On June 1, 2023, the new European Unified Patent Court (UPC) opened its doors, and enforcement of European patents in (currently) 17 contract member states is now possible with one action. This series ...

John Pegram and Jan Zecher of Fish & Richardson say the question will most likely be litigated after the UPC transitional period The Unified Patent Court Agreement contemplates that the UPC will have ...

Preliminary injunctions before the UPC are intended to provide swift and effective legal protection. But how high is the threshold for issuance? Two recent decisions by the UPC Court of Appeal (CoA) – ...

Lawyers at Linklaters analyse some of the key UPC trends so far, and look ahead to life beyond the transition period The launch of the Unified Patent Court in June 2023 marked a crossroads for patent ...

“It is interesting to note that no defendant has persuaded the UPC to withhold a final injunction, despite cases covering a wide range of technologies and fact patterns.” This year saw the start of ...

“Compared to U.S timelines, the UPC is comparable to the ITC, and it is often faster to obtain a final decision before the UPC than to obtain a first instance decision before the U.S. district courts.

As the Unified Patent Court continues in its third year, there are inevitable issues that continue to arise as it grows as a jurisdiction, writes Darren Smyth of EIP.