Portugal Archives

Illumina, Element, Lisbon, Powell Gilbert, DNA sequencing

Illumina and Powell Gilbert in love with Lisbon

Illumina has taken its dispute with Element Biosciences over DNA sequencing technology to the UPC. Together with Powell Gilbert and the Portuguese law firm NLP, the US biotech company filed a lawsuit ...

21 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Portugal

Bird & Bird to open office in Lisbon

Bird & Bird is expanding its European presence by opening an office in Portugal. The new team will serve the Iberian Peninsula together with the t ...

24 September 2025 by Laura King

Cases

Boehringer Ingelheim, Zentiva, Lisbon, Ofev

Respiratory drug

Boehringer Ingelheim fails in bid for PI at local division Lisbon

The German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim sought to pre-emptively prohibit Zentiva from selling generic versions of its respiratory drug ...

9 May 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Mobile communications

No PI for Ericsson in Lisbon

In its first judgment, the UPC local division Lisbon has proven it is a force to be reckoned with. The judges dismissed Ericsson's application for a P ...

16 October 2024 by Konstanze Richter

Legal Commentary

Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre, PMAC, UPC, Aleš Zala

Unified Patent Court

Plans for Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre take shape

Following the appointment of Aleš Zalar as director of the UPC's Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre, further details have now emerged about how t ...

26 September 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Case preview

Ericsson begins UPC experiment against AsusTek at local division Lisbon

Today, the local division Lisbon will hear the PI claim of Ericsson against AsusTek and two service providers over a mobile communication patent. The ...

12 September 2024 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Portugal

Three VdA associates team up to launch new IP practice

Three former associates of the Portuguese law firm Vieira de Almeida have founded the IP boutique NLP. The new practice will focus on pharmaceutical d ...

14 June 2024 by Mathieu Klos

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