Two companies that do not manufacture their own products have filed their first lawsuits with the UPC. Network System Technologies recently sued Texas Instruments, Audi and Volkswagen at the Munich
requesting a Europe-wide injunction from the UPC. The company is presumably taking into account its action at the UK High Court in London. New claims in London Last November, in response to the first US
Aarke may not market its carbonators in several European countries. The UPC local division in Düsseldorf has found the product infringes a patent held by SodaStream. The Israeli manufacturer
Today the UPC has handed down its first FRAND judgment. In a surprising turn of events, the local division Mannheim has banned Oppo from selling certain mobile devices in the UPC territory and
in damages proceedings. However, the company has now suffered a setback. The local division Milan has rejected Insulet’s PI action against Menarini (case ID: ACT_40442/2024, UPC_CFI_400/2024
Context: In general, Unified Patent Court (UPC) practitioners are well aware of the implications of the young judiciary’s frontloaded proceedings. Anything that can be pleaded early must be pleaded
Medical device manufacturers MED-EL and Advanced Bionics have settled their dispute over cochlear implants. The settlement comes shortly before the Mannheim local division of the UPC was due to rule
hands-free, slip on shoes’ and manages its patents via affiliate company Fast IP, has now sued Skechers for patent infringement at the UPC’s local division Munich. Neither a preliminary injunction nor a
The UPC local division Mannheim and Munich Regional Court have put a stop to UK courts' practice of granting interim licences through their first ex parte anti-interim-licence injunction. It marks a
found infringement. The parties also reached a settlement regarding another disputed patent. Edwards Lifesciences filed UPC infringement proceedings against Meril before the Nordic-Baltic division in