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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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Smoke Without Fire - British American Tobacco’s “heat not burn” products found not to infringe two of Philip Morris International’s patents

26 May 2023
2023-05-26

Nicoventures Trading Limited v Philip Morris Products SA & Anor [2023] EWHC 854 (Pat) Another judgment has recently been handed down in the ongoing global dispute between tobacco giants British...

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European Commission Proposals on Data Exclusivity and the Bolar Exemption

25 May 2023
2023-05-25

On 26 April, the European Commission published proposed legislation (specifically a new Regulation and a new Directive) aimed at reforming EU legislation in relation to pharmaceuticals.

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Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 - Anxiety

17 May 2023
2023-05-17

At the outset, it must as usual be remarked that this piece should not be relied upon for treatment, solution, comfort or calm. This, and other works like it, are written from but a singular...

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EIP Amar webinar - Prepare for the UP and UPC

16 May 2023
2023-05-16

On 21 and 22 March a panel from EIP Latest hosted an informative webinar where they discussed everything your business needs to know about the effect of the incoming Unitary Patent and Unified Patent...

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A Year in Patents - Part 2/4: Getting to Grips with the Law

16 May 2023
2023-05-16

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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Winds of Change: Taking Advantage of The New Unitary Patent

11 May 2023
2023-05-11

As the demand for renewable energy continues to grow, it becomes increasingly important for manufacturers of wind turbines to patent their technology.

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Reining IT in – Differing Approaches to AI Regulation in the UK and the EU?

09 May 2023
2023-05-09

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
2023-04-28

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
2023-04-27

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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Tulip Mania - Can an individual or group be said to have de-facto control over a cryptocurrency network?

27 April 2023
2023-04-27

(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
2023-04-27

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
2023-04-25

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
2023-04-18

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
2023-03-23

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
2023-03-06

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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Christof Höhne
Partner, Rechtsanwalt, UPC Representative
Jerome Spaargaren
Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
Matthew Blaseby
Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
Michael Nielsen
Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
Darren Smyth
Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney, Design Attorney, UPC Representative
Monika Rai
Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney, Solicitor, UPC Representative
Isabelle Schaller
Partner, Rechtsanwältin, UPC Representative
Sebastian Fuchs
Partner, Rechtsanwalt, UPC Representative
Gareth Probert
Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
Heather McCann
Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
James Seymour
Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
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Partner, Solicitor

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