Litigation

When the Unified Patent Court opened its doors on 1 June 2023, Europe’s patent community held its breath. Most commentators described what had just begun — the first filings, the first injunctions,…

A Full Court of the Federal Court has ruled that certain patent claims to electronic gaming machines (EGMs, also known as "pokies" or "slot machines") are patentable subject matter; allowing an…

On 1 September 2025, Michael Tappin KC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court handed down a judgment in favour of Bayer’s application to strike out Sandoz’s claim for an account of profits under…

Readers will likely be aware of the cross-jurisdictional litigation considering infringement by Samsung Bioepis / Amgen’s biosimilar eculizumab products of Alexion’s patent, EP 3 167 888 B1 (“EP 888”…

It has been a little over two years since the UPC issued its first order for provisional measures on 22 June 2023. The first year saw six preliminary injunctions (PIs) granted (two ex parte) out of…

Two years in, the UPC evokes less the exhilaration of a debut concert than the strange lethargy of Rammstein’s Keine Lust. In the iconic music video, the band arrives in full regalia, ready to play…

A long time ago, in a Europe not so far away, the UPC was launched with the ambition of restoring Order to the galaxy of European patent litigation. Fragmentation was to be defeated, procedural unity…

In episode 7 of season 4 of “Silicon Valley”, very aptly named “The Patent Troll”, the start-up Pied Piper, which is built on a bold and disruptive vision, suddenly finds itself under threat. A man…

Following previous explorations of the UPC's architecture (Legal Inception), the interpretive tensions inherited from national traditions (Legal Westworld), and the volatility of procedural standards…