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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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Rare EPO decision regarding biological deposits and biological material used in an invention being "available to the public"

29 March 2021
2021-03-29

In decision T1045/16, EPO Technical Board of Appeal considered whether a patent relating to virus-resistant melons met the requirements of Article 83 EPC.

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UK High Court rules that an argument for equivalents needs more than just a “Like” in Facebook v Voxer

29 March 2021
2021-03-29

At a pre-trial review (“PTR”), heard on 19 March 2021, Lord Justice Birss, sitting down from the Court of Appeal, had to decide whether an infringement case based on the doctrine of equivalents which...

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Protecting Artificial Intelligence Inventions in the UK

25 March 2021
2021-03-25

Last year, the UK IPO called for views on the relationship between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the intellectual property (IP) system. On 23 March 2021, the UK IPO published their response to the...

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EPO Revocation helps Mylan sleep Neurim’s win from right under them

16 March 2021
2021-03-16

In the latest bout between Neurim v Mylan in this pharmaceutical patent case concerning the treatment of insomnia and what looks to be Round 5 in the court room, on 12 March 2021, the English Patents...

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Reality check for patenting computer-implemented simulations at the EPO

15 March 2021
2021-03-15

In its decision G1/19 (Simulations), the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO has confirmed that it is business as usual when assessing the patentability of computer-implemented inventions, even when...

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UK Patent Box scheme set to become an even more valuable tax benefit

12 March 2021
2021-03-12

The UK Patent Box scheme is set to become an even more valuable tax benefit in the near future. With Chancellor Rishi Sunak's announcement of higher corporate tax rates from 2023, larger and more...

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Ocado permitted to make committal application against solicitor for contempt of court

01 March 2021
2021-03-01

Ocado Group PLC & Anr v Raymond John McKeeve [2021] EWCA Civ 145Court of Appeal overturns first instance judge and allows application to commit solicitor for contempt of courtThis is an appeal...

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Court of Appeal adopts narrow interpretation of Crown use defence in IPCom v Vodafone

23 February 2021
2021-02-23

IPCom GmbH v Vodafone Group plc & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 205This case involves a dispute between IPCom, an intellectual property licensing company, and Vodafone, the well-known telecommunications...

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HHJ Hacon decides ownership of Virtual Forensic Computing software created during course of employment.

23 February 2021
2021-02-23

Penhallurick v MD5 Limited [2021] EWHC 93 (IPEC) 15 February 2021This case demonstrates the importance of understanding how work undertaken for an employer shapes copyright ownership and, ironically,...

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EIP Trademark team recognised by WTR 1000 2021

16 February 2021
2021-02-16

EIP has been highlighted as one of the world’s leading trademark specialists in the 2021 edition of WTR 1000.Researchers for WTR 1000, published annually by World Trademark Review, references EIP’s...

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Bringing sufficiency within range: Birss J recasts the Regeneron principles for process claims

15 February 2021
2021-02-15

Illumina Cambridge Limited v Latvia MGI Tech SIA & Ors[2021] EWHC 57 (Pat)The case centres on Illumina's contention that MGI's DNA sequencing systems infringe their patents.

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Success for EIP litigation team and client Optis against Apple

22 October 2020
2020-10-22

Last Friday, 16October 2020, judgment was handed down by Mr Justice Birss in the High Court, London, in the first of four technical trials listed in EIP client Optis’ UK patent litigation and...

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Chambers UK 2021 recognises EIP’s expertise

22 October 2020
2020-10-22

EIP has been highly rated in the 2021 edition of Chambers & Partners UK.Researchers highlighted EIP for its “excellent patent prosecution and oppositions practice” and its “highly capable trademark...

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Five EIP associates recognised as UK’s up-and-coming IP practitioners in MIP Rising Stars

21 October 2020
2020-10-21

Litigation solicitors Tom Brazier and Catherine Howell along with patent attorneys Robert Barker, Tim Belcher, and Felix Hall have all been ranked as “Rising Stars” in the 2020 edition of IP Stars...

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EPO Enlarged Board considers products obtained by essentially biological processes unpatentable – U turn to avoid EPC amendment?

21 May 2020
2020-05-21

The Enlarged Board of Appeal at the European Patent Office has now provided its opinion in G3/19 abandoning the interpretation of Article 53 (b) EPC given in previous decision G2/12.

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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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