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…
In 1935, physicist Erwin Schrödinger proposed a now-famous thought experiment: a cat, sealed inside a box with a quantum trigger, remains both alive and dead until an observer opens the box to…
Diving into the labyrinth of intertwined dreams in Christopher Nolan’s Inception—where each dream level operates under its own rules while influencing the others—sharply illuminates the intricate…
Like Corto Maltese charting forgotten seas, the UK now sails through uncertain waters in the shifting landscape of European patent litigation. Brexit did not bring about a complete rupture but rather…
Yesterday, I shared some early figures from the UPC Court of Appeal, offering a glimpse into how the Court operates two years after its launch. But those reflections lingered long after I closed my…
Introduction: A Concert Interrupted
Imagine a Rammstein concert—tight rhythms, explosive precision, and overwhelming power. That’s what many expected from the German divisions of the UPC: efficiency,…
