Court: Unified Patent Court

Historic moment as UPC hands down two full decisions within 24 hours of each other

The Unified Patent Court has handed patentees a win and a loss in its first on-the-merits rulings

04 July 2024

UK court fast-tracks patent trials ahead of parallel UPC hearings

But desire to influence Unified Patent Court decision unlikely to be enough to justify UK expedition requests

01 July 2024

The Unified Patent Court will revolutionise patent litigation funding

Featured in Special Report 2024 Q2: Money, money, money

28 June 2024

UPC to miss timeline targets in several SEP cases, despite prioritising speedy proceedings

SEP disputes and other complex infringement spats are taking longer than expected at Europe’s new court

27 June 2024

UPC’s first ever pharma preliminary injunction decisions add to patentees’ losing streak

Alexion Pharmaceuticals denied PI requests against biosimilar eculizumab producers Amgen and Samsung Bioepis

27 June 2024

What rights holders need to know about patent-term extensions in Europe

Featured in The Guide to Life Sciences: Key issues for senior life sciences executives 2024

24 June 2024

How to take advantage of both EPO prosecution and German enforcement

Featured in The Guide to Life Sciences: Key issues for senior life sciences executives 2024

Europe is one of the most important markets for the life sciences and pharma industry, and Germany is one of its key jurisdictions. Patenting life science inventions in Germany can be challenging as some biological subject matter is excluded from patent protection, so careful patent drafting is crucial in order to obtain allowable claims.

24 June 2024

Lenovo files another UPC counterattack – this time against Asustek

Chinese company is one of very few smartphone/computer companies asserting its patents at the Unified Patent Court

24 June 2024

UPC grants Abbott a preliminary injunction – including for Ireland

But despite a couple of recent wins, PI applicants have a losing record at the Unified Patent Court

21 June 2024

UPC Judge Klaus Grabinski shares advocacy tips and reflections on court’s first year

New IP Hall of Fame member speaks to IAM about the key moments of the Unified Patent Court’s first 12 months

20 June 2024

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