Information from the UPC Registry

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December 1, 2022
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The Registry of the Unified Patent Court maintains a number of Registers which are publicly accessible via their website at www.unified-patent-court.org.

Cases

Most obviously, there is a register of cases filed at the UPC. Cases appear there shortly after they are filed, once they have passed through the initial check by Registry staff (which may be before the case has been served on the defendant). Search is possible in various fields, including party and representative name, and proceeding type. The broadest way to search is to select a particular type of action, such as "infringement" or "revocation", which will return all the actions of that type. (A date range search will also return opt out requests and UPC representative registration requests, which are also a type of UPC proceeding, and so is not effective as a way to search the litigation cases generally). The information shown is currently a little incomplete. It is expected that this will improve in time.

Opt-outs of (non-unitary) European Patents

Then, there is a register of opt outs. Here, you enter a European patent number, and if it has been opted out then details of the opt out appear. If it has not been opted out, i.e. is subject to the jurisdiction of the UPC, then "No results found" is returned.

Representatives

Finally, there is a register of representatives. It is only possible to search by name of representative or by their entitlement to represent as set out in the person's application to be recorded as a representative. This will usually be as a lawyer authorised to practice in a UPC member state, or as a European patent attorney with one of a number of possible additional qualifications. Selecting one of those entitlements will return all representatives having that entitlement.

For all of these public facing Register search tools, there are also equivalent search interfaces available within the UPC Case Management System, available to registered users of the CMS. These provide greater detail and the information is more reliably presented. Therefore, please contact us if you are interested in a particular patent or litigation case.

Recent Case Reports

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UPC Court of appeal issues final decision, despite no finding on infringement at first instance
30 March 2026
In Rematec v Europe Forestry, the UPC Court of Appeal overturned the Mannheim Local Division’s revocation of the patent and, applying Article 75(1) UPCA, issued a final decision on both validity and infringement despite no infringement finding at first instance. The Court adopted a narrower, description‑led approach to claim interpretation, confirmed the patent’s validity, found infringement, and granted final remedies without referring the case back to the Court of First Instance.
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Litigation insurance as security for costs
30 March 2026
In Syntorr v Arthrex, the UPC Court of Appeal clarified that while litigation insurance is not itself a form of security under Rule 158 RoP, it is a relevant factor when deciding whether security for costs should be ordered at all. By failing to consider the claimant’s insurance policy, the Munich Local Division wrongly exercised its discretion. The Court set aside the €2 million security order and confirmed that insurance can mitigate concerns about cost recoverability.
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National law applies to claims for loss of profit if the events occurred before the UPC came into force
30 March 2026
In Fives v REEL, the Hamburg Local Division of the UPC dismissed a standalone damages action despite prior findings of infringement. Although the UPC was competent to assess damages, the court held that national law applied because the relevant events pre‑dated the UPC’s entry into force. Applying German law, the court found that the claimant had not proven causation or lost profit, highlighting the demanding evidentiary burden for price‑reduction damages claims and the importance of substantiating counterfactual tender outcomes.
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