UPC

Case law

Diversity by Design or Necessity? The Intriguing Pattern Emerging in UPC Victories

Early data from the Unified Patent Court suggests some emerging trends – and raises some interesting questions. It shows that parties are leaning heavily on multi-firm, multi-jurisdictional, and multi...

Case law

Sanofi vs Amgen: The UPC decides on second medical use claims

The Dusseldorf local division has last week handed down the first decision from the UPC relating to second medical use claims. Here, we discuss what can be gleaned from this first instance decision re...

Thoughts

Requesting a Unitary Patent – What do I need to know?

Since the changes to the European patent system which led to the introduction of the Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC), we have been assisting more and more clients with obtaining...

Updates

Unitary Patents: playing the “Generation Game” – 1st, 2nd….?

The European patent with unitary effect (so-called “Unitary Patent”) has now been in existence for over a year since June 2023. As an object of property it is a single unitary right covering the terr...

Updates

Romania ratifies the UPC Agreement with effect from 1 September 2024

25 JUN 2024: European patents with unitary effect will therefore extend to 18 EU member states from this date (rather than 17 states as at present in the so-called First-Generation Unitary Patents).

News

UPC opt-outs go hockey-stick

With our friends at RWS we’ve been tracking data on all things UPC and things have really kicked off in the last few days, with a significant upturn in opt-out requests after a slow start.

Updates

UPC actions against EPO decisions on UP requests

5 APR 2023: The Unified Patent Court (UPC) will hear actions against a decision of the European Patent Office (EPO) in relation to the grant of European patents with Unitary effect (the 'Unitary Paten...

Updates

Public File Inspections at the Unified Patent Court (UPC)

27 MAR 2023: To what extent will information be available for public inspection under the UPC? Read on for a discussion of the new Rules of Procedure of the UPC.

Updates

Unified Patent Court (UPC) opt-outs – practical points to note

21 MAR 2023: The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is coming into existence on 1 June 2023. It will be the appropriate forum for enforcement and other actions. Read on for practical points on the 'opt-out' ...