Unified Patent Court (UPC)

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has transformed European patent litigation, creating a central forum for patent enforcement and validity challenges across participating EU Member States. As UPC case law continues to develop, businesses and practitioners closely monitor decisions that shape litigation strategy, procedural practice, and the interpretation of substantive patent law.

This category tracks key UPC developments, including infringement actions, revocation proceedings, preliminary injunctions, procedural rulings, and judgments from both the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal. Our contributors analyse significant decisions and emerging trends, highlighting their practical implications for patent owners, challengers, in-house counsel, and litigation teams.

For professionals involved in European patent disputes, portfolio management, or freedom-to-operate assessments, this section provides timely commentary and expert analysis of the latest UPC decisions and the evolving body of UPC case law.

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Alan Johnson (Bristows)

UK celebrates World IP Day by announcing UPCA ratification

April 26, 2018

At last the doubters have been proven wrong. The UK has ratified the UPC Agreement. The news was announced this afternoon by IP Minister, Sam Gyimah MP, at an IP Awareness Network event at the…

Kluwer Patent blogger

BREAKING: UK ratifies Unified Patent Court Agreement

April 26, 2018

The UK has ratified the Unified Patent Court Agreement. The Minister for Intellectual Property, Sam Gyimah MP, confirmed this today. As was announced in a government press release: 'Ratification…

Kluwer Patent blogger

Stjerna: Unitary Patent system lacks envisaged advantages

March 15, 2018

While the patent world is waiting with anxiety what the German Federal Constitutional Court will do with the challenge of the legal basis of the Unified Patent Court Agreement, the man behind this…

Kluwer Patent blogger

'There is scepticism whether the Unified Patent Court will ever be set up'

March 2, 2018

A crucial period is ahead for the Unitary Patent (UP) system. In the UK, all legislative steps required to ratify the UPC Agreement have been completed and formal ratification could take place around…

Kluwer Patent blogger

German complaint against Unified Patent Court Agreement on FCC decision list for 2018

February 21, 2018

The German constitutional complaint against ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement is on the list of cases to be decided by the Bundesverfassungsgericht, the Federal Constitutional Court…

Thorsten Bausch (Hoffmann Eitle)

Constitutional Law Alert for the EPO

February 19, 2018

What can people, in particular citizens of Munich and Bavaria, do if they feel that elementary constitutional rights are infringed, not somewhere abroad and far away, but literally next door, at the…

Benjamin May (Aramis Law), Kluwer Patent Blog

Collecting Evidence in Patent Cases - The Power of Saisie-Contrefaçons

February 19, 2018

Here at the Kluwer Patent Blog we are thrilled to have had the opportunity to interview Benjamin May on collecting evidence in patent cases and have him address issues on the power of seize and…

Kluwer Patent blogger

Plans for training of judges Unified Patent Court are ready

February 15, 2018

Despite the uncertainty about what will happen in Germany with the Unified Patent Court Agreement, the UK is heading for ratification of the UPCA and preparations for the court are going on. In the…

Alan Johnson (Bristows)

UK finally ready for the Unified Patent Court

February 13, 2018

Different countries have different constitutional requirements before they can ratify an international agreement like the UPCA. Some, like France, can ratify first, and sort out the legislation…

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