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Matthieu Dhenne (Dhenne Avocats)

The UPC Didn’t Kill Parallel Litigation—It Weaponized It

April 7, 2026

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” — often attributed to Napoleon, and now, perhaps, to anyone still asking for a stay without a strategy.For years, European patent litigation…

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Thorsten Bausch (Hoffmann Eitle)

The Risks of Using (Too Much) Artificial Intelligence

April 2, 2026

I have long intended to write a piece about Artificial Intelligence (AI), but this seems to be one of these subjects where the world turns faster than my ability to process it. Nonetheless, here we…

Brian Cordery, Mohammad Aljamal (Bristows)

Too Seedless to Infringe? Nador cott v Asda and the Dependent Variety Question

March 31, 2026

As far as the authors are aware, there is, as yet, no dedicated blog to plant varieties. Therefore the following post has been prepared for the Kluwer Patents Blog in the expectation that some of…

Matthieu Dhenne (Dhenne Avocats)

KeeeXed Out: The UPC’s Long Arm Stops at the Line

March 31, 2026

A ball may reach the line and still not cross it. Jurisdiction obeys the same logic.The order delivered on 13 March 2026 by the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court in Adobe Inc, OpenAI LP &…

Matthieu Dhenne (Dhenne Avocats)

For a Real European Patent Law — A Contribution to the Debate on the Redistribution of UPC Cases

March 26, 2026

“Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements.” — Schuman Declaration, 9 May 1950The Unified Patent Court was not created to…

Luxembourg, the town hosting the Court of Appeal of the UPC (not shown here).

Thorsten Bausch (Hoffmann Eitle)

More Lessons on Validity before the UPC - Part II

March 24, 2026

Lesson 4: The UPC will not apply the Problem-Solution-Approach as developed by the EPOThis is now abundantly clear. In November 2025, the first and the second panel of the CoA have agreed on a common…

Thorsten Bausch (Hoffmann Eitle)

More Lessons on Validity before the UPC – Part I

March 23, 2026

It has been a while since I last commented on the case law of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) on validity. To be precise, it was on 22 July 2024 in a blog titled “First Lessons on Validity before the…