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UPC Court of Appeal Clarifies Jurisdiction on indirect infringement
10 September 2024
Aylo Premium Ltd, Aylo Billing Limited and Aylo Freesites Ltd v Dish Technologies and Sling TV UPC_CoA_188/2024 Order of 3 September 2024 ORD_42716/2024[1] Dish is the proprietor of EP 2479680 and...
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UPC Refuses Provisional Injunction finding imminent infringement not substantiated
09 September 2024
Novartis AG and Genentech, Inc. v Celltrion Inc. UPC_CFI_166/2024 Novartis AG and Genentech, Inc. v Celltrion Healthcare Hungary Kft., Celltrion Healthcare Deutschland GmbH, Celltrion Healthcare...
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Provisional injunction
UPC Jurisdiction over Ireland: Not so fast says Court of Appeal
22 August 2024
On 19 August 2024, the Court of Appeal (CoA) of the Unified Patent Court issued its order (UPC_CoA_388/2024 APL_39884/2024) on an application for suspensive effect in the appeal by Sibio Technology...
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Appeal
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Provisional injunction
Mannheim Local Division Finally Dispenses with Service by Hague Procedure
15 August 2024
Panasonic Holdings Corporation v Xiaomi H.K. Limited (UPC_CFI_330/2024, UPC_CFI_332/2024 and UPC_CFI_335/2024) Orders of 1 August 2023 (ORD_44601/2024, ORD_44597/2024, ORD_44656/2024)[1] Panasonic...
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Costs orders at UPC
14 August 2024
Two recent decisions highlight procedural points to be aware of when seeking costs. VusionGroup SA (formerly SES-imagotag SA) v Hanshow Germany GmbH & Ors (UPC_CFI_292/2023; UPC_COA_1/2024) Court of...
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Provisional injunction
Steps needed following evidence preservation order
13 August 2024
Progress Maschinen & Automation AG v AWM Srl and Schnell S.p.A (UPC_CFI_286/2023 and 287/2023; UPC_COA_177/2024) Court of Appeal Order dated 23 July 2024 (ORD_36778/2024) [1] Progress Maschinen &...
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Preservation of evidence
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Time limits
Paris central division maintains cold chain monitoring patent in amended form
12 August 2024
Bitzer Electronics A/S v Carrier Corporation (UPC_CFI_263/2023) Decision of 29 July 2024 (ORD_598395/2023) [1] This decision concerns a revocation action brought at the Paris central division by...
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Other procedural aspects
UPC Orders Provisional Injunction on Mushroom Strain
12 August 2024
Amycel LLC v Szymon Spyra (UPC_CFI_195/2024) Order of 31 July 2024 (ORD_44133/2024) [1] Amycel LLC is the proprietor of EP 1993350, which is directed towards a specific mushroom strain, defined by...
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Permanent injunction
Double/twofold “appropriateness-test” applied by Local Division The Hague in Procedural Order concerning R. 109 RoP
01 August 2024
Szymon Spyra v. Amycel LLC (UPC_CFI_195/2024) Procedural Order delivered on 25 June 2024 (ORD_35405/2024) In a procedural order from the UPC, the Local Division The Hague has decided on a...
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Paris central division maintains Edwards patent in amended form
30 July 2024
Meril Italy Srl and two other Meril entities v Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (revocation action UPC_CFI_255/2023 and counterclaims for revocation UPC_CFI_15/2023) Decision of 19 July 2024...
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Paris local division revokes DexCom patent
05 July 2024
DexCom, Inc. v Abbott Laboratories and nine other Abbott entities (UPC_CFI_230/2023) Decision of 4 July 2024 (ORD_37297/2024) [1] The second decision on the merits from the UPC, following just a day...
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Düsseldorf Local Division issues the first UPC decision on the merits and grants injunction in seven UPC member states
04 July 2024
Franz Kaldewei GmbH & Co. KG v Bette GmbH & Co. KG (UPC_CFI_7/2023) Decision of 3 July 2024 (ORD_598324/2023 [1]) concerning EP 3 375 337 B1 Franz Kaldewei GmbH & Co.
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Abbott v. Sibio: a tale of two applications for provisional measures
26 June 2024
The Hague Local Division of the Court of First Instance of the UPC has recently issued two decisions concerning provisional measures involving the same parties - the Patentee Applicant, Abbott...
