Topics: lexicon
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LD Mannheim, October 23, 2026, Decision on Infringement and conditional CfR, UPC_CFI_706/2025 and UPC_CFI_1816/2025
A patent may act as its own lexicon. Where a claim gives a binding definition of a parameter, that definition prevails over the common understanding in the field.: If a claim defines a parameter step by step and states what the parameter “is”, the claimed values must be met exactly as defined. A measured value…
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CD Paris, April 22, 2026, Decision, UPC_CFI_461/2025
Legal interest in revocation proceedings must be examined by the Court of its own motion, even where the defendant does not challenge admissibility (headnote 1; para. 11): The Court held that legal interest is a question of law forming part of admissibility. This examination was particularly necessary here because the patent had already expired by…
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