Unified Patent Court Archives

UPC Court of Appeal says Ireland is not a contracting member state

The Court of Appeal has temporarily suspended a preliminary injunction against SiBio Bioscience with effect for Ireland, saying the country is current ...

21 August 2024 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

settlement, UPC, Nokia, Amazon, Seoul Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, Network

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Summer of settlements: Nokia, Seoul Semiconductor and NST end disputes

A number of UPC disputes have been settled over the past few days: Nokia with Verifone, Seoul Semiconductor with Amazon and Samsung, Network System Te ...

19 August 2024 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Alexander Ramsay, UPC Registrar, EPO, CMS, cooperation

Interview

Alexander Ramsay: "The new CMS will be independent of the EPO"

Since the very beginning, the UPC's case management system has been a bone of contention for users. In July the court announced that it will enter int ...

15 August 2024 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

local division, UPC, Vienna, Brussels, Lisbon, Ljubljana

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What's on at the smaller local divisions

The UPC currently has 447 cases, including 170 infringement, 39 PI and 41 stand-alone revocation actions. All but one UPC divisions now have at least ...

14 August 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Unified Patent Court

UPC will not reopen PI proceedings in 10x Genomics vs NanoString

10x Genomics and its counsel Bardehle Pagenberg have failed in their application to the UPC to reopen the PI proceedings against NanoString over diagn ...

8 August 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Amycel, Spyra Szymon Spyra, mushrooms, UPC, local division The Hague

Patentability of fungi

Amycel scores a win as UPC decides on patentability of fungi

The issue of patenting plants has long been controversial, but mushrooms are a different story. Now the local division The Hague has issued a prelimin ...

5 August 2024 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Medical devices

No luck for Dexcom at UPC after judgment from Munich local division

Yesterday the Munich local division invalidated a Dexcom patent covering glucose-monitoring technology and rejected the infringement claim against Abb ...

1 August 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Novartis, Celltrion, Genentech, UPC, local division Düsseldorf

Biosimilars

Imminent infringement at the core of Novartis' UPC claim against Celltrion

Yesterday, the Düsseldorf local division heard the dispute between Novartis and Celltrion. At the heart of the case was the fundamental question of th ...

1 August 2024 by Konstanze Richter

Legal Commentary

Opinion

"UPC pulls ripcord on CMS in time, but proximity to the EPO is questionable"

Last Friday the UPC declared it was to cooperate with the EPO on IT matters. Most importantly, it announced the development of a new case management s ...

24 July 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Edwards Lifesciences, Meril Life Sciences, Paris central division, revocation, heart-valve tech

Medical devices

Paris central division confirms Edwards patent in heart-valve dispute with Meril

On Friday the Paris central division handed down its first revocation ruling confirming an important patent belonging to Edwards Lifesciences. The ben ...

22 July 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Sanofi, Amgen, Regeneron, Repatha, Praluent, UPC Munich central division

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Sanofi and Regeneron overturn key Amgen patent at UPC

The first main attack on a patent at the UPC has been successful. The Munich central division has overturned an important patent belonging to Amgen fo ...

16 July 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Eight Practical Tips for Effective Use of Protective Letters in the UPC

Just as in Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium, the UPC allows for the filing of protective letters. Here are eight key tips to consider for leverag…

15 July 2024 by Simmons + Simmons LLP

Cases

Unified Patent Court

Abbott, August Debouzy and Taylor Wessing win in first Paris infringement ruling

Dexcom's first attempt to sue Abbott at the UPC for infringing one of its glucose-monitoring patents has failed. The Paris local division today declar ...

4 July 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Unified Patent Court

Local division Düsseldorf grants first ever injunction against bathtub manufacturer

German bathtub manufacturer Bette faces the UPC's first ever injunction in an infringement case. The company may no longer sell shower trays in seven ...

3 July 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Abbott, SiBio, Umedwings, CGM, glucose-monitoring, The Hague, UPC

Medical devices

Battle between Abbott and SiBio intensifies following two UPC rulings

After two opposing PI rulings by the local division The Hague, the dispute between Abbott Diabetes Care and SiBio Technology over glucose-monitoring t ...

28 June 2024 by Mathieu Klos

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