European patent judges

26 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

An expanding court: The current capacities of UPC judges

How judges split their time between the UPC and national courts can influence where companies file their cases. As the UPC ramps up its capacities thr ...

26 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

local division Mannheim, Tobias Sender, Holger Kircher, UPC, judges

Patent courts

UPC reshuffles local division Mannheim

Holger Kircher is stepping back from his UPC duties. The court has appointed German judge Tobias Sender as his successor at the Mannheim local divisio ...

14 July 2025 by Christina Schulze

Higher Regional Court, Karlsruhe, Holger Kircher, Mannheim, Regional Court

Germany

Higher Regional Court Karlsruhe appoints new presiding judge

The Higher Regional Court Karlsruhe has appointed a new presiding judge to the 6th Civil Senate. He brings relevant experience in patent proceedings a ...

11 July 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Court of Appeal to get third panel

The UPC Court of Appeal is set to gain another panel. The Administrative Committee has approved three new judgeships for this purpose, JUVE Patent has ...

2 July 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Colin Birss, Chancellor, UK High Court, judge

UK

Colin Birss appointed chancellor of the High Court of England and Wales

Lord Justice Colin Birss has been appointed Chancellor of the High Court of England and Wales. He takes up the position from 1 November when the curre ...

28 May 2025 by Mathieu Klos

UPC judges: The complete overview

The Unified Patent Court currently employs 124 legally and technically qualified judges. The court recently appointed additional judges in both fields ...

28 May 2025 by Christina Schulze

UPC technical judges

An overview of all technically qualified UPC judges

JUVE Patent presents a full overview of technically qualified judges at the Unified Patent Court. All 80 judges are employed on a case-by-case basis.

Technically qualified UPC judges

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Unified Patent Court appoints new technically qualified judges

The Unified Patent Court appointed five new technical judges in May, further expanding its staff as outlined in its 2025 budget.

26 May 2025 by Mathieu Klos

28 February 2025 by Laura King

Marjolein Visser, UPC, legally qualified judge, LQJ, Paris central division

UPC legal judges

UPC further expands judiciary with new judge at Paris central division

After announcing plans to expand its judges ranks, the Unified Patent Court has now selected Marjolein Visser as a new legally qualified judge in Pari ...

10 February 2025 by Laura King

judge Dirk Böttcher, Mannheim Regional Court, Mannheim local division, UPC

Germany

Changes at Regional Court Mannheim as judge Dirk Böttcher moves to UPC full time

The Mannheim local division continues to increase its capacities. This has consequences for the national patent court in Mannheim. Dirk Böttcher has n ...

31 January 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Jule Schumacher, Düsseldorf local division, UPC, judge

UPC legal judges

Düsseldorf local division gains third judge

Jule Schumacher is now the third judge at the Düsseldorf local division. Currently a judge at Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, she will now decide pa ...

Sponsored Content Inventive step at the UPC

The UPC’s approach to assess inventive step - a new approach reflecting the German practice?

During the first 18 months of the UPC, several decisions addressing the assessment of inventive step were made available that can be used as a guideli ...

27 January 2025 by DHS

22 January 2025 by Christina Schulze

technical judges, UPC, Court of Appeal, NanoString, 10x Genomics

UPC technical judges

Life as a technical judge at the UPC

According to official UPC statistics, each of the 75 technical judges at the UPC has been involved in two cases to date on average. However, this figu ...

Sponsored Content Preliminary injunctions at the UPC

The UPC's approach to validity in PI proceedings – the scales are balanced

After 18 months, UPC judges are delivering balanced decisions on preliminary injunctions.

12 December 2024 by Taylor Wessing