Unified Patent Court

12 January 2023 by Mathieu Klos

In-house

Apple sets up IP litigation department in Europe

Apple now has its own IP litigation expert in Europe, after former DLA Piper lawyer Sonja Bohusch joined the iPhone manufacturer on 1 January 2023. Bo ...

22 December 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Big partner moves at Bardehle in Hamburg and Munich

Bardehle shakes up the German patent market. The firm brings the well-known patent litigator Tobias Wuttke from Meissner Bolte to its Munich office. F ...

21 December 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Bardehle takes on additional Meissner Bolte partner in Munich

Well-known patent litigator Tobias Wuttke moves from Meissner Bolte to Bardehle's Munich office. This is a first step towards a massive expansion of t ...

16 December 2022 by Mathieu Klos

MFG hires former Isenbruck patent attorney to strengthen life sciences practice

Sandra Zinner joined the Munich patent attorney firm MFG on 1 December. This is the first time that the firm has strengthened its position in the life ...

5 December 2022 by Konstanze Richter

UPC postpones start of sunrise period to 1 March 2023

The Unified Patent Court will begin its work two months later than initially planned. As the court announced today, the start of the sunrise period ha ...

2 December 2022 by Laura King

Third seat of central division in Milan remains a priority for Italian government

At the end of November, the Italian Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio met with his German counterpart Marco Buschmann in Berlin to discuss the location ...

17 November 2022 by Konstanze Richter

EIP and Amar Goussu Staub form alliance for the UPC

Two more IP boutiques, British-based EIP and Paris-based Amar Goussu Staub, are joining forces for the Unified Patent Court, where they will operate a ...

10 November 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Heuking grows patent attorney practice with Farago hire

Detlef Raasch will join Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek at the beginning of 2023. With this new addition, the law firm is furthering the expansion of its own ...

8 November 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Alexander Ramsay steps down as UPC Administrative Committee chair

The long-time chairman of the Preparatory and Administrative Committees, Alexander Ramsay, has resigned from his position at the Unified Patent Court. ...

3 November 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Austrian judge Walter Schober could oversee in German UPC cases

The Unified Patent Court's Administrative Committee has appointed Walter Schober as a judge for its Vienna local division. Schober is currently a judg ...

31 October 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Opinion

"The UPC will succeed if its part-time judges have space to grow"

Although the final list of 85 UPC judges has largely gone down well in the patent community, some individuals are questioning the independence of the ...

27 October 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Patent attorney dominance among UPC technical judges leads to conflict debate

Of the 51 technically qualified UPC judges, 43 are patent attorneys from law firms and in-house companies. Only a small number of previously qualified ...

20 October 2022 by Amy Sandys

UPC divisions demonstrate clout with choice of experienced legal judges

The UPC Administrative Committee has finally published the complete list of legal and technical judges that will preside over the impending court. Obs ...

19 October 2022 by Mathieu Klos

UPC Administrative Committee publishes final judges list

The UPC Administrative Committee has announced the total list of its 85 judges, including 34 legally qualified and 51 technically qualified individual ...