UPC

For the past year, European patent lawyers have been discussing the “long arm” of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) as if jurisdiction were simply a question of geographical reach. In cross-border…

Key Takeaway: The Unified Patent Court is no longer an experiment. With filings up sharply and practitioners increasingly confident in using the system, litigation before the UPC is developing its…

As the festive season approaches, we want to take a moment to thank everyone who joined us for the Kluwer UPC Christmas Quiz 2025. Your participation and enthusiasm made this year’s quiz a great…

BackgroundWe previously set out the background and genesis of the proposed regulatory provisions of the "Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Union Code…

As we celebrate another year of the Unified Patent Court in action and head into the festive season, we invite our readers to put their UPC knowledge to the test in the Kluwer UPC Christmas Quiz 2025…

EPO practice on added matter is well known to be strict, with many patents being revoked using this principle every year. Particularly tricky during EPO opposition proceedings is the “inescapable…

Two years after its launch, the Unified Patent Court has moved from promise to practice. What once looked like a procedural experiment has become a credible, fast, and intellectually rigorous forum…

After two years, the UPC's track record concerning its decisions has been rather good so far. Although, of course, in each specific case one of the parties will disagree with the decision, the…

In late September, the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and Germany’s Munich Regional Court issued the world’s first “anti-interim license” injunction orders (AILIs). These…