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…
As most IP practitioners will be aware, on 25 February 2025 the Court of Justice of the European Union handed down its ruling in BSH v Electrolux (C-339/22). In summary, the CJEU concluded that it is…
A famous joke that must now be over 30 years old quips about the strength of the (German) patent attorney profession: „If all German patent attorneys and their families decide to settle in a single…
In another standard essential patents (SEPs) case from the Unified Patent Court (UPC), on 18 December 2024 the Munich Local Division (LD) issued an injunction in favour of Huawei (UPC_CFI_9/2023, …
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…
The Unified Patent Court has refused to grant 10x Genomics a second preliminary injunction against rival NanoString, as it was not convinced of the infringement of 10x’s patent.
The case concerned…
The start of the Unified Patent Court is a very special time for patent enthusiasts in Europe. Johanna Flythström, a Helsinki-based partner of law firm Roschier has said this in a podcast interview…
The Helsinki division of the Unified Patent Court rejected an injunction request by AIM Sport against Supponor, because the reversal of the opt-out of the patent in dispute was deemed in…