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Defective opt out allows revocation action to proceed at the UPC
13 June 2024
Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA v Neo Wireless GbmH & Co KG (UPC_CoA_79/2024) Appeal against Order no. 597664/2023[1] in case UPC_CFI_361/2023 of the Central Division, Paris seat Order of 4 June 2024...
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The Unified Patent Court Turns 1 - Discover the Impact
06 June 2024
Darren Smyth provides a summary of the first year of the UPC's operation.
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Other Case Reports

Internet video evidence as prior art? The EPO Boards of Appeal have views...
29 July 2022
Recent EPO decision T3000/19 casts doubt on how (and practically, whether) audio/video prior art available on the internet should be cited at the EPO.
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Oppositions
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Patenting
Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property – the Government’s Plans to amend UK law – or not!
01 July 2022
BackgroundOn 28 June 2022, the UK Government published its updated conclusions to the consultation it launched in October 2021 which looked at how patents and copyright, which respectively are...
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Patenting
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Digital
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Commercial IP
Tilting At Windmills
28 June 2022
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for Pride Month. I sat down, started to write, and the next thing I knew it was two hours later and I had eight pages of righteous anger and elaborate verbiage...
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Patents Court affirms power to grant injunctions for pre-grant patents, but refuses injunction for Novartis
07 June 2022
Swiss drug-maker, Novartis, sought a preliminary injunction to keep Teva and four other generics off the market for its prescription-only relapse remitting multiple sclerosis treatment, fingolimod,...
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Life
Pride Month, Progress, and The Paradox of Tolerance
06 June 2022
Once upon a time, in New York City, there was a riot.Not, by itself, an especially notable occurrence – New York is a pretty good place for rioting, as such places go, and as both myself and my...
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Mobility-as-a-Service – how will you travel?
24 May 2022
Mobility-as-a-Service - how will you travel? The taxi service industry has undergone huge disruption over the last decade with the proliferation of ride-hailing apps.
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Dynamics
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Patenting
High Court refuses Neurim and Flynn interim injunction against Teva in third instalment of melatonin product dispute
16 May 2022
In the third chapter of Neurim and Flynn's dispute with generic companies, Mr Justice Mellor refused the Claimants' application for an interim injunction against generic giant, Teva, on the basis...
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Life
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Patenting
Not a “FUNTIME” in Court for toy manufacturer after trademark infringement claim in IPEC fails
10 May 2022
This judgment concerns a claim for infringement of a UK and EU registered trademark brought in IPEC by Luen Fat Metal and Plastic Manufactory Co Ltd (the "Claimant") against Funko UK, Ltd (the...
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Trademarking
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Litigation
The Club isn’t the Best Place (to find a DNI), so the Court is where Sheeran Goes
13 April 2022
On 6 April 2022, Mr Justice Zacaroli ruled on the highly publicised case involving Ed Sheeran (and others) against Sam Chokri (and others) over Mr Sheeran's 2017 well-known hit "Shape of You.
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Litigation
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Commercial IP
Flynn held to be exclusive licensee while both parties at fault on costs in Neurim v Mylan Court of Appeal judgment
06 April 2022
On 29 March 2022, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in relation to appeals made by the Claimants (Neurim and Flynn) on two issues. Overturning Marcus Smith J's decisions, the Court of Appeal,...
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Life
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Patenting
Court of Appeal Maintain Status Quo in Neurim v Mylan By Refusing Injunctive Relief
04 April 2022
In the latest flurry of judgments to arise from the Neurim v Mylan (now trading as Viatris) battle over Neurim's insomnia patent and Mylan's presence on the market with its generic version, we report...
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Patenting
Loonshot in Surgical Robotics - Patent Landscape Analysis
31 March 2022
Loonshot = an idea that's not just big, it seems mad to even try - Safi BahcallRobot-assisted surgery is a hot area in Medtech. The number of patent filings in robotic surgery system (patent...
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HealthTech
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Life
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Patent Strategy
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Patenting
Failure to serve US company
30 March 2022
The US member of an international group of companies has successfully disputed that it has been duly served via the office of its UK subsidiary.
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Litigation
G1/22 & G2/22: Entitlement to priority
30 March 2022
BackgroundAs shown by the figure above, the applications in question are European stage of an application under the Patent Cooperation treaty (PCT) and its divisional applications.
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Life
Design Rights and Video Evidence Wrongs
03 March 2022
ASR Interiors Limited v 1) AWS Trading Limited and 2) Giatalia International LimitedA design rights case that provides an example of the wrong way to give video evidence.
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Litigation
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