Top 10 most-read UPC articles in the court’s first year
Over the past twelve months, JUVE Patent has covered all manner of issues related to the Unified Patent Court, from a comprehensive overview of judges, through the court's first major cases and decisions, to which patent firms are leading the charge. Now, JUVE Patent rounds up its top ten most-read UPC-related articles: from when the Unified Patent Court was first launched on 1 June 2023 until its first anniversary one year later.
28 May 2024 by Mathieu Klos
With the Unified Patent Court just days away from its first anniversary, JUVE Patent has rounded up the top ten most-read articles concerning the pan-European court published on the site since 1 June 2023.
Clearly, the patent community’s interest in the new “super court”, as one patent litigator recently called it, has been high. This is evidenced by our article UPC Administrative Committee names final three judges, which we published on the day the judges officially began their work. However, readers were not merely interested in the new judges, but also their initial decisions.
Our report on the first important decision of the Court of Appeal, Court of Appeal judges pave way back to European market for NanoString, was the most-read article since the court’s launch. Our exclusive report on the associated oral hearing between 10X Genomics and NanoString was also highly popular. JUVE Patent personally attended the historic hearing, which took place in December 2023 in thick fog on Luxembourg’s Kirchberg.
The lay of the land
Our reports on new cases at the UPC and the most active law firms also regularly attracted the interest of our readers. The mega-battle between Panasonic, Xiaomi and Oppo made it into our top ten reports twice.
However, it is not only the nitty gritty of new proceedings that pique our readers’ interest, but also which advisors have managed to score points with their clients. Such information is important for representatives active at the UPC so they can assess their own business environment. This is why our January opinion, Patent litigation firms must prepare for difficult times, was popular. We will revisit this topic next year when the UPC and the national patent courts announce their case numbers for 2024.
The list
These are the top ten most-read articles on the Unified Patent Court by JUVE Patent readers in the period 1 June 2023 to 28 May 2024:
1. Court of Appeal judges pave way back to European market for NanoString (February 2024)
2. Panasonic and Kather Augenstein launch first major SEP campaign at UPC against Oppo and Xiaomi (August 2023)
3. UPC launch: Three weeks on, cases are steadily rising (June 2023)
4. Panasonic’s global SEP battle with Xiaomi and Oppo kicks into high gear (November 2023)
5. UPC judges: A complete overview (August 2023)
6. Opinion: “Patent litigation firms must prepare for difficult times” (January 2023)
7. Germany’s patent firms lead claimant actions at the UPC (October 2023)
8. 10x Genomics and NanoString yield no ground in first UPC Court of Appeal hearing (December 2023)
9. First UPC Court of Appeal decision clarifies deadline for defendants (October 2023)
10. UPC Administrative Committee names final three judges (June 2023)
