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Independence of representatives
28 March 2025
Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing Oy v Microsoft Corporation (UPC_COA_563/2024; APL_53716/2024) Appeal Order of 10 February 2025 (APL_68946/2024)[1] The Appellant ("Suinno") filed an...
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Security for costs refused in revocation action
24 March 2025
AYLO PREMIUM LTD v DISH Technologies L.L.C. (UPC_CFI_198/2024) Order of 18 February 2025 (Order no. ORD_59528/2024[1]) Written by Emily Williams The Central Division (Paris Seat) has rejected a...
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Ceiling for recoverable costs still applies in the case of multiple Defendants
18 March 2025
Imbox Protection A/S v. Brunngård Group AB & Footbridge Group AB (UPC_CFI_527/2024) Order of 17 February 2025 (Order no. ORD_68981/2024[1] relating to EP 2 276 862) The Stockholm Local Division of...
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Decisions by Default granting Provisional Injunctions
05 February 2025
air up group GmbH v Guangzhou Aiyun Yanwu Technology Co., Ltd. UPC_CFI_508/2023 and UPC_CFI_509/2023 Decisions by default of 9 January 2025 (ORD_1359/2025[1] and ORD_1378/2025[2]) The claimant...
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Infringement action following provisional injunction
22 January 2025
Syngenta Limited v Sumi Agro Limited and Sumi Agro Europe Limited (UPC_CFI_201/2024) Order of 12 December 2024 (ORD_65555/2024[1]) As we reported,[2] Syngenta obtained a provisional injunction...
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UPC Finds Patent Infringed by Equivalence
21 January 2025
Plant-e v Arkyne UPC_CFI_239/2023 Decision of 22 November 2024 (ORD_598516/2023 [infringement] ORD_598513/2023 [counterclaim for revocation]) The first claimant Plant-e Knowledge B.V.
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UPC grants two orders to seize suspected infringing motorcycle tyres
17 January 2025
Pirelli Tyre S.P.A. v Tianjin Kingtyre Group Co., Ltd. and Kingtyre Deutschland Gmbh. (UPC_CFI _650/2024 relating to EP2519412B1) Pirelli Tyre S.P.A. v Sichuan Yuanxing Rubber Co., Ltd.
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Security not released after revocation at first instance
16 January 2025
NanoString Technologies Europe Limited v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (UPC_CFI_252/2023) Decision of 17 December 2024 (Order no. ORD_56957/2024 relating to EP 2 794 928 B1) Introduction...
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UPC grants provisional injunctions on rotary electric engines
13 December 2024
Valeo v Magna (UPC_CFI_368/2024 relating to EP3320604 and UPC_CFI_347/2024 relating to EP3320602) Orders of 31 October 2024 (ORD_56534/2024[1] and ORD_56545/2024[2]) Valeo Electrification sought...
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Security for the Claimant in Revocation Action
07 November 2024
KINEXON SPORTS & MEDIA GMBH vs BALLINNO B.V. (UPC_CFI_230/2024, Revocation Action No. ACT_27358/2024) Order of the CFI of the UPC Paris Central Division dated 14 October 2024 (ORD_47273/2024)[1] The...
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Sodastream prevails against competitor Aarke in an infringement dispute
05 November 2024
SodaStream Industries Ltd. v Aarke AB (UPC_CFI_373/2023) Decision of 31 October 2024 (ORD_598499/2023) [1] concerning EP 1 793 917 Sodastream (in the following "Claimant") and Aarke (in the following...
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10x Genomics patent revoked
24 October 2024
NanoString Technologies Europe Limited v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (UPC 252/2023) Decision of 17 October, 2024 (ORD_598480/2023[1]) This decision from the Central Division in Munich...
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Philips successfully asserts wireless charging patent at the UPC
23 October 2024
Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Belkin GmbH, Belkin Limited, Belkin International, Inc. (UPC_CFI_390/2023) Decision of 13 September 2024 (ORD_598464/2023)[1] Philips asserted their patent EP 2867997[2],...
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Intervention by patent pool administrator permitted
22 October 2024
NEC Corporation v TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd. & Others (UPC_CFI_153/2024) Order dated 2 October 2024 (ORD_46842/2024)[1] NEC Corporation ("NEC") sued seven companies within the TCL...
