Category: Unified Patent Court (UPC)

The Unified Patent Court is moving from a new forum into an established part of European patent litigation. Decisions on infringement, validity and procedure are creating a growing body of case law. For companies, the value of these decisions lies in ...

A promising battery formulation can demonstrate impressive performance in the laboratory. Turning that result into a competitive product involves a much wider set of decisions. Electrodes, electrolytes, interfaces and production methods may all contri ...

Patent litigation can affect a company’s access to markets, its relationships with customers and the commercial value of its technology. The Unified Patent Court brings these consequences into sharper focus: enforcement across several countries can cr ...

The Unified Patent Court gives companies a new form of enforcement leverage across Europe. A single action can potentially reach several important markets, but the same centralized system can also expose a patent to revocation across those territories ...

A patent dispute before the Unified Patent Court places a premium on preparation. Technical facts, infringement arguments, validity challenges and supporting evidence need to form a coherent case early in the proceedings. For companies, this creates a ...

The Unified Patent Court has created a litigation environment in which procedural preparation can determine strategic options very early. Cases are highly structured, important factual and technical arguments need to be developed from the outset, and ...

The Unified Patent Court has changed the architecture of European patent litigation. A company can now obtain remedies across a large part of Europe through a single proceeding, cases move comparatively quickly, and decisions taken in one forum may in ...

The Unified Patent Court has entered a new communication phase. The basic architecture of the system is increasingly familiar. For companies facing an actual dispute, the harder question is no longer simply how the UPC works. It is how to prepare a ca ...

The Unified Patent Court is gradually changing the strategic characteristics of European patent portfolios. What began as a new institutional framework for patent litigation is increasingly influencing decisions that arise much earlier in the life of ...

The Unified Patent Court is no longer a new institution in European patent litigation. It is becoming a central part of the strategic environment in which international companies enforce patents, defend market positions and prepare for disputes across ...