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June 1, 2023
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After more than 50 years in the making, the Unified Patent Court finally launches today – 1 June 2023. This represents the most significant development in European patent law and practice since the opening of the European Patent Office in 1978.

From now on, 17 EU states will cooperate to share a single court system to resolve patent disputes for their combined territories. The UPC is the first operational patent court to have transnational competence.

The UPC system aspires to boost safeguarding of innovation and to stimulate economic prosperity across Europe, and may be an attractive forum for litigation for non-EU patent holders to litigate their European patents.

Recent Case Reports

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Replacement parts and the value of asserting a narrower claim combination
17 July 2026
The UPC's Düsseldorf Local Division found that Wessper's cartridges indirectly infringed Brita's patent, and that a narrower claim combination can turn a consumable into an essential element.
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Late Applications for Provisional Measures Refused for Lack of Urgency
14 July 2026
In Ericsson v ASUSTeK, the Milan Local Division refused a provisional measures application filed 21 months into the case, finding continuing infringement and rising losses alone do not establish urgency.
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UPC revokes provisional injunction on motorbike helmet intercoms system
29 June 2026
The UPC Local Division Milan revoked Cardo's provisional injunction against Reso, ruling its helmet intercom products fall outside the scope of EP4240194, neither literally nor by equivalence.
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