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UPC Court of Appeal confirms its jurisdiction over infringements that pre-date the UPC Agreement

A&O Shearman on 7/18/2025

Xsys Italia v. Esko-Graphics ORD_23545/2025 - The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has delivered a decision clarifying the temporal scope of the UPC’s jurisdiction over European patent infringement...more

Healthcare & Antitrust: What to Expect in the New Trump Administration

WilmerHale on 5/27/2025

Antitrust scrutiny of healthcare markets is nothing new. The Biden Administration and first Trump Administration focused antitrust enforcement efforts across the healthcare and life sciences industries. The newly installed...more

UPC Insights: Security for legal costs

A&O Shearman on 12/20/2023

The UPC decides that the defendant’s financial situation and location matter. On 30 October 2023, the Munich Central Division of the UPC (the Court) issued an order stating that NanoString must provide security to Harvard...more

[Webinar] 180 Days of UPC: How It Started… How It’s Going… - November 29th, 9:00 am - 10:00 am PST

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP on 11/17/2023

Please join Fitch Even for a free webinar, “180 Days of UPC: How It Started… How It’s Going…,” on Wednesday, November 29, at 9:00 a.m. PST / 10:00 a.m. MST / 11:00 a.m. CST / 12 Noon EST. The Unified Patent Court (UPC)...more

Early Adoption of the Unified Patent Court

McDermott Will & Schulte on 7/24/2023

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) opened its doors on June 1, 2023. Nineteen actions were initiated during the first six weeks, across a range of subject areas and case values. It had been widely assumed that large companies...more

Are You Ready for the UPC? Act Now to Prepare for Its Opening on June 1

McDermott Will & Schulte on 3/1/2023

On February 17, 2023, Germany ratified the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and triggered the UPC’s entry into force on June 1, 2023. The UPC will revolutionize patent enforcement across Europe and impact companies...more

The Unified Patent Court is (Finally) Coming to Europe and Bringing Some Pretty Fundamental Changes with It

Goodwin on 4/20/2022

Seven years after the Member States of the EU signed the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (“UPCA”), the Unitary Patent (“UP”) and the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) are likely to commence during the second half of 2022. This...more

International News: Healthcare - Spotlight on the Industry - May 2021

McDermott Will & Schulte on 5/5/2021

Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment in the Global Healthcare Industry - Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) seek out investments that are resilient, conducive to their aims and objectives, and reasonably free from market...more

"Antitrust and Competition: Nonmerger Enforcement Activity Heats Up on Both Sides of the Atlantic"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/30/2014

U.S. and European antitrust agencies had similar enforcement priorities last year, a trend we expect to continue in 2014. Nonmerger enforcement will continue to focus on intellectual property, financial services and...more

"Antitrust and Competition: Surveying Global M&A Enforcement Trends"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/22/2014

US: Agencies Continue Aggressive Enforcement - Despite changes in leadership at the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, the Agencies) in 2013, the...more

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