Recent decisions from various UPC divisions provide valuable guidance for parties seeking to amend their cases or patents. The decisions emphasize that it is crucial for parties to know how to distinguish between the rules...more
Patent holders must start Unified Patent Court (UPC) proceedings on the merits within a certain period if they do not want to risk the revocation of provisional measures. The UPC has now clarified that filing the statement of...more
4/11/2025
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Ortovox Sportartikel GmbH v. Mammut Sports Group AG/GmbH (UPC_CFI_16/2024), Düsseldorf Local Division (January 14, 2025) ORD_63219/2024.
Anyone developing or marketing an innovative product will want to ensure that they do...more
Alexion Pharmaceuticals v Amgen (UPC_Coa-405/2024) and Alexion Pharmaceuticals v Samsung Bioepis NL BV (UPC_CoA-402/2024); December 20, 2024.
The UPC Court of Appeal has confirmed a strict approach to correcting erroneous...more
2/5/2025
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In a landmark decision (UPC_CFI_15/2023) delivered on November 15, 2024, the Unified Patent Court's Local Division in Munich (UPC, LDM) ruled in favor of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation in a patent infringement case against...more
12/2/2024
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