Just over a year after the UPC Agreement came into force, the Paris local division handed down UPC's first decision on an infringement action. Unfortunately for the patentee, the court dismissed his…
The first decisions by the Central Division Munich, the Local Division Paris and the Local Division Düsseldorf adjudging a patent's validity in main proceedings are now out. Taken together, they…
In June 2023, the UPC – at the Düsseldorf Local Division – granted its first ex parte provisional injunction (“PI”) in myStromer AG v Revolt Zycling AG (“myStromer v Revolt”), despite the defendant…
This post is continuation to the previous one published on October 27, 2023 and available here. Although the approach may still be reconsidered by the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Court, the…
Moderna secured a double victory in the Patents Court last week (2 July 2024) in proceedings against Pfizer and BioNTech. In the first decision, Meade J found its modified mRNA patent to be valid…
In his Abbott v Dexcom ([2024] EWHC 1664 (Pat)) judgment, published on 28 June 2024, Mr Justice Mellor was faced with the rather unenviable task of determining the approach of the Skilled Team when “…
Prepared by Rob Rodrigues and Luiza Cotia
The recent publication of the pharma tech-transfer guidelines (PDPs or partnership for productive developments) is bringing an interest for companies to…
On May 30, 2024, the JPO announced that the request for a decision of granting a compulsory non-exclusive license based on public interest under Article 93 of the Patent Act, which was filed by…
The reasons for the decision are now available in the case of Ballino v UEFA and others, following an oral hearing on 3rd of June 2004 in the Hamburg local division. As was previously known, the…
In a decision issued today, the Düsseldorf Local Division has ordered the first ever permanent injunction at the UPC following a hearing on 16 May 2024. The injunction covers seven UPC member states…
