Inventive step at the UPC: Court of Appeal sets definitive test

10 Dezember 2025
The Court of Appeal has adopted a holistic assessment of inventive step and has moved away from the EPO’s problem…
Rachel Bateman
Rachel Bateman
Partner, Patent Attorney
Rebecca Price
Rebecca Price
Senior Associate, Patent Attorney
Inventive step at the UPC: Court of Appeal sets definitive test

UPC Court of Appeal reverses First Instance decision: Amgen’s patent ruled valid

10 Dezember 2025
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) Court of Appeal has overturned the order of the Munich Central Division and ruled that…
Rebecca Price
Rebecca Price
Senior Associate, Patent Attorney
UPC Court of Appeal reverses First Instance decision: Amgen’s patent ruled valid

UPC: fee increases effective 01 January 2026

10 Dezember 2025
Unified Patent Court (UPC) fee amendments will enter into force on 01 January 2026. The amendments will apply to all…
David Al-Khalili
David Al-Khalili
Senior Associate, Patent Attorney
UPC: fee increases effective 01 January 2026

First UPC injunction covering the UK: Fujifilm v Kodak

31 Oktober 2025
In Fujifilm v Kodak (UPC_CFI_365/2023) the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) granted a permanent injunction covering…
Simon Schofield
Simon Schofield
Associate, Patent Attorney
First UPC injunction covering the UK: Fujifilm v Kodak

Permissibility of new arguments and facts during proceedings: comparing EPO and UPC practice

31 Oktober 2025
For patentees and opponents alike, the ability to put forward new arguments is a valuable element of any opposition or…
William Hutton
William Hutton
Technical Assistant
Permissibility of new arguments and facts during proceedings: comparing EPO and UPC practice

Temporal limitations of the UPC: XSYS v Esko

31 Oktober 2025
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) Court of Appeal has answered questions relating to its jurisdiction before entry into force of…
Alice Stuart-Grumbar
Alice Stuart-Grumbar
Senior Associate, Patent Attorney
Temporal limitations of the UPC: XSYS v Esko

UPC procedural case law: stays of proceedings

31 Oktober 2025
As part of our ongoing series discussing the burgeoning procedural case law of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), we take…
Corey Chapman
Corey Chapman
Technical Assistant
Rebecca Price
Rebecca Price
Senior Associate, Patent Attorney
UPC procedural case law: stays of proceedings

Infringement proceedings: conflicting EPO & UPC outcomes

31 Oktober 2025
On 21 July 2025 the UPC released its decision (ORD_598566/2023) on the long-running Edwards Lifesciences Corporation v Meril Life Sciences…
Nathan Byrne
Nathan Byrne
Technical Assistant
Infringement proceedings: conflicting EPO & UPC outcomes

Added matter at the UPC: Samsung succeeds in revocation of Headwater patents

06 Oktober 2025
Samsung has emerged triumphant in revocation counterclaims against Headwater’s patents EP3110069 and EP2391947 at the UPC’s Düsseldorf and Munich Local…
Corey Chapman
Corey Chapman
Technical Assistant
Added matter at the UPC: Samsung succeeds in revocation of Headwater patents

Don’t jump the gun: preliminary injunction granted in 17 UPC states against generic pharmaceutical company

24 September 2025
In a recent order, the UPC Court of Appeal granted Boehringer Ingelheim provisional measures against generics company, Zentiva, for its…
Laura Jennings
Laura Jennings
Senior Associate, Patent Attorney
Don’t jump the gun: preliminary injunction granted in 17 UPC states against generic pharmaceutical company

UPC CFI 315/2023, GRUR-RS 2024, 30221: NJOY Netherlands/Juul Labs International

18 September 2025
The decision rendered by the Paris Central Division on 05 November 2024 in the revocation proceedings between NJOY Netherlands and…
Rachel Bateman
Rachel Bateman
Partner, Patent Attorney
UPC CFI 315/2023, GRUR-RS 2024, 30221: NJOY Netherlands/Juul Labs International

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