Author: Tobias Wuttke

Time to celebrate: the 500-case mark has been reached! Now that final decisions from the Court of First Instance are coming in, the Court of Appeal also naturally saw a 100% increase in appeals under R. 220 (1) lit. a) RoP.

In the heat of the summer, the number of new proceedings before the UPC seems to have cooled only slightly. A total number of 476 cases is now pending and no crystal ball is needed that we will soon be celebrating the 500th UPC case.

The UPC keeps its promises: with the first decisions on the merits coming hot off the press in July, the Court shows that it really is capable of handling first-instance proceedings within about one year.

It’s finally summer now, but that doesn’t mean the UPC is going on vacation. The contrary is true. In June, we saw an increase in infringement actions of over 15%.

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.

11 months into the UPC and the Court of First Instance has received a total number of 341 cases. English is for the first time UPC language number 1. This case load is impressive, in particular if one were to add the 33 appeals which were already filed with the Court of Appeals. No crystal…

It is fair to say that the UPC is continuing to build more and more momentum. We see a 17% increase in infringement actions compared to last month. Preliminary injunctions are up by as much as 29%. This is no surprise in light of the test for obtaining interim relief which has now been established…

When analyzing the UPC filing statistics of February 2024, two things become readily apparent: 1) New infringement actions and application for provisional measures (= preliminary injunctions) are coming in on a regular basis and a total of 274 cases are pending. The Munich Local Division is expanding its lead position. Currently, 36 infringement actions and…

German remains the predominant language of proceedings with 47 percent. However, English is catching up – for the time being  43 percent – and this trend will likely continue over the next months.