Unified Patent Court Archives

Seoul Viosys, Laser Components, Photon Waves, LED chips

UPC enforces strict deadlines in Seoul Viosys LED dispute

Photon Wave may not sell its UVC LED chips in France. The Paris local division has ruled that a patent owned by Seoul Viosys is infringed. However, th ...

25 April 2025 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

judges, Sabine Klepsch, UPC, Düsseldorf, capacities

Unified Patent Court

Düsseldorf court loses presiding judge to UPC's growth strategy

The UPC continues to bolster its judicial bench. Sabine Klepsch, a presiding judge at the Düsseldorf Regional Court, will soon move to the UPC full-ti ...

24 April 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Damages claim

NanoString demands damages for enforcement of PI

One of the first cases at the UPC continues to shape the young court's jurisprudence. In the dispute over spatial profiling technology, NanoString is ...

23 April 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Novartis, Accord, apple sauce, nilotinib

Cancer drug

Novartis and Accord settle UPC dispute over drug administration with apple sauce

Novartis and Accord have settled their dispute over the active ingredient nilotinib, marking the end of another UPC pharmaceutical patent case through ...

17 April 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Amgen, Repatha, Sanofi, Regeneron, Praluent, cholesterol-lowering drugs

Pharmaceuticals

EPO and UPC disagree on validity of Amgen's patent for cholesterol drug

The EPO Opposition Division has rejected a challenge by Sanofi and Regeneron against a key patent covering Amgen’s cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha. ...

15 April 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

in-house, litigation, companies, departments, law firm, move, SEP

In-house moves

From courtroom to boardroom: Young litigators seize in-house opportunities

The world of SEP and FRAND law is becoming increasingly complex. As a result, more tech companies are expanding their in-house legal departments. To m ...

11 April 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Dainese, Alpinestars, Milan, jurisdiction, Spain, UPC

Jurisdictional challenge

Milan local division asserts long-arm jurisdiction in Dainese vs Alpinestars

The Milan local division of the UPC has asserted its jurisdiction to rule on infringement actions involving European patents validated in non-UPC cont ...

11 April 2025 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

Merger

NLO and Ipsilon join forces with support of private equity investor

The Dutch patent attorney firm NLO and French patent attorney firm Ipsilon have announced their merger, with Dutch private equity house Waterland simu ...

9 April 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Standard essential patents

Cross-licence agreement ends global dispute between Ericsson and Lenovo

Ericsson and Lenovo have settled their global patent dispute with a cross-licence agreement. The settlement comes just one month after the UK Court of ...

3 April 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

FujiFilm, Kodak, UPC, Mannheim local division

Printing technology

UPC grants FujiFilm and Hoyng ROKH Monegier injunction against Kodak

Kodak may no longer sell certain printing plates in Germany following a ruling by the UPC's Mannheim local division. FujiFilm has secured an initial v ...

3 April 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

In-house move

Ericsson brings in Taylor Wessing partner to boost litigation expertise

Eelco Bergsma will join Ericsson on 1 May. The mobile communications company and the Taylor Wessing partner have worked together previously, particula ...

2 April 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Nokia, Acer, Asus, Hisense, Munich, video codec

Streaming technology

Nokia targets Asian hardware makers in new UPC and Munich patent suits

One day after announcing a licence agreement with Amazon, Nokia announced it has filed patent claims against Acer, Asus and Hisense at the UPC and Mun ...

1 April 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Unified Patent Court

UPC infringement case can resume after EPO upholds 10x Genomics patent

The EPO Opposition Division has upheld 10x Genomics' important spatial profiling patent. The Munich local division can now resume the infringement pro ...

27 March 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

European Patent Office

EPO statistics show surge in Unitary Patents

Demand for European patents with unitary effect is rising across Europe, even as total patent applications at the European Patent Office showed a slig ...

26 March 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Juul Labs, NJOY, Paris central division, VMR, revocation, vaporizer

E-cigarette technology

Juul Labs ahead in battle with NJOY but fight continues at Court of Appeal

NJOY has challenged nine patents owned by Juul Labs and its subsidiary VMR Products. The Paris central division has ruled in all nine proceedings, wit ...

24 March 2025 by Mathieu Klos

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