Category: UPC Roundups 2025
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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)…
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UPC Roundup (2 weeks): separate fees for appeals of revocation claims and of revocation counterclaims even if jointly decided; other clarifications, new cases
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our June 21, 2025 UPC Roundup. The first week after the previous roundup was slow because of a UPC-internal event we mention further below, which is why we exceptionally extended the roundup period. 1. CoA 1.1 CoA rejects…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): exceptionally busy week brings key clarifications from CoA and CFI on multiple issues; injunctions and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our June 14, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CoA 1.1 No security deposit requirement for enforcement (Knaus Tabbert v Yellow Sphere) The Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed (PDF) Knaus’s objection, upholding an earlier decision that denied the…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): new Swedish Patent Office evidence in TCL case; phased rollout of new Case Management System; various new cases
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our June 8, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CoA: intervener’s bid to halt enforcement of infringement ruling denied (Chainzone Technology (intervener) v. SWARCO) (link to LinkedIn post) The Court of Appeal (CoA) second panel rejected Chainzone’s application to suspend…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): appellate rulings on sanctions, pre-June-2023 damages; alleged contravention of laws of physics; AASI cost award
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our May 31, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CoA: two rulings related to sanctions, one related to jurisdiction 1.1 Contempt sanctions despite subsequent compliance with injunction; electronic disclosure must be requested during proceedings on the merits (Philips v. Belkin)…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): clarification on arbitrary territory for revocation; first Mannheim anti-antisuit injunction; new BYD case
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our May 24, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CD Paris: UPC revokes patent in Germany, clarifies territorial scope and invalidity grounds (Aylo Premium v. DISH Technologies) (link to LinkedIn post) The Paris seat of the Central Division (CD) revoked…