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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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Medical use claims are increasingly vulnerable to Lack of Sufficiency attacks at the EPO - a recent decision gives some hints

21 May 2020
2020-05-21

Article 83 EPC (Sufficiency) requires a European patent to disclose the invention in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for it to be carried out by a person skilled in the art.

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UKIPO report of IP trends for UK Higher Education Institutions highlights life sciences innovation

30 April 2020
2020-04-30

On 29 April 2020, the UKIPO published an overview report of IP trends for UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and their spin-out businesses, between 1999 and 2018.

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How video hearings have kept the Courts open

06 April 2020
2020-04-06

The COVID-19 outbreak is impacting people around the globe.The UK government has, like many other governments, been forced to take drastic action to curtail individuals’ movements to enforce social...

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Fabric textures can be “artistic work”: Response Clothing v Edinburgh Woollen Mill

06 April 2020
2020-04-06

Copyright can subsist in a fabric pattern after HHJ Hacon ruled that such designs constitute a work of artistic craftmanship.In Response Clothing Ltd v Edinburgh Woollen Mill Ltd [2020] EWHC 148...

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Brexit and IP: Business as usual during the transition period

31 January 2020
2020-01-31

The UK leaves the EU on 31 January 2020 – but until at least the end of 2020 it will be business as usual for intellectual property rights.The Withdrawal Agreement between the EU and the UK was...

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Building a Resilient Quantum Patent Portfolio: Winning the Race to File First
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Brexit and Intellectual Property – An Update

30 October 2019
2019-10-30

The European Union has announced that it will agree to the UK request for a further extension to the period in which the UK remains a full member of the EU (the “Article 50 period”) until 31 January...

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Building a Resilient Quantum Patent Portfolio: Winning the Race to File First
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First multimedia ‘motion’ trademark registered in UK

12 August 2019
2019-08-12

Toshiba has become the first organisation to register a ‘motion’ trademark in the UK after submitting a multimedia file.While it has been possible to register motion marks before, submissions were...

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Why confidentiality may not be enough to safeguard your US patent prospects

20 March 2019
2019-03-20

In Helsinn Healthcare S.A. et al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., No. 17-1229, the US Supreme Court held that the assessment of whether an invention had been put “on sale”, and had therefore...

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EIP Sponsors ChIPs Networking Event

07 March 2019
2019-03-07

EIP is sponsoring a ChIPs networking event in support of charity Code First: Girls, aimed at helping women enter the tech industry.On Thursday 28 March ChIPs will be hosting a pub quiz in London,...

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Supreme Court holds Pfizer pregabalin patent invalid

14 November 2018
2018-11-14

Actavis and NHS England eligible to claim under cross-undertaking in damages.The Supreme Court decision in the litigation of Warner-Lambert (Pfizer) against Actavis and Mylan has been handed down...

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Significant judgment on Standard Essential Patents handed down by the Court of Appeal

23 October 2018
2018-10-23

EIP has today secured a judgment on behalf of its client Unwired Planet, in a case which has significant international implications for all patent holders and licensees of Standard Essential Patents...

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Patent Box claims reach £942.5 million

01 October 2018
2018-10-01

New preliminary data published by the UK Government for the tax year ending 2017 shows companies have saved a total of £942.5 million in tax relief by using Patent Box.

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Prickly dispute between tattoo artist and cactus shop dismissed

09 May 2018
2018-05-09

Henry Martinez (T/A Prick) & Anr. v Prick me Baby One More Time Limited (T/A Prick) & Anr. [2018] EWHC 776 (IPEC)HH Judge Melissa Clarke dismisses passing off claim in prickly dispute between tattoo...

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Exhaust gas clarification patent found valid and infringed

08 May 2018
2018-05-08

Anan Kasai Co. Ltd & Rhodia Operations S.A.S v Molycorp Chemicals & Oxides (Europe) Ltd [2018] EWHC 843 (Pat).Exhaust gas clarification patent found valid and infringed in claim by Solvay (formerly...

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UK Patents Court rejects jurisdictional challenge in SEPs case

16 April 2018
2018-04-16

This morning the Patents Court, a division of the English High Court, handed down another important decision in the continuing development of the law relating to Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and...

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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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