Author: Jan Bösing
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CoA, August 20, 2025, order on leave of appeal, UPC_CoA_380/2025
UPCA and RoP are not subject to interpretation by the CJEU: The UPC must interpret its own substantive and procedural law in accordance with EU law and, in the rare cases where such interpretation is not possible, must of its own motion refrain from applying any provision or practice that conflicts with a provision of…
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The UPC’s role in global patent litigation
A closer look at the strategic use of the UPC – taken both under a claimant’s and a defendant’s perspective By JUVE PATENT and BARDEHLE PAGENBERG JUVE PATENT and BARDEHLE PAGENBERG invite you to an informal in-house IP networking event with a keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Meier-Beck and expert speakers from leading tech companies. Date…
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UPC monthly report 05/2024
Happy Birthday UPC! The UPC’s first year was – statistically speaking – filled with just over one new case per day: a total number of 373 cases is now pending.
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CoA UPC, August 15, 2025, order on suspensive effect, UPC_CoA_737/2025
No evident error if decision’s reasons are not yet available: Suspensive effect of an appeal may be granted if the order against which the appeal is directed is evidently erroneous. No evident error can be identified in the contested decision if the reasons for the decision are not yet available. The assumption of an evident…
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CoA, August 21, 2025, procedural order, UPC_CoA_764/2024
No further written submissions after the oral hearing: Pursuant to R. 36 RoP, the judge-rapporteur may, upon a reasoned request by a party submitted before the closure of the written procedure, allow the exchange of further written submissions. After this point, there is no basis for submitting additional written submissions, particularly not without prior approval…
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CoA, August 21, 2025, order on simultaneous interpretation, UPC_CoA_317/2025
Request for simultaneous interpretation pursuant to Rule 109.2 RoP must be justified: In the absence of any consent by the Court to hear witnesses or experts at an oral hearing in a language other than the language of the proceedings, and absent any interpretation need for the judges, a request for a court-arranged simultaneous interpretation…
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Court of Appeal, August 13, 2025, order concerning an application for provisional measures, UPC_CoA_446/2025, UPC_CoA_520/2025
Mere marketing authorisation for generics does not constitute imminent infringement (Art. 62(1) UPCA; R. 206.2(c) RoP): The grant or application for a marketing authorisation alone is insufficient to establish imminent infringement. Additional steps are required for the threshold to be met, and the Court of Appeal clarified that this threshold can be crossed when a…
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LD The Hague, August 13, 2025, decision on the merits, UPC_CFI_327/2024
Cost decision on a counterclaim for revocation: If the patent is considered valid only in a form which is not claimed to be infringed, the patentee shall bear the costs of the counterclaim for revocation. However, if the counter claimant seeks revocation of claims not asserted against it, and those claims are upheld, a compensation…
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LD Düsseldorf, August 5, 2025, Default Judgment, UPC_CFI_318/2025
Default judgment is available if the defendant fails to respond (R. 355 RoP, R. 23 RoP): The court may issue a default judgment if the defendant does not file a statement of defense within the prescribed period, provided service of the complaint was validly effected. Service at trade fair booths is valid for UPC proceedings…
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LD Mannheim, August 4, 2025, procedural order, UPC_CFI_162/2024
Discretionary extension of time periods is interpreted narrowly (Rule 9.3(a) RoP): The court will only grant extensions for procedural deadlines with caution, prioritizing efficient proceedings and avoiding undue delay. Vacation-related absences may justify short extensions, but only if sufficiently substantiated (Rule 9.3(a) RoP): General references to staff absences or international coordination are insufficient; only specific,…
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LD Mannheim, August 6, 2025, procedural order, UPC_CFI_336/2025
Confidentiality of attorney billing records in cost proceedings (Rule 262A RoP, Art. 58 UPCA): Information about the detailed breakdown of lawyers’ hours worked is considered confidential, as such information is protected by attorney-client privilege. Access restrictions to confidential information cannot be limited to legal representatives alone without consent (Rule 262A.6 RoP): Restricting access to confidential…
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Court of Appeal, June 6, 2025, decision, UPC_CoA_618/2024
Deadline for filing an application for a cost decision in proceedings re provisional measures : If the successful party wishes to obtain a decision on costs, it must submit an application for the determination of costs within one month of service of the decision. The one-month period for filing an application for the determination of…
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LD Mannheim, June 6, 2025, Procedural Order in infringement action, UPC_CFI_745/2024
Broad interpretation of motion for damages: A broadly phrased motion for damages can include damages from ancillary transactions, even if not explicitly stated. The court interpreted the Claimant’s initial motion for “all damages” to include profits from sales of sealing materials and service contracts connected to the allegedly infringing machines, based on the Claimant’s arguments…
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LD Mannheim, June 6, 2025, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_745/2024 (CCR: UPC_CFI_200/2025)
No special treatment for amendments in counterclaims for revocation: The Rules of Procedure on amendments apply equally to counterclaims for revocation as to infringement actions; no leniency is afforded to counterclaimants. All grounds for revocation and supporting documents must be included with the initial counterclaim. Late-filed prior art faces strict scrutiny: New prior art can…
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LD Munich, June 6, 2025, decision, UPC_CFI_324/2024, UPC_CFI_487/2024
Burden of proof for non-infringement: If the defendant claims that infringement is impossible due to factors outside the scope of the patent claim, the defendant must prove this. The claimant does not need to address such external factors. In the decision, the defendant unsuccessfully argued that infringement was impossible due to the design of existing…
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CD Paris, June 9, 2025, order on file inspection, UPC_CFI_309/2023
Access to pleadings and evidence – balancing public access and confidentiality: The order follows the decision of the Court of Appeal in Ocado v Autostore (10 April 2024, UPC_CoA_404/2023, APL_584498/2023, para 43), namely that in a decision on a request under R. 262.1(b) RoP, the interests of a member of the public of obtaining the…
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Court of Appeal, June 6, 2025, procedural order, UPC_CoA_434/2025
Requirements for suspensive effect of an appeal: An appeal shall only be granted suspensive effect if the circumstances of the case justify an exception. This may be the case for orders of communication of information according to Art. 67 UPCA. However, the risk of irreparable harm, if the suspensive effect is not granted, has to…