You, me & the UPC
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Bristows' patent litigation experts unpack key UPC decisions, explore their implications, and share practical strategies to help your business navigate the UPC with confidence.
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- Case by Case | Court of Appeal provides guidance on electronic signatures and language of proceedings in Esko dispute · 4 min · Aflevering 100The Court of Appeal (CoA) has confirmed the limited circumstances in which it will interfere with First Instance determinations concerning language and has also provided clarity…
- Case by Case | Paris Local Division finds Align’s clear-aligner patent valid and infringed · 3 min · Aflevering 101Melissa Dix talks you through a Paris LD decision from 16 October 2026. The Paris LD held that Align’s patent relating to orthodontic clear aligners was valid and infringed by…
- Case by Case | Düsseldorf LD clarifies limits of r.171(2) RoP. · 2 min · Aflevering 99Milly Wickson discussed the Inficon v Elitech decision from the Düsseldorf LD today. On 6 October 2026, the Düsseldorf LD clarified the limits of r.171(2) RoP when assessing…
- Case by Case | Court of Appeal (CoA) grants NVIDIA reinstatement following earlier CoA clarification on conditional revocation appeals · 3 min · Aflevering 98Sam Harvey unpacks a Court of Appeal (CoA) decision today. BF exaCQ AG and ParTec AG, the claimants in these proceedings, had brought patent infringement proceedings against the…
- Case by Case | Brussels Local Division rejects disclosure requests and confirms entitlement may be raised as a defence · 3 min · Aflevering 97The Brussels LD has refused the defendants’ requests for disclosure in 2seventy bio v Johnson & Johnson and in doing so, provided important guidance on entitlement challenges and…
- Case by Case | Oxford Nanopore secures provisional measures for nanopore sequencing technology · 6 min · Aflevering 96On 15 September 2026, the Munich Local Division (LD) granted Oxford Nanopore Technologies (Oxford) interim relief against MGI, in relation to two patents concerning nanopore…
- Case by Case | Court of Appeal clarifies res judicata, prior use rights and rule 171.2 challenges · 6 min · Aflevering 95Nischay Mall speaks on the Court of Appeal decision in Heraeus Electronics v Vibrantz today. The decision addresses a number of important procedural and substantive issues…
- Case by Case | The Court of Appeal distinguishes jurisdiction from admissibility in pre-grant declaration of non-infringement dispute · 4 min · Aflevering 94Today, Olivia Henry unpacks both the first instance and appeal decisions in the Sidel v Omnia case. If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at…
- Case by Case | Munich Local Division upholds DivX streaming patent and finds Netflix liable for indirect infringement · 3 min · Aflevering 93On 15 September 2026, the Munich LD upheld DivX's unitary patent relating to progressive media streaming and found that Netflix indirectly infringed through the supply of its…
- Case by Case | Abbott secures UPC-wide Preliminary Injunction over Continuous Glucose Monitoring patent · 3 min · Aflevering 92Melissa Dix discusses a Milan Local Division (LD) decision from 7 September today. The LD granted Abbott a UPC-wide PI against the Chinese company SiSensing and four of its…
- Case by Case | Munich Central Division clarifies limits of entitlement based revocation under Art. 138(1)(e) EPC · 3 min · Aflevering 91Ewan MacAulay walks you through the Munich Central Division (CD) which was handed down in the free-standing revocation action brought by Wittenstein SE (Wittenstein) against…
- Case by Case | Court of Appeal clarifies the scope and limits of Art. 60 UPCA in evidence preservation measures · 5 min · Aflevering 89Cassie Blackburn discusses a Court of Appeal (CoA) decision from 3 September in this episode. The CoA issued its decision in WEPA Nederland B.V. v Essity Hygiene concerning an…
- Case by Case | The Düsseldorf Local Division clarifies the role of evidence preservation in establishing infringement · 5 min · Aflevering 90Listen to Cassie Blackburn's analysis of the Düsseldorf Local Division (LD) decision in fiskaly GmbH v SwissBit AG and Swissbit Germany AG, also concerning an application for…
- Case by Case | The Düsseldorf Local Chamber Clarifies “Double-Flat” Claims and Confirms Intermediary Liability for EU Authorised Representatives. · 5 min · Aflevering 88Rachael Cartwright explores a decision that will be of particular interest to medical device manufacturers and their regulatory representatives. The Düsseldorf Local Chamber (LC)…
- Case by Case | The Hamburg Local Division provides further guidance on the relationship between patent pool and bilateral licensing, implementer willingness, and the scope of the FRAND defence · 4 min · Aflevering 86Patrick Newlands talks about a Hamburg Local Decision (LD) today from 24 August 2026. The LD issued a significant FRAND decision in Fraunhofer v HMD, rejecting HMD’s FRAND…
- Case by Case | Court of Appeal dismisses added matter and inventive step attacks, upholding Abbott’s glucose monitoring patent · 4 min · Aflevering 87Florence Plisner unpacks a Court of Appeal (CoA) decision. The CoA dismissed Sibio’s appeal against the Paris Central Division’s decision upholding Abbott’s patent relating to…
- Case by Case | Court of Appeal confirms retroactive effect of overturned UPC judgments, having no legal effect for enforcement purposes · 4 min · Aflevering 85Eden Winlow speaks on a Court of Appeal (CoA) decision today. The CoA set aside penalty orders requiring Kodak to pay €1.72 million for alleged non-compliance with an earlier…
- Case by Case | Paris Local Division Refuses Stay UPC proceedings despite parallel National Revocation action · 5 min · Aflevering 84On 30 July 2026 the Paris Local Division (LD) refused to stay the infringement action initiated by several companies in the Merz group (Merz) despite parallel revocation…
- Case by Case | Court of Appeal upholds injunction finding provisional measures necessary to prevent competitive harm · 3 min · Aflevering 82Ewan MacAulay discusses a Court of Appeal (CoA) (Panel 3, Judge Ulrike Voß presiding) handed down on 8 July 2026. It concerned AngelAlign’s appeal against the 12 February 2026…
- Case by Case | Court of Appeal clarifies the method for calculating Court fees in appeals in accordance with R. 220.1(a) RoP · 4 min · Aflevering 83On 15 July 2026, the CoA issued an order in proceedings between Qualcomm and Network System Technologies, clarifying aspects of the how UPC Court fees should be calculated when…
