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UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Central Division
CD Paris, November 27, 2024, Decision concerning the revocation action No. ACT_571565/2023, UPC_CFI_308/2023

Background of the case: The Claimant filed a revocation action against the patent at issue based on…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Milan, November 22, 2024, Application for provisional measures, UPC_CFI_400/2024

Examination of the application for provisional measures: In proceedings for provisional measures,…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD The Hague, November 22, 2024, Decision on the merits, UPC_CFI_239/2023

Assessment of the scope of protection in infringement cases in two steps: (i) literal infringement;…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Hamburg, November 19, 2024, oder on confidentiality of patent transfer documents, UPC_CFI_169/2024

Restricted access to documents containing trade secrets: The court restricted the access to…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Munich, November 21, 2024, procedural order, UPC_CFI_550/2024

The Rules of Procedure of the UPC do not contain a principle according to which evidence for factual…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Düsseldorf, November 20, 2024, procedural order, UPC_CFI_347/2024 and UPC_CFI_368/2024

“Obvious slips” within the meaning of R. 353 RoP, which allow the Court to rectify a decision or…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Düsseldorf, November 21, 2024, Order on joint hearing of both infringement action and counterclaim for revocation, UPC_CFI_499/2023

Joint hearing of both infringement action and counterclaim for revocation: The local division…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Düsseldorf, November 20, 2024, Request for Extension of Time Limits, UPC_CFI_499/2023

Fairness and Equity regarding Extension of Time Limits: Defendants have not consented to the…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Luxembourg Court of Appeal
Court of Appeal, November 21, 2024, decision on a request for a stay of proceedings, UPC_CoA_511/2024

Stay of proceedings is possible even if no final decision in Opposition is expected: Pursuant to…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Luxembourg Court of Appeal
Court of Appeal, November 21, 2024, Order, UPC_CoA_456/2024

Not every new argument constitutes an “amendment of a case” requiring a party to apply for leave…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Luxembourg Court of Appeal
Court of Appeal, November 12, 2024, order concerning the jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court (Art. 83 UPCA), UPC_CoA_489/2023, UPC_CoA_500/2023

If a patent has been opted out of the jurisdiction of the UPC, this opt-out can only be validly…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Central Division
CD Paris, November 5, 2024, Revocation action, UPC_CFI_309/2023

R. 30 (1) (c) RoP does not set out the consequence that all amendments proposed (auxiliary requests)…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Central Division
CD Paris, November 5, 2024, Revocation action, UPC_CFI_315/2023

The Court does not evaluate reasons for revocation that the Claimant has not raised.: The Claimant…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Central Division
CD Munich, November 4, 2024, Order, UPC 75/2023

Access to unredacted documents granted despite confidentiality request of the Claimant on the basis…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Milan, November 4, 2024, decision, UPC_CFI_241/2023

No stay of proceedings due to parallel counterclaim for revocation: There is no basis for a stay (R.…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Duesseldorf, October 30, 2024, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_355/2023

R. 36 RoP: Filing of Pleadings Beyond Time Limits Specified in RoP Possible: The fact that the…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Duesseldorf, October 31, 2024, Decision, UPC_CFI_373/2023

Preferred Embodiments Not Limiting for Claims: The claim must not be limited to the scope of…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Dusseldorf, October 31, 2024, order on provisional measures, UPC_CFI_368/024

No uniform urgency period.: The urgency period is to be measured from the date on which the…