On 18 October 2023, the Düsseldorf local division of the UPC in myStromer vs. Revolt Zycling (UPC_CFI_177/2023) imposed a EUR26,500 penalty on Revolt for breaching a preliminary injunction. This is the first penalty payment...more
In Astellas v. Osaka University (UPC_CFI_75/2023), by decision of 21 September 2023, the UPC Munich Central Division denied a third party access to the case file, specifically to Astellas’ revocation action, which was...more
10/19/2023
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Unified Patent Court
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) recently announced the appointment of 21 new technically qualified judges (TQJ) to the pool of judges of the pan-European court.
The new TQJs are mainly judges from technical courts and IPOs...more
G1/23 – EPO Enlarged Board of Appeals of the EPO “available” (referral from T 0438/19) -
Under which circumstances can the public prior use of a product constitute prior art for novelty or inventive step[s], specifically...more
Technical Board of Appeal (“TBA”) No. 3.3.02 is about to refer a question to the Enlarge Board of Appeal (“EBA”) to determine whether post-published data should always be disregarded in the assessment of inventive step when...more