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Lisbon Local Division Refuses Provisional Injunction due to Delay
21 October 2024
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Asustek Computer Inc, Arvato Netherlands B.V., Digital River Ireland Ltd. (UPC_CFI_317/2024) Decision of 15 October 2024 (ORD_52116/2024[1]) This judgment relates to...
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Other Case Reports

Reining IT in – Differing Approaches to AI Regulation in the UK and the EU?
09 May 2023
IntroductionWhen researchers at Darmouth College coined the term ‘artificial intelligence' ("AI") in a research proposal in 1955, they could hardly have imagined the explosive impact the...
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EU Commission proposes EU-wide compulsory licences for the first time
28 April 2023
Compulsory licences are a feature of patent law across Europe. They are a recognition that there are some circumstances in which the public interest can over-ride the rights of patentees.
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EU Commission Announces Major Reforms to Supplementary Protection Certificates
27 April 2023
The EU Commission has announced a series of related proposals that will dramatically change the way in which most SPCs are obtained in Europe.
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The Deep Non-Thinker
27 April 2023
Lock up your authors! ChatGPT is here! And it's coming for your IP!The internet is awash with content written about, or written by, the new chat-bot in town, ChatGPT.
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Tulip Mania - Can an individual or group be said to have de-facto control over a cryptocurrency network?
27 April 2023
(Tulip Trading Limited v Van der Laan and Others [2023] EWCA Civ 83)In the Dutch Golden Age, circa 1634, the price of tulip bulbs temporarily reached extraordinarily high levels as market speculators...
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Late Change to Commission SEP Proposal Suggests Flawed Process
27 April 2023
The European Commission today published it's Proposal for a Regulation on Standard Essential Patents (COM(2023) 232 final 2023/0133 (COD)). An initial and amended version had both been leaked shortly...
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G2/21 – Enlarged Board Rules that Plausibility is Not the Answer
25 April 2023
Before the European Patent Office, applicants frequently wish to rely on experimental evidence obtained after the filing date of the patent application ("post-filed evidence") in order to support an...
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Software developer found to have copied former employer's code despite using different programming language and deleting the original source code
18 April 2023
BackgroundThe claimants are two companies ("PQ") that produced quality assurance software, in particular statistical process control ("SPC") software and gauge management software.
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Court of Appeal ends anticipation for InterDigital’s 3G Standard Essential Patent by revisiting claim construction
23 March 2023
This Update deals with an interesting determination of the Court of Appeal before Lord Justices Lewison, Asplin, and Arnold where they overturned a finding of anticipation (lack of novelty) made by...
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A pig in wolf’s clothing? Wolfoo unable to avoid valid service by providing multiple email addresses for service.
06 March 2023
Entertainment One UK Limited & Anor v SCN Media Ltd & Ors [2022] EWHC 3295 (Ch)A seemingly global battle has begun between the owners of Peppa Pig and the makers of Wolfoo.
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Tulip - a cautionary tale. Do software developers owe a fiduciary duty to users of the code they write? (Tulip Trading v Van Der Laan and Others)
27 February 2023
SummaryOn 3 February 2023, the Court of Appeal in England ruled that the dispute between the Claimant, Tulip Trading Limited ("Tulip Trading") and the Defendants, who are sixteen bitcoin developers...
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Director’s Liability Caught in a Tangle in Toy Making Feud in UK High Court
17 February 2023
In Tangle Inc ("Tangle") and One for Fun Ltd ("One for Fun"), Mr David Stone (sitting as Deputy High Court Judge) had to consider the liability of three directors from One for Fun as joint...
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InterDigital v Lenovo [2023] EWCA Civ 34
16 February 2023
BackgroundAt first instance, His Honour Justice Hacon found EP 2 485 558 valid and essential to LTE. Lenovo were granted permission to appeal by Lord Justice Arnold against a finding of inventive...
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A Year in Patents - Part 1/4: Swapping Simulations for the Patent Profession
14 February 2023
Dr Girish Nivarti joined EIP's London office in October 2022. In this four-part series, he chronicles his first year as a trainee patent attorney.
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Key provisions and IP considerations of the incoming EU CHIPS Act
13 February 2023
This article originally appeared in IAM. Draft regulation not explicit on IP policy but some early guidance is on offer Act offers extensive opportunities for investment and collaboration Risk that...
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