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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Pieter Callens (Eubelius)

Opting out European patents risks to trigger the liability of patent attorneys

January 24, 2016

On Friday 22 January 2016, the annual ERA (Academy of European Law) conference on the Unitary Patent took place in Brussels. Regarding the agreement reached on the renewal fees, Clemens Heusch, head…

Jan Lindberg (Attorneys-at-Law TRUST)

Finland Ratifies the UPC Agreement

January 20, 2016

Finland became the ninth country to ratify the UPC Agreement when President Sauli Niinistö signed the law on its ratification on 8th of January 2016. The Parliament approved the ratification in…

Kluwer Patent blogger

Procedure to select judges for Unified Patent Court will start in earnest

January 14, 2016

The procedure to select judges for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) will start within two months. An announcement and an online application form will be published on the UPC website at the end of…

Kluwer Patent blogger

2016: Countdown to the start of the Unified Patent Court

January 4, 2016

The German ratification of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement will most likely be postponed until September 2016 and be decisive for the Unitary Patent (UP) system to go live. Wouter Pors,…

Kluwer Patent blogger

SMEs will need IP litigation insurance in Unitary Patent system

December 20, 2015

Will Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) profit from the new Unitary Patent (UP) system and the Unified Patent Court (UPC)? Although it was certainly the idea, observers have disputed this and…

Kluwer Patent blogger

‘Unified Patent Court could create true checks and balances in European Patent law’

December 14, 2015

The creation of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) means that there will finally be a judiciary to control the very strong executive power of the European patent system, the European Patent Office, Jens…

Kluwer Patent blogger

‘Swift procedure Unified Patent Court may put a lot of pressure on defendants’

November 27, 2015

Prompted by the upcoming Unitary Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Court (UPC), a group of European patent attorneys decided in 2013 to create the European Patent Litigators Association (EPLIT), …

Kluwer Patent blogger

‘US applicants will overwhelmingly opt for Unitary Patent protection’

November 23, 2015

The countdown to the new Unitary Patent system has begun. The Unified Patent Court is expected to open its doors at the start of 2017, preceded by a provisional phase in 2016 for the practical set up…

Kluwer Patent blogger

Initiatives to include SPCs in the Unitary Patent system

November 21, 2015

The lack of provisions on Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) is seen as a major flaw in the new Unitary Patent (UP) system. Initiatives have been taken to address this issue and recently…

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