party access to documents: advance requests and use in other proceedings (link to LinkedIn post) The Court of Appeal…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA rejects three out of three motions to stay enforcement, plus numerous first-instance pretrial decisions
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our April 12, 2025 UPC Roundup. This has been a relatively busy week at the UPC in terms of the number of decisions. 1. CoA denies three motions to stay enforcement of injunctions: high hurdle The UPC’s Court of…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): product-by-process claims, laches, BSH applied ever more often, belated addition of prior art reference, and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our April 7, 2025 UPC Roundup. Besides various procedural matters, some substantive questions such as product-by-process claims and laches were addressed as well. 1. CoA affirms denial of preliminary objection, allows addition of defendant and two countries, among them…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): another significant injunction, adoption of problem-solution approach in Munich, high-profile settlements, and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our March 29, 2025 UPC Roundup. This week has brought various interesting decisions especially by the Mannheim and Munich Local Divisions (LDs) as well as three high-profile settlements and a bunch of new cases. 1. Fujifilm v. Kodak…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA decisions on cost awards and case management; Mannheim LD allows contingent request for information
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our March 22, 2025 UPC Roundup. No major decision came down this week, but some of the orders address issues that will resurface in other UPC cases. 1. Court of Appeal decisions 1.1 Jurisdiction over pre-UPC-era infringing acts to…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): first post-BSH decision on UK, Switzerland, Spain; Unitary Patent & urgency; all Chinese companies must give security; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our March 16, 2025 UPC Roundup. After several slow weeks in a row, we now have some interesting decisions and filings to report on. 1. First post-BSH Hausgeräte decision assumes long-arm jurisdiction over UK, Swiss, Spanish infringements:…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): one more injunction and a bunch of new cases, including Michelin v. Goodyear (approximately 100 years after U.S. dispute)
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our March 8, 2025 UPC Roundup. Not much to report on, but we prefer to keep the weekly rhythm. 1. Hurom v. NUC injunction; clarification on jurisdiction for infringement that occurred or started prior to start of…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA upholds preliminary injunction with clarification on competitive harm; more AASIs; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our March 1, 2025 UPC Roundup, which include several interesting decisions at both the Court of Appeal (CoA) and the Court of First Instance (CFI). 1. CoA upholds provisional measures in Syngenta v. Sumi Agro, clarifies competitive…