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
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
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
Two more high-profile disputes have recently been resolved outside the courtroom: Ortovox vs Mammut and Plant-e vs Arkyne. These cases underscore the UPC's increasing influence in driving parties
Context: Historically, Chinese courts have been reluctant to enforce U.S. judgments (June 19, 2022 China Justice Observer article). Last month, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC’s) Court of Appeal’s
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
The UPC Court of Appeal has overturned the first-instance decision in Insulet vs Eoflow, taking a fundamentally different view on the role of expert opinions in PI proceedings. It is currently
In April, a French court extended the concept of disparagement to an ongoing UPC case for the first time. The ruling affects Dutch company Qiagen, which had published a press release on its
Last year, Malikie took over a portfolio from BlackBerry comprising around 32,000 patents, including SEPs. The Irish NPE has now filed lawsuits against Nintendo before the UPC based on two