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Chinese companies13 Aug 2026
38%

of 2025 infringement actions at the UPC involved a Chinese party.

Chinese companies and the UPC: from enforcement targets to strategic users

The UPC's 2025 Annual Report shows Chinese parties playing a growing part in UPC litigation. We look at what that means.

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SEP and FRAND7 Jun 2026

Choosing your SEP battleground: UPC, Germany or UK?

The key points SEP owners should weigh when choosing where to litigate.

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Procedure21 Jan 2026

Confidentiality at the UPC: what litigants need to know

How sensitive information is protected, and when hearings can be private.

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Biopharma13 Apr 2026

Biopharma strategy in 2026: lessons from 2025 on AI, M&A and the UPC

What biopharma teams can take from 2025 as they plan for 2026.

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UK and the UPC26 Jun 2025

Unified Patent Court: the impact of Brexit

Could the UK take part in the UPC without rejoining the EU?

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IPEC Refuses to “Doff its Cap” – Stays Firm on Cost Limits

23 February 2024
2024-02-23

Equisafety v Battle [2024] EWHC 283 (IPEC) Summary This case was originally a trade mark and passing off dispute between two entities over the use of the word mark "mercury" in relation to high...

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Access to documents – representation

20 February 2024
2024-02-20

Ocado v Autostore – appeal on access to documents UPC_CoA_404/2023 Order of 8 February 2024[1] In the Appeal by Ocado against the Order[2] from the Nordic Baltic regional division granting a request...

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Denial of Interim Injunction Favours Start-up Amid Concrete Delivery Patent Dispute

15 February 2024
2024-02-15

Cloud Cycle Ltd v Verifi LLC & Anor [2024] EWHC 233 (IPEC) (07 February 2024) Summary This action concerns a claim by Cloud Cycle Limited ("CCL") for a declaration of non-infringement of EP (UK) 1...

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Financial penalties for disclosure of confidential information

14 February 2024
2024-02-14

In this article we discuss two cases which address financial penalties for breach of confidentiality. Krauss-Maffei Extrusion GmbH v Troester GmbH & Co KG (UPC_CFI_181/2023) Order of 27 December 2023...

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Deletion of “claim-like” clauses: an EPO Board of Appeal allows them to remain in the granted patent (T 0438/22)

14 February 2024
2024-02-14

Summary A recent decision T 0438/22 from the EPO's Boards of Appeal questions the justification for the EPO's Guidelines for Examination requirement that "claim-like" clauses in the description of...

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Discretionary review or appeal?

13 February 2024
2024-02-13

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd v Netgear Inc & Ors (UPC_CFI_9/2023) Order of Court of Appeal on 11 January 2024 (UPC_CoA_486/2023); Appeal against ORD_588901/2023 dated 11 December 2023 Huawei sued...

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Discretion allowing in expert declarations

09 February 2024
2024-02-09

Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH & Ors v Amgen Inc (UPC_CFI_1/2023) Order dated 24 January 2024 (ORD_2233/2024) The pleadings in this revocation action had progressed to the rejoinder by defendant...

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EPO Board of Appeal applies the G2/21 test for post-published evidence

09 February 2024
2024-02-09

The EPO Board of Appeal decision on T 0852/20 has recently been published. It is another decision using the new test under G 2/21, which set out when post-published evidence can be relied upon for...

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AARKE AB v SODASTREAM Industries Ltd., Order of 16 January 2024

05 February 2024
2024-02-05

Background In a dispute between Aarke AB, a Swedish company, and SodaStream Industries Ltd, an Israeli company, Aarke, as the defendant to infringement proceedings, successfully applied to change the...

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Claim construction at the UPC

01 February 2024
2024-02-01

For a European patent to be granted, the claims must be "clear and concise". However, some ambiguity or lack of clarity may be identified in granted claims, during infringement or invalidity...

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EX PARTE PI GRANTED

25 January 2024
2024-01-25

Ortovox Sportartikel GmbH vs Mammut Sports Group AG and Mammut Sports Group GmbH Düsseldorf Local Division Order of 11 December 2023[1] Introduction Ortovox Sportartikel GmbH (in the following...

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Abbott v Dexcom [2024] EWHC 36 (Pat)

24 January 2024
2024-01-24

Abbott v Dexcom [2024] EWHC 36 (Pat) Background The first UK battle held in the wide-ranging (both in terms of number of patents and geographical area) patent fight between Abbott and Dexcom has...

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Requirements for an intervention

23 January 2024
2024-01-23

In the matter of an appeal by Ocado Innovation Limited and applications to intervene by (1) Mathys & Squire LLP and (2) Bristows (Ireland ) LLP Order of Court of Appeal dated 10 January 2024 By Order...

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Amendments to Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal: attempt to enhance timeliness for cases involving parallel litigation

23 January 2024
2024-01-23

Summary On the 1 January 2024, amendments made to the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal came into force [1]. A change to Article 15(1) means that a Board can now summon parties to oral...

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C-KORE v Novawell: Paris local division grants evidence preservation order in subsea testing apparatus dispute

10 January 2024
2024-01-10

Order of 14 November 2023 (ORD_587064/2023) This was another successful application for preserving evidence, following those in the Oerlikon v Himson, Oerlikon v Bhagat Group, Jozef Frans Nelissen v...

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