On May 12, 2026, the Unified Patent Court (UPC), German Local Division Düsseldorf, issued a ruling dismissing Align Technology's application for a preliminary injunction against Angelalign's A7
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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
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
The UPC's local division The Hague has issued Washtower with a preliminary injunction against certain models of washing machine cabinets from competitor Bega. Washtower's former contract manufacturer
Yesterday, the UPC local division The Hague is hearing two PI claims by Abbott concerning a glucose-monitoring device from Sinocare and Menarini. Taylor Wessing, August Debouzy and Bird & Bird are
is defending against Meril Life Science at the UPC. The Indian competitor had filed a revocation claim against EP 181 at the central division in Paris, to which Edwards Lifesciences responded with a
On 2 June 2026, the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued a key ruling (Case No. UPC_CoA_312/2025) in the dispute between Fujifilm and Kodak concerning lithographic printing plate
On June 16, 2026, the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued a final judgment in the patent infringement case brought by InterDigital against The Walt Disney Company. The
